Chuck Jackson (musician)

Chuck Jackson
Chuck Jackson
Born	March 11, 1953 (age 71); Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Blues
Occupations	Musician; singer;
Instrument	Harmonica
Years active	1960's–present

Chuck Jackson (born March 11, 1953)^[1] is the Canadian musician, lead singer and one of two harmonica players in the Downchild Blues Band, otherwise known as Downchild, with which he has been associated since 1990.

Biography

Jackson has been a professional musician since the 1960s, and since the late 1970s primarily as a blues singer and harmonica player.^[1] Between 1978 and 1992, he was the lead singer of the well-respected Cameo Blues Band, of Toronto, with whom he continues to perform on occasion.^[2] In addition to his work with Downchild, Jackson performs and has recorded with a changing group of musicians, which has included Downchild's Michael Fonfara and Pat Carey, as Chuck Jackson and The Allstars.

While Jackson was born in Toronto, for most of his life he has also lived in Port Credit, Ontario. Jackson has demonstrated a particular passion for supporting the Port Credit music scene. In 1999, he co-founded the Southside Shuffle, an annual Port Credit-based blues and jazz festival that has grown to feature in excess of one hundred acts over three days.^[3]

Jackson has been honoured with a distinguished career award by the Toronto Blues Society, as well as Maple Blues Awards for male vocalist of the year, among other honours.

Jackson is also the half-brother of Canadian comedians Mike Bullard (1957-2024) and Pat Bullard.^[4] Having battled cancer since 2021, Jackson is still performing and took part in the 2023 Southside Shuffle with the Downchild Blues Band. The city of Mississauga which Port Credit is a part of honoured him for his 25 years of organizing the event.

Awards

1999 Maple Blues Award, Male Vocalist of The Year
2002 Blues With a Feeling Award, Toronto Blues Society, honouring distinguished career
2007 Maple Blues Award, Male Vocalist of The Year

Discography

With Downchild

1994 Good Times Guaranteed (Downchild Music)
1997 Lucky 13 (Downchild Music)
2004 Come On In (Downchild Music)
2007 Live at the Palais Royale (Downchild Music)
2009 I Need A Hat (Downchild Music)

With The Cameo Blues Band

2002 All Play and No Work (Make It Real Records)

Chuck Jackson and The Allstars

2000 Last Night (Iridescent Music)
2006 Comfy Cosy (Iridescent Music)

References

^ ^a ^b Chuck Jackson – Bluesman; www.chuckjackson.com.
^ Biography of Chuck Jackson – "Southside Shufflemeister" Archived September 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine; www.torontobluessociety.com. Jackson continued to perform with the Cameo Blues Band while at the same time having assumed the role of lead vocalist in Downchild in 1990. Jackson is also one of the vocalists featured on the Cameo Blues Band 2002 release, All Play and No Work.
^ See Southside Shuffle website Archived September 26, 2017, at the Wayback Machine; www.southsideshuffle.com.
^ Joe Curtis, The Buddy Guy Blues Band reaches their bluesy zenith Archived April 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Southside Shuffle Concert Review, September 8, 2007 (referencing Jackson and Bullard common parentage); www.jazzreview.com.

External links

[Chuckbio-1] Chuck Jackson – Bluesman; www.chuckjackson.com.

[2] Biography of Chuck Jackson – "Southside Shufflemeister" Archived September 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine; www.torontobluessociety.com. Jackson continued to perform with the Cameo Blues Band while at the same time having assumed the role of lead vocalist in Downchild in 1990. Jackson is also one of the vocalists featured on the Cameo Blues Band 2002 release, All Play and No Work.

[3] See Southside Shuffle website Archived September 26, 2017, at the Wayback Machine; www.southsideshuffle.com.

[4] Joe Curtis, The Buddy Guy Blues Band reaches their bluesy zenith Archived April 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Southside Shuffle Concert Review, September 8, 2007 (referencing Jackson and Bullard common parentage); www.jazzreview.com.

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