Craig Jackson

Singer/songwriter Craig Jackson is considered part of a new breed of Nashville Modern Americana artists, and with his fifth and latest album, Damn The Roses (Green Records), Jackson enlisted the help of some very talented musicians, songwriters and engineers. Recorded at Cabin in the Woods Studio in Fairview, Tennessee, Jackson's vocal delivery was married with solid arrangements and flowing melodies to create a warm feel, and the perfect vehicle to deliver his stories of heartbreak and longing.

Jackson is based in Nashville, TN but was born in Los Angeles and spent time living in Chicago, St. Louis and San Francisco. Jackson's influences include Tom Petty, Jackson Browne and The Grateful Dead.

Standout tracks on Damn The Roses include ?Don't Mean Nothin'? a catchy, upbeat song about loneliness that will stick in your head and have you happily singing the chorus over and over. ?Every Time You Leave? is a Tom Petty style rocker. Other players on this record include guitars: Adam Ollendorf (Will Hoge), bass and backing vocals:Adam Popick (Madi Diaz), drums: Steve Bowman (Counting Crows), guitar: Eric Knutson, Kris Donegan, vocals: Meagan Whalen, banjo: Charlie Worsham. Recorded and engineered by Eric Masse.

Damn The Roses is the follow-up to 2006's Spanish Rain, also released on Green Records. Along with each of Jackson's previous albums, including Midwest, Last House on the Left, and Make It Right, his songs have seen plenty of nationwide radio airplay, prompting The Gavin Report to name Craig Jackson as one of its up and coming artists. His songs have been used in films such as ?Murder Weapon? and others. The lead off track to Damn The Roses, "Our Last Time" received airplay on KTYD, Santa Barbara, CA.

Craig Jackson has recently been voted #2 in The Tennessean's Toast of Music City Reader's Choice Awards 2011 for Best Local Band.

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