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Jackson Deerfield lives in Nashville, Tn... This seasoned professional has played in a variety of different venues. He began at six years old and his first encounter with music was with the drums and upright bass in school. Jackson picked up quickly, moving from bass to learning guitar He learned songs the hard way, by playing along with recordings of various artists over and over until he got it down and could play it on his own! Jackson played in a rock band at age 13 along with along with his band mates who all were over 18 years old! the group was named " The Smoke Factory in Cortland, N.Y. He played for several years with them, and then became the bassist for an older family members country band. From there, Jackson went to performing as a Single Act! He became what was know in his local area A One Man Band. Jackson went to a recording studio in Binghamton, N.Y. and actually recorded all the background music and harmonies to his show! Jackson sang live vocals and played Bass live! Keep in mind, this was the early eighties so this kind of thing was unheard of! Jackson became very popular as a one man act and actually played the same bars and clubs that some of the local bands were playing, only for much less! It was while playing at one of these gig's that a band from a neighboring city in ( Binghamton N.Y.) asked Jackson to play bass for them, and this is where Jackson's long road career began! They traveled the Mid-West extensively for over a year, Then the group decided to go home, but Jackson was not ready to give it up! Jackson then gathered some musicians from different area's to start his own road band and worked through several agent's throughout the MidWest and the South. Jackson and his band traveled extensively for over 3 years. They played as the opening act for several National Acts such as, Box Car Willie - The Ozark Mountain Daredevils and State fairs with Alabama! At present, Jackson has become an accomplished Writer and Performer, Performing his own compositions along with covers of other Country/Country Rock Artists! Recently in 2006 Jackson Deerfield has begun getting extensive FM - Radio Air Play in places such as New York State! Jackson and his New Band will be back on the road in 2007 traveling the entire U.S.A. playing Casino's, Clubs, Fairs and Festivals!