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By the 1980's Jackson was performing regularly S' in Europe and all over the ^ United States, as well as in Asia, South America, and Africa — in 68 countries all told.
He befriended and was admired by "just about everybody that's a guitar picker," including Mississippi John Hurt, B. B. King, Ricky Skaggs, Eric Clapton, Bonnie R a i 11, A r 1 o Guthrie, and Junior Wells, and performed at the White House for Presidents |
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and Ronald Rea- f ^ gan, before the f,, Q$ Congress of the ** United States, for many European heads of state, at Carnegie Hall, and at the Royal Albert Hall. In 1986 he received the National Endowment for the Art’s Heritage Fellowship Award, in recognition of his musical accomplishments and abilities.
John Jackson became known for his gentle guitar picking and for his gentle nature, and was considered by many to be "the world's foremost fingerstyle blues guitarist" ("The Connection").
Elijah Wald of "Living Blues" said that "John Jackson is one of the greatest living songsters, a musician who plays the mix of blues and older African-American and European-American styles that is the trademark of the Southern Appalachians. ... There is a grace and gentleness in his voice and guitar work that is perfectly suited to this style ..."
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