Shot Jackson
| Shot Jackson | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Harold Bradley Jackson |
| Born |
September 4, 1920 Wilmington, North Carolina, United States |
| Origin | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Died | January 24, 1991 (aged 70) |
| Genres | Country music |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Notable instruments | |
| Pedal steel guitar, Dobro | |
Harold Bradley "Shot" Jackson (September 4, 1920 – January 24, 1991) was a country music guitarist best known for playing Dobro and pedal steel guitar. He also designed and manufactured guitars under the name Sho-Bud.
Jackson moved to Nashville, Tennessee, Tennessee in 1944 to play on the Grand Ole Opry, in Cousin Wilbur Westbrooks' band. After a short stint in the Navy, Jackson joined the Bailes Brothers on KWKH's Louisiana Hayride program, playing steel guitar. After the Bailes Brothers left the Hayride, Jackson stayed behind, playing with artists like Webb Pierce, Jimmie Osborne, and Red Sovine.
From 1951–57, Jackson joined Johnnie Wright and Jack Anglin's Tennessee Mountain Boys, as their Dobro player. During this time, he also played on a number of Wright's wife Kitty Wells's early Decca recordings.
Jackson left the Tennessee Mountain Boys to play electric steel guitar for Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys. He designed a pedal steel guitar with Buddy Emmons, marketing it under the name Sho-Bud. Eventually Jackson left Acuff to devote more time to his burgeoning company, still finding time to play on records by Melba Montgomery, including her hit duets with George Jones. In 1962 he released a solo album, Singing Strings of Steel Guitar and Dobro, on Starday Records.
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