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Garry Jackson

About Me

I am a Canadian singer/songwriter and Wild Oats Records artist.
I grew up in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, then spent half my life in the Newmarket, Ontario area. I now split my time in Nashville, Tennessee and Schomberg, Ontario, Canada.
I have several recording projects to my credit, including "Fool In The Rain", "Songs Your Mother Never Sang", and the NEW CD called " Something's Got A Hold On Me".
All of my recordings for the last few years have been done in Nashville, TN, for Wild Oats Records. Produced by the amazing Steve Haggard. I have had airplay in several countries and have performed at various venues in North America as well as the 1st Annual Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival 2005 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, U.K, and have just returned from a very successful series of gigs in Caen, France (Normandy) at Le Foire Internationale 2006. More later.... Yes!
Since September I have had the opportunity to open for one of the songwritting legends Mr. Eric Andersen, at Hugh's Room, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada What a night!....... So! I should tell you all that it has been a very busy and productive year.
My latest cd " Something's Got A Hold On Me" has been released on the Wild Oats Records lable and several cuts from this cd are being played a great deal in New Zealand and Australia as well as here in North America. I will be performing once again at the upcoming Tin Pan North event in Toronto with some very fine singer songwriters from both Toronto and Nashville. I will also be performing at Le Foire Internationale De Caen, in you quessed it Caen, France ( Normandy ) Sept. 14th - 24th. So if you happen to be at one of the biggest fairs in France please look for myself and my good friend Steve Haggard at the Nashville booth.
I am now a member of Musicians For Peace. This is of course a very important cause to be involved in. Please visit their site here on myspace to see how we as musicians and songwriters, etc. can be of help. Much more later, GJ............
So! where was I? Oh! yeah! I have recently returned from Le Foire Du Caen, where I had the honour of meeting and performing with Nina Crayon and the wonderful Les Homme A Tout Faire not to mention performing at the huge sports day and the photo ops with Madame Mayor Brigitte Le Brethon.Being in French news papers and on French TV. was also very cool. Le Foire or The Fair was once again, fabulous. To represent Nashville Sister Cities is an honour and always fun! Now being back in Nashville, I am back in the studio prepairing to start yet another recording project with Steve Haggard and Wild Oats Records. Looking forward to a short tour of Normandy and Ireland in Feb / 08. much more later....
I am working with an English Company who are using a shopping centre as a way of generating revenue to fund concerts and live music, the shops are English and Swiss many will ship world wide use them if you can - tell your English and Swiss Friends

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 02/12/2006
Band Website: www.garryjackson.ca/
Band Members: Garry Jackson
Influences: Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Van Morrison, The Beatles, The Eagles, Eric Andersen, Jackson Browne and so many more....
Record Label: Wild Oats Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Song For Obama

Here are the lyrics for a recent song I wrote for Barack Obama.It is called; Come Gather Round Me ChildrenCome gather round me children I feel the time has comeA devil is a stirring a broth for everyo...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:15:00 GMT

Under New Management

Hello folks;I just wanted to announce that I have officialy joined the music management team of; Montgomery Music Management. This company is headed by Alexis Montgomery. It is based in Toronto but ha...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:47:00 GMT

Tour

Hello folks; I just wanted to update you on a few things. It has been a while. I have just returned from a very successful tour of Europe and the UK. Lets start in Switzerland, where I met and perform...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:26:00 GMT

On The Vurge Radio Update

Hello; I just wanted to tell you that after doing a few self searches on the web, or after Googleing myself, ouch! I have discovered that there is a great deal of airplay out there for indie artists....
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:54:00 GMT

Gigs with the greats

Hello friends; This is just a short message about my good fortune, in music. Over the past 3 years I have had the honor and pleasure to have shared the stages with some great singer songwriters / ...
Posted by on Sun, 18 May 2008 20:24:00 GMT

NSAI TIN PAN NORTH ( MAY 22-24 )

Hello folks;I just wanted to tell you about an upcoming Music Festival,in the GTA or Toronto.  It is the 9TH Annual NSAI Tin Pan North. ( May 22-24 )This festival is much like the NSAI Tin P...
Posted by on Sun, 11 May 2008 08:59:00 GMT

Music Downloads

Hello folks; I have returned from my tour of France and the fabulous Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival. As you can imagine it was great to perform there and associate with the likes of Nanci Grif...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:19:00 GMT

Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival Updates

Hello Folks; With Christmas just around the corner we don't always think about gigs, but I must tell you that the songwriters list has just been posted for The 4TH Annual Belfast Nashville Songwr...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:04:00 GMT

The Sister Cities Of Nashville

Hello folks; I just wanted to take the time to tell you about a wonderful organization, called the Sister Cities Of Nashville.This is a not for profit organization that exists primarily to enhance the...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:15:00 GMT

Tour In France

Hello Folks; Yes! It is true. Garry will be doing a short tour of the Normandy region of France, in February 2008. This tour will begin on Wed. Feb, 6th  / 08, and will include a Sunda...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:18:00 GMT