The Jackson Blues Band

Here's a little information about Willie and his band.

Willie Jackson, Jr. was the only male child born to the late Rev. Willie Jackson, Sr. and Annie Pearl (Sharpe) Jackson. He was the youngest of 6 children.  Born in 1959 in Millen, Georgia. at the age of 3 Willie moved to Savannah, Georgia where he resides today.  As the only son, Rev. Jackson believed that if a man didn't work, he'd steal and so he started working at the age of 7 as a shoeshine boy in a local barbershop. 

Growing up he had many types of jobs. Willie started his musical career in the church playing the drums, guitar and singing in the choir.  Willie was very athletic and played basketball and other sports in high school.  One day while working at a local chemical plant in Savannah, Willie heard a song come over the radio and claimed he could write better songs.  A co-worker overheard him and challenged him to prove it. The next thing he realized, he was writing songs daily on his work breaks and he hasn't stopped writing since!

After an on the job railroad accident in 2009, Willie could no longer work and found himself on disability.  He turned to music to pass his time.  A friend had a local band in Savannah and he invited Willie out to hear the band.  When he noticed him in the audience, he invited him up to sing.  He sang a Muddy Waters song and one of his own originals which was one of the first Blues songs Willie ever wrote titled "Give me my Rib Back ".

That event kicked off Willies public performance career. When word got around that he was performing at a small beach bar on Tybee Island, a drummer came to see him perform and wanted to join in. Other musicians from the area expressed their interest in playing with Willie and soon he accumulated a band consisting of drums, guitar, bass and harmonica and they played Blues every Sunday for 8 months. 

Since then, he has performed at many local venues, including long-standing gigs on River Street and Tybee.  He's performed at many music festivals and has now accomplished releasing an EP in 2016 titled "Chosen by The Blues" and a full length CD in 2018 titled "All in the Blues" both with all original music. In 2019, "All in the Blues" won Indie Music Channel awards in the categories of Best Blues Song and Best Blues Songwriter. 

In 2020, the song "Come Here Junior" from the same album, won Best Blues Song and Best Blues Recording and in 2021 the album kept winning with Best Blues Song for the song titled "Give me my Rib Back" and Best Blues Recording for "Stranger in My Hole" and Best Blues Artist for "She Needs Satisfied". Willie will be flying to LA in September 2022 to accept his induction in the Indie Music Channel Hall of Fame.

Musical influences include BB King, Muddy Waters, Lightening Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Eric Clapton, Albert King, Albert Collins, Stevie Ray Vaughn among many more.