website years_active birth_place label background instrument birth_date genre article_title name occupation
http://www.fruteland.com/ mid 1980s & ndash ; present doddsville , mississippi , united states electro-fi records solo_singer guitar , vocals 9 june 1953 electric blues , blues fruteland jackson
 fruteland jackson guitarist , singer , songwriter , educator
fruteland jackson

fruteland jackson -lrb- born june 9 , 1953 -rrb- is an american electric blues guitarist , singer and songwriter .
henry townsend stated , `` my respect for fruteland jackson is very high .
he and my boy alvin youngblood hart is the future sound of true acoustic blues . ''
he has also worked with children to raise awareness of blues music and has been honored for his work in that field , including in 1997 being granted a w. c. handy award for `` keeping the blues alive '' in education .
since 2000 , jackson has released three albums .
