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John Jackson (February 24, 1924 – January 20, 2002) was an American Piedmont blues musician. Music was not his primary activity until his accidental "discovery" by the folklorist Chuck Perdue in the 1960s. Jackson had effectively given up playing in his community in 1949.
John Jackson is a musician and record label executive, known for being the guitarist for the Jayhawks. He plays guitar, mandolin and violin. Before joining the Jayhawks, Jackson had been the senior vice president of A&R at Legacy Recordings where he had co-produced The Jayhawks' “Best Of” album.
John Jackson performs "Steamboat Whistle". Smithsonian. 39.7K subscribers. Subscribed. 299. 34K views 13 years ago. For more information for the album, please visit: http://www.folkways.si.edu...
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Virginia songster John Jackson, whose gentle, acoustic guitar picking and warm, rich baritone voice won him a National Heritage Fellowship, was one of the last remaining first-generation country bluesmen.
John Jackson is another example; he sang blues, and was discovered when people were looking for blues musicians. They were really glad to find him, and then people found out that he knew all these ...
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT. Rappahannock Blues: John Jackson. by Barry Lee Pearson. Blues artist, songster, and storyteller, John Jackson (February 25, 1924 – January 20, 2002) was the most important black Appalachian musician to come to broad public attention during the mid-1960s.
20 set 2022 · vafolklife. 5.18K subscribers. Subscribed. 6. 269 views 1 year ago. Archival recordings of Fairfax Station-based bluesman John Jackson punctuate stories and recordings from the first-ever...
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