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Chuck Jackson (born March 11, 1953, Toronto)〔(Chuck Jackson - Bluesman ); www.chuckjackson.com.〕 is the Canadian lead singer and one of two harmonica players〔The other being Donnie ("Mr. Downchild") Walsh, who is also the lead guitarist and founder of the band.〕 in the Downchild Blues Band, otherwise known as Downchild, with which he has been associated since 1990. ==Biography== Chuck Jackson has been a professional musician since the 1960s, and since the late 1970s primarily as a blues singer and harmonica player.〔 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.〔(Biography of Chuck Jackson - "Southside Shufflemeister" ); 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''.〕 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. 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.〔See (Southside Shuffle website ); www.southsideshuffle.com.〕 Jackson has been honoured with a distinguished career award by the Toronto Blues Society, as well as Maple Blues Awards〔Regarded as the Canadian equivalent of a Blues Music Award.〕 for male vocalist of the year, among other honours. Chuck Jackson is also the half brother of Canadian comedians Mike Bullard and Pat Bullard.〔Joe Curtis, (The Buddy Guy Blues Band reaches their bluesy zenith ). Southside Shuffle Concert Review, September 8, 2007 (referencing Jackson and Bullard common parentage); www.jazzreview.com.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chuck Jackson (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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