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Roddy Jackson was born in Fresno, California, moving to Merced as a child. His father was a singer and pianist who toured with The Sons of the Pioneers. Jackson learned to play drums and piano, forming his first group, The Dreamers, when aged 12 in 1954, and began performing on radio station KYOS. He also learned to play clarinet, trumpet and ...
What Roddy Jackson was, was one hundred percent, unadulterated, red-blooded Rock ‘n’ Roll incarnate. Never has a throat been abused the way Roddy abraded his poor vocal cords each time he belted out another coruscating rocker, simultaneously pummeling the keyboard for it all it was worth, or pausing to briefly wring the neck of his tenor sax in a solo.
Oct 11, 2008 · Specialty 649 (1958)
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Dec 15, 2022 · By Jonathan Whitaker On Dec 15, 2022. 1 1. Local residents, artists and music fans around the world are mourning the loss of rock ’n’ roll icon Roddy Jackson of Merced who died on Wednesday, Dec. 7, after complications from surgery, according to family members. The longtime performer was 80.
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There's a deer in the beer? Gotta love 50's rock and roll. If this would have gotten any promotion I could see it having become one of the party songs in the...
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Oct 11, 2008 · Specialty 623 (1958)
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Dec 10, 2022 · Roddy Jackson is known locally in the music scene as a living legend. He was a frontman for the Merced Blue Notes during the 1960s and recorded with Sonny Bono.
