John Jackson

John Jackson (1924-2002) performing at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings will release Rappahannock Blues on June 15^th, 2010. Culled from hundreds of live concert recordings in the Smithsonian Folkways archives, the twenty tracks of Rappahannock Blues highlight John Jackson the way he most wanted to be remembered—as a bluesman.  20 tracks, 57 minutes, 32-page booklet with extensive notes.

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Photo by Douglas Bell, courtesy of Ralph Rinzler Archives, Smithsonian Institution