Cordell Jackson

Cordell Jackson

Cordell Jackson

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Memphis Moon Rock
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Midnight Rodeo
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No More Bridges To Burn
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The Blues Chaser
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The Blues Street

Albums

  • Live In Chicago

    Nov 2005 • 17 songs

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Cordell Jackson

Biography

Born in 1923 in Pontotoc, MS, Cordell Jackson, aka "Guitar Granny,'' started performing in the 1930s with her father's band, the Pontiac Ridge Runners. She founded her own Moon Records, the oldest continuously operating label in Memphis, in 1956, to release her own recordings as well as those of other Memphis-based rock & roll artists. Although Moon Records didn't see a lot of activity in the intervening years, when she devoted her attentions more to selling houses, the label still existed. She would act as engineer, arranger, and producer, using her living room as a studio. S...
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