Rocky Jackson

Rocky Jackson is a native Texan who has lived in the Los Angeles area for many years. In June 2006, High Life Records released Rocky's latest Blues album, Squeeze Here; a collection of contemporary and traditional Blues, which includes ten of Rocky's songs and covers of songs by Willie Dixon and John "Juke" Logan. During the recording of the album, Rocky put together a band with some of the musicians from the sessions. The current band is Rocky Jackson and The Ignitors which is based in the Los Angeles area. The Ignitors are: Eliot "Lee" Witherspoon, drums & vocals; rotating bass players including Hank Van Sickle (John Mayall), Mike Hightower, Tom Leavey (Mannish Boys), and Joel Johnson; and Michael Fell, harmonica. Squeeze Here features The Ignitors (including original harmonica player A.C. Blue) and other special guests including: keyboards (Steve Bach - now musical director of Cirque de Soliel in Macau), bass (Michael Mennell - now with Tom Jones), and sax (Mel Steinberg). The album has gotten continuous airplay since the release in June 2006. Songs from Squeeze Here have been played on stations in four continents. There has been a lot of interest in the album in Europe, especially France and the U.K. The album has gotten regular airplay, on a daily basis, on several stations on the Blues channel of live365.com, including Bluebird Blues, Blues Groove, Electric Blues 56 and 16, Bandit Blues Radio, Ultimate Blues, Electric Blues Review, Lightin' Rod Blues, and Helsinki Blues Cafe, as well as weekly airplay on many other stations in the U.S. and abroad. To date all 13 songs from the album have been aired on radio. Several songs have been featured on Blues programs; including "Blues Deluxe" broadcast from Texas; "Blues Highway" broadcast on KLBC.org from Long Beach, CA; Mark Kerr's "Blues Nation," Les Lewellyn's "Road Rash Blues," "Texas Blues Cafe," and several programs in Europe and Canada. For a full list of documented stations that have played songs from Rocky's Squeeze Here and/or Blue Streak albums, visit Rocky's website at: www.rockyjackson.com. A recording of a live radio interview on KLBC.org, with host Pat Graham, may be heard at this URL: www.klbc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=131&Itemid=45 Some killer reviews of Rocky's album, Squeeze Here, can also be viewed on Rocky's website in the music section.