Jim Jackson

Overview
Jim Jackson was a Blues Guitarist and Songster. He performed in several Medicine Shows and played with Gus Cannon, Will Shade, Furry Lewis, Silas Green, The Rabbit Foot Minstrels, Speckled Red, and The Red Rose Minstrels.

Biography
Jim Jackson was born in c. 1884-1890 (his birth year is disputed) in Hernando, MS. He spent most of his life (starting c. 1905) as a traveling entertainer. He usually played around Memphis especially Beale Street. Pianist Speckled Red described him as "A big fat feller, weighed about 235 lbs. [A] tall, stately feller too, and he danced, sang, played git-tar, [and] cracked jokes" (Smith 1992). He recorded about 50 songs for Victor and Vocalion from 1927-1930. He died in 1937.

Albums Featured

 * The Anthology Of American Folk Music
 * Jim Jackson Vol. 1
 * Jim Jackson Vol. 2
 * Too Late Too Late (album)
 * Good For What Ails You!
 * Jazz (album)
 * Country Blues Classics
 * Big Road Blues (album)
 * Wild About My Lovin' (album)
 * The Blues, 1920-1940
 * Blues Masters
 * St. Louis Town
 * Memphis Jamboree
 * Fillin' In Blues
 * Kansas City Blues (album)
 * Prison Blues (album)
 * Trouble Done Bore Me Down (album)
 * Memphis Country Blues

Original Discography

 * Jim Jackson`s Kansas City Blues
 * He`s In The Jailhouse Now
 * Old Dog Blue
 * My Monday Blues
 * Mobile Central Blues
 * I`m A Bad, Bad Man
 * I`m Gonna Start Me A Graveyard Of My Own
 * My Monday Woman Blues
 * I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop
 * Bootlegging Blues
 * Policy Blues
 * I`m Wild About My Lovin`
 * This Morning She Was Gone
 * What A Time
 * This Ain't No Place For Me
 * I`m Gonna Move To Louisiana
 * Traveling Man
 * Going 'Round The Mountain
 * Bye, Bye Policeman
 * Long Gone
 * Hey Mama! - It`s Nice Like That!
 * Ain`t You Sorry, Mama?
 * Foot Achin' Blues
 * Look Sick Blues
 * Santa Fee Blues
 * I Ain't Gonna Turn Her Down
 * Get On Out Of Here
 * Let`s Get It Straight
 * Jim Jackson`s Jamboree
 * Hesitation Blues (Oh! Baby Must I Hesitate?)
 * St. Louis Blues
 * Jim Jackson's Affinity

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