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John Jackson Obit One of the last of the great Piedmont bluesmen died this week. John Jackson lived his entire life in Virginia working as a farmer and gravedigger. He also toured the world for the U.S. Information Agency as a musical ambassador and made more than a half-dozen recordings. In 1986, Jackson was honored by the National Endowment for the Arts with a National Heritage Fellowship. NPR's Paul Brown has an appreciation.

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John Jackson Obit

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One of the last of the great Piedmont bluesmen died this week. John Jackson lived his entire life in Virginia working as a farmer and gravedigger. He also toured the world for the U.S. Information Agency as a musical ambassador and made more than a half-dozen recordings. In 1986, Jackson was honored by the National Endowment for the Arts with a National Heritage Fellowship. NPR's Paul Brown has an appreciation.