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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.
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. The so-called Folk Revival of that decade witnessed the rediscovery of artists such as Mississippi
For more information for the album, please visit: http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetai... John Jackson is featured on Classic Appalachian Blues from Smithsonian Folkways, a new album drawn...
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Artist Spotlight. John Jackson. Piedmont bluesman. Bluesman and songster John Jackson was born in the rural Blue Ridge Mountain foothill town of Woodville, Virginia, in 1924. Playing both banjo and guitar, he entertained at gatherings and house parties in his native Rappahannock County as a youth.
His music--East Coast Piedmont blues, ragtime, folk, old-time hillbilly songs and ballads--transcended race, class and intellectual backgrounds as if barriers did not exist. Without a doubt, Jackson, an absolute favorite at blues festivals all over the world, was one of the country's preeminent singer-guitarists, a genuine national treasure.
Jan 22, 2002 · John Jackson, 77, one of the last masters of the so-called Piedmont-style blues singing and guitar picking, who was recognized in 1986 as a National Heritage Fellow by the National Endowment...
Catalog. Rappahannock Blues. Raised in a large, musical farm family in Rappahannock County, Virginia, John Jackson (1924-2002) was the most important black Appalachian musician to come to broad public attention during the mid-1960s. Having learned guitar and his wide-ranging stock of songs as a youth from family and 78-rpm recordings, he ...
