27 Years Old

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BIOGRAPHY

"...And you've got Green Apples. Which may turn out to be the most self-assured, confident, musically satisfying, self-released debut record you'll ever hear."
-songsillinois

"Jackson's mischievous brand of country folk epitomizes the sound of a bedroom artist slogging through countless late nights of broken picks and longneck-induced noodlings. Green Apples may have cost half a year's wages, but every dollar is put to good use."
-The Nashville Scene

..." a person would not only have to dream big but also have a lot of luck to live the life of Jon Jackson. He’s singer-songwriter by day, Vanderbilt nurse by night. Now he’s added the title of congressional hopeful to his résumé. But let’s start with his first job."
-Harpeth Hall Quad


"The idea was to be transparent, but a lot of people just thought I was an idiot."
-Vanderbilt House Organ

LEVEL

semi-pro

GENRES

Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Country, Folk

PUBLISHING COMPANY

bluechatmusic (BMI), I own my own publishing

Contact

Publishing: jon@trailerparkjackson.com
Booking: jon@trailerparkjackson.com
Administrative: jon@trailerparkjackson.com

P.R.O.

BMI

INSTRUMENTS

banjo / bass / dobro / drums / acoustic guitar / electric guitar / mandolin / percussion / piano / upright bass / violin / vocals

INFLUENCES

John Prine Lucinda Williams Gillian Welch The Magnetic Fields Nine Inch Nails The Beastie Boys

DAY JOB

RN

I AM INTERESTED IN

in pitching songs to artist
in pitching songs to tv
in getting a record deal

I WRITE:

For a living

I Also Write:
by myself
with others
for myself
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

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Legends: Bobby Braddock

In Nashville, most successful songwriters have a fairly short run. On hit, one year, two years, five years. Occasionally, we get one whose career approaches the length of a real career or, more often, one who has a few years success, then slips into oblivion, only to emerge again for another brief era of hit-making.

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Legends: Rickie Lee Jones

She speaks softly, not unlike the way she sings --soft, soulful passages, almost like secrets to the closest of friends --punctuated by bursts of exaltation. It's much like the span of emotion in her work, and in her new record, Balm in Gilead, which veers from the pure, naked heartbreak of "Bonfires" to the elation of "Old Enough," to the beautiful "Wild Girl," which celebrates the 21st birthday of her daughter, while simultaneously reflecting on the unchained fervor of her own wild days.

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Legends: Robert Earl Keen

As singer/songwriters go, Robert Earl Keen doesn't seem like the kind of artist who could honestly be accused of sloth. But despite a catalog choked with characters and conversations pulled from a colorful life, he makes that very claim on "Something That I Do," a track where he brags of his ability to not let work get in the way of an otherwise pleasant afternoon.

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Townes Van Zandt: Facets, Faults & Fractures

It's 10 o'clock at night on an abandoned Music Row. The year is 1985. In a third-floor office in an old house that serves as the offices for the Oak Ridge Boys' Silverline/Goldline Music Publishing, Steve Earle brings the chair he's leaning back in down hard, flipping his hair out of his eyes for emphasis.