- Shot Jackson
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Name = Shot Jackson
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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Harold B. Jackson
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Born = birth date|1920|9|4
Wilmington,North Carolina ,USA
Died = death date and age|1991|1|24|1920|9|4
Origin = Nashville,Tennessee
Instrument =Guitar
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Genre =Country music
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Notable_instruments =Pedal steel guitar ,Dobro Shot Jackson (born Harold Jackson, September 4, 1920 - 1991) was a country music guitarist best known for playing
Dobro andpedal steel guitar . He also designed and manufactured guitars under the name Sho-Bud.Biography
Jackson moved to
Nashville, Tennessee ,Tennessee in 1944 to play on the "Grand Ole Opry ", inCousin Wilbur Westbrooks ' band. After a short stint in the Navy, Jackson joinedthe Bailes Brothers onKWKH 's "Louisiana Hayride " program, playingsteel guitar . After the Bailes Brothers left the "Hayride", Jackson stayed behind, playing with artists likeWebb Pierce ,Jimmie Osborne , andRed Sovine .From 1951–57, Jackson joined
Johnnie Wright andJack Anglin 'sTennessee Mountain Boys , as their Dobro player. During this time, he also played on a number of Wright's wifeKitty Wells 's early Decca recordings.Jackson left the Tennessee Mountain Boys to play electric steel guitar for
Roy Acuff 'sSmoky Mountain Boys . He designed apedal steel guitar withBuddy Emmons , marketing it under the name Sho-Bud. Eventually Jackson left Acuff to devote more time to his burgeoning company, still finding time to play on records byMelba Montgomery , including her hit duets withGeorge Jones . In 1962 he released a solo album, "Singing Strings of Steel Guitar and Dobro", onStarday Records .From 1964 until mid-1965, Jackson was back playing with Roy Acuff, but was badly injured (along with Acuff) in a serious car crash. After he recovered, Jackson started performing with his wife,
Donna Darlene . Around the same time, he began to market a new guitar—a seven-string resonator called the Sho-Bro.His professional playing after that became sporadic, but included two albums with
Roy Clark . He sold Sho-Bud to Baldwin-Gretsch in 1980, selling his instrument repair business three years later. He was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1986. Not long after suffering a stroke (his second in less than ten years), he died on January 24, 1991.Discography
* "Singing Strings of Steel Guitar and Dobro" (1962, Starday)
* "Bluegrass Dobro" (1965, Cumberland)ources
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