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John Jackson
featured in
Historical
Society Exhibit
Rappahannock County's own highly acclaimed blues musician. John Jackson, holds a prominent place in a new exhibit at the Virginia Historical Society m Richmond. Entitled "Sites and Stories: African American History in Virginia.” the exhibit depicts both struggles and triumphs through a display based on the 28 highway markers across the commonwealth which honor African Americans and their contributions. Some are biographical while others are narratives of events in which African Americans participated.
John Jackson's highway marker is located on Route 522 in Wbodville and tells the story of this Rappahannock native who taught himself to play the guitar at an early age and who continued his ‘Piedmont style” of singing and playing blues, gospel, ragtime and country music while working at various jobs both in the county and in other areas of the state. Jackson went on to record albums, to perform on international tours sponsored by the State Department and to sing and play on the White House lawn at the invitation of President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter. In 1988 he was recognixed as a ‘living treasure* by the National Heritage Fellowship.
The Virginia Historical Society's display includes not only Jackson's picture and biography but also his guitar and case, covered with souvenirs of his travels around the world. As part of a February lecture by the society's curator of African American history a recording of John Jackson's music was played for the audience.
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