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Arts Alive Concert: Fruteland Jackson: History of the Blues

Electro-Fi recording artist Fruteland Jackson is an author, storyteller, and oral historian.

Electro-Fi recording artist Fruteland Jackson is an author, storyteller, and oral historian. He is a five-time Blues Music Award Nominee and recipient of the Blues Foundation’s “Keeping the Blues Alive”
award. He plays traditional acoustic blues and other music from the heart. Since 1992, he has presented the award-winning “All about the Blues” series in school programs, working to bring more music education to our schools. Singing and playing acoustic guitar, Fruteland focuses on pre-war and post-war blues ranging from Robert Johnson and Big Bill Broonzy to Memphis Minnie and Elizabeth Cotton, as well as ragtime and other blues styles. His latest CD, “Good as Your Last Dollar” was nominated for a BMA in 2020 for Best Acoustic Album and Best Acoustic Artist. Join in the fun for an afternoon of marvelous music and entertaining stories about the blues, and the songs and performers who make it great.

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