JANS – Two years in the making, Jacktown USA, a comprehensive look at nine prominent blues and southern soul artists with deep Mississippi roots and crucial ties to the capital city of Jackson, has just been released by Republic Books of Jackson.
“Mississippi is the birthplace of American music, and Jackson is the capital city of American music,” said co-author Kamel King, a practicing attorney at Frascogna Law Group. He heads up Emerald Tiger Artist Management, which represents the artists in the book. “Guys like Dexter Allen, Eddie Cotton, and Zac Harmon grew up in or very close to Jackson. The city has had a tremendous impact on their musical lives, and the musical lives of everyone featured. In this book, you’ll find out why.”
The Grammy component is eye-opening. Mississippi far and away leads the country in the total number of Grammy awards and nominations across all genres since The Recording Academy began presenting the awards in 1959. Several of the artists featured in Jacktown USA have won the coveted award, some more than once…