Carl Jackson
{{short description|American musician}}
{{Other people|Carl Jackson}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Carl Jackson
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|9|18}}
| origin = Louisville, Mississippi, United States
| instrument = Banjo
Guitar
Mandolin
Vocals
| occupation = Singer-songwriter
musician
producer
| years_active = 1968–present
| label = Capitol
Sugar Hill
Columbia
Universal South Records
Rounder Records
Vanguard
Shell Point Records
Mailboat Records
Sony Legacy Recordings
| associated_acts = Jerry Salley, Larry Cordle
| website = http://www.carljackson.net
}}
Carl Eugene Jackson (born September 18, 1953{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p89624/biography|pure_url=yes}} |title=Carl Jackson biography |access-date=April 12, 2008 |last=Bush |first=John |work=Allmusic}}) is an American country and bluegrass musician. Jackson's first Grammy was awarded in 1992 for his duet album with John Starling titled Spring Training. In 2003, Jackson produced the Grammy Award-winning CD titled Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers – a tribute to Ira and Charlie Louvin. He also recorded one of the songs on the CD, a collection of duets featuring such artists as James Taylor, Alison Krauss, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris, and others.{{cite interview|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9GnywX78Gg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/F9GnywX78Gg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Carl Jackson discusses his career and Orthophonic Joy at Station West Studio |access-date=July 20, 2015 |author=Net Radio Dogs |publisher=YouTube |date=July 1, 2015}}{{cbignore}}
Biography
Jackson's musical career began in childhood. At the age of 14, he was invited to play banjo for Jim and Jesse and the Virginia Boys, one of the most respected bluegrass bands at that time. After five years with Jim and Jesse, Jackson tested the musical waters elsewhere before landing a job with Glen Campbell. Jackson remained in Campbell's band for 12 years.[http://www.carljackson.net/biography.php Biography of Carl Jackson – Grammy Award Winning – Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Producer, & Publisher]
Jackson continued to work in Nashville as a songwriter and musician. Between 1984 and 1985, he charted three singles on the Billboard country music charts, including the number-44 hit "She's Gone, Gone, Gone". Jackson was also named bluegrass music's MVP in 2006. He also earned the International Bluegrass Music Association's Song of the Year award in 1990 for "Little Mountain Church House", which was recorded by Ricky Skaggs and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
Jackson has written songs performed by Glen Campbell("Letter To Home"), Garth Brooks ("Against the Grain", "Fit for a King"), Alecia Nugent ("Breaking New Ground"), Terri Clark ("Hold Your Horses"), and Rhonda Vincent ("I'm Not Over You"), among others.
Jackson's "Lonesome Dove" was recorded by co-writer Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time, Ricky Skaggs, Trisha Yearwood, and Tim Hensley, in addition to his own rendition on the album with John Starling, Spring Training, which featured Emmylou Harris and her Nash Ramblers band. The CD was released in 1991. Jackson received a Grammy award that year for Spring Training. In 2003, he was awarded another Grammy for producing the album Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers.
In 2010–11, Jackson produced Mark Twain: Words and Music{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cindy-lovell/mark-twain-words-music-a-_b_1576051.html |title=Mark Twain: Words & Music – A Stylish Miracle to Fend Off Hard Times |access-date=January 21, 2013 |author=Cindy Lovell |work=Huffington Post}} as a benefit for the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum in Hannibal, Missouri. The double album was a collaboration with his childhood friend, Cindy Lovell, and tells Twain's life in spoken word and song. It features Jimmy Buffett as Huckleberry Finn, Garrison Keillor as narrator, Clint Eastwood as Twain, and Angela Lovell as Susie Clemens. Singers include Brad Paisley, Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill, Rhonda Vincent, Ricky Skaggs, Sheryl Crow, and more. Also in 2011, Jackson was honored by the Mississippi Humanities Council for his musical legacy. Jackson was further honored by his home state of Mississippi with the installation of a Country Music Trail Marker located at 143 South Church in his hometown of Louisville.{{cite web |url=http://www.visitmississippi.org/poi-details.aspx?point=7614 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416021002/http://www.visitmississippi.org/poi-details.aspx?point=7614 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 16, 2013 |title=Carl Jackson Country Music Trail Marker |access-date=January 21, 2013 |author=VisitMississippi.org }}
On May 12, 2015 Sony's Legacy Recordings released Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited, which Jackson produced as a benefit for the Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol, Tennessee.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dolly-parton-steve-martin-among-acts-saluting-1927-bristol-sessions-20150512 |title=Dolly Parton, Steve Martin Among Acts Saluting 1927 Bristol Sessions |access-date=May 16, 2015 |author=Beville Dunkerley |magazine=Rolling Stone}} Rusty Morrell was the executive producer. Like Mark Twain: Words and Music, the project is a double-CD using spoken word and song to tell a larger story. Orthophonic Joy combines updated versions of songs recorded at the original 1927 Bristol Sessions, also known as the "big bang" of country music, with story tracks that provide context.{{cite web |url=http://www.birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/OrthophonicJoy |title=Orthophonic Joy |access-date=May 16, 2015 |author=Birthplace of Country Music Museum |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514235126/http://www.birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/OrthophonicJoy |archive-date=May 14, 2015 }}The artists, in addition to Jackson, include Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Emmylou Harris, Marty Stuart, Dolly Parton, Ashley Monroe, The Shotgun Rubies, Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, Vince Gill, Keb' Mo', The Church Sisters, Corbin Hayslett, Brad Paisley, Ashley Campbell, Shannon Campbell, Sheryl Crow, Larry Cordle and the Virginia Luthiers, Jesse McReynolds, the Chuck Wagon Gang, and the Orthophonic Choir, which consists of the collective voices of everyone involved in the project. WSM disc jockey and radio legend Eddie Stubbs narrates the spoken-word tracks, which were written by Cindy Lovell{{cite news |url=http://bluegrasstoday.com/more-on-the-bristol-sessions-revisited-album/ |title=More on the Bristol Sessions Revisited Album |access-date=May 16, 2015 |author=John Lawless |work=Bluegrass Today}}
Carl performed a duet of "Gentle on My Mind" with Ashley Campbell, daughter of Glen Campbell and Kimberly Woolen June 26, 2017.{{cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UwdhqEFbQU |title=Carl Jackson, with Ashley Campbell, sings "Gentle On My Mind" |date=June 26, 2017 |author=Country Road TV |publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}} The two collaborated on Glen Campbell's last album, Adios.{{cite news |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/adios-interviews-part-3-3-carl-jackson-friend-hero-glen-campbell/ |title=FEATURESThe 'Adiós' Interviews: Carl Jackson On His Friend & Hero, Glen Campbell |date=June 23, 2017 |author=Paul Sexton |work=UDiscoverMusic}}
Discography
=Albums=
- Gospel Special with the Page Family
- Bluegrass Festival (1971, Prize)
- Carl Jackson:Banjo Player (1973, Capitol)
- Old Friends (1978, Capitol)
- Banjo Man: A Tribute to Earl Scruggs (1981, Sugarhill)
- Mississippi Homecoming (1981)
- Song of the South (1982, Sugarhill)
- Banjo Hits (1983, Sugarhill) with Jim & Jesse
- Spring Training (1991, Sugarhill) with John Starling and the Nash Ramblers
- 'Neath the Oaks in the Grove (1993)
- Songs of the South (2001,Sugarhill) (compilation}
- Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited (2015, Sony Legacy Recordings)
=Singles=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
!Single |
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| 1984
|align="center"|44 |
| rowspan=2|1985
|"All That's Left for Me" |align="center"|70 |
| "Dixie Train"
|align="center"|45 |
| 1986
|"You Are the Rock (And I'm a Rolling Stone)" |align="center"|85 |
Awards
=Grammy Awards=
- 1991 Best Bluegrass Album for Spring Training, Carl Jackson and John Starling (with the Nash Ramblers)
- 2003 Best Country Album for Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers, Carl Jackson, producer, Luke Wooten, engineer.
=International Bluegrass Music Association Awards=
- 1990 Song of the Year: for "Little Mountain Church", Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver (artists), Jim Rushing and Carl Jackson (songwriters)
- 2004 Album of The Year: Celebration of Life: Musicians Against Childhood Cancer, various artists including Carl Jackson
- 2004 Event of The Year: Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers, produced by Carl Jackson
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