John Jackson
As a child,the late John Jackson taught himself to play guitar by listening to 78 RPM records and watching the legendary blues artists who passed through his home town in Rappahannock County, VA. In 1986, he received the distinguished National Fellowship Award (NEA), the highest honor presented to American folk artists.
He released numerous albums for both Arhoolie and Rounder Records, and performed in over 60 countries, and at countless blues festivals throughout the U.S. John played with many of the blues masters who originally inspired him, as well as with Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, Ricky Skaggs, Doc Watson and this video's host, blues and ragtime guitarist Roy Book Binder. John passed away in 2002.
