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(November 10th 1887 - May 7th 1938)
Born William Henry Jackson in New Orleans in 1887 he was a guitar and banjo player who traveled with minstrel shows before settling in Chicago sometime in the early 1920s. Renowned for playing a six-string banjo hybrid Papa Charlie Jackson made his first recorded appearance for Paramount in August 1924. He is credited not only as one of the first self-accompanied blues singers to record, but also the first artist of the "Hokum" genre.
Videos:
Ash Tray Blues (2:56)
Big Feeling Blues (2:45)
Drop That Sack (2:35)
Four Eleven 44 (3:04)
Gay Cattin' (3:01)
Home Town Skiffle (6:11)
Hot Papa Blues (2:53)
I'm Going Where the Chilly Winds Don't Blow (3:26)
I'm Looking For a Woman Who Knows How to Treat Me Right (3:10)
Ma and Pa Poorhouse Blues (3:06)
Mama Can't Lose (2:53)
Mister Man - Part 1 (3:01)
Mister Man - Part 2 (2:48)
Salty Dog Blues (3:03)
Shake That Thing (3:04)
She Belongs To Me Blues (2:53)
Skoodle Um Skoo (3:17)
You Put It In, I'll Take It Out (3:14)
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