Biography

Stonewall Jackson with many hit songs to his credit is one of the finest Singer/Songwriters I have known. This Album was the work of many long hard hours of work and a lot of help from many of his friends. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did and I am extremely honoured to consider him a friend and help him promote his music.
This Album cotains many names you will recognize such as Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, Larry Gatlin, Joe Diffie, Del Reeves, The Gatlins, Joe Diffie, The Whites, Ray Pillow, Grandpa Jones, Boxcar Willie, Hank Thompson, Porter Wagoner, Waylon Jennings, Justin Tubb, Paulette Carlson, Charlie Walker, Jimmy Dickens, Mark Collie, Jim & Jesse, Jeanne Pruett, Tommy Overstreet, Johnny Russell, Jim Ed brown, Lynn Anderson, Mike Snider, Tommy Cash, The Calloway's, The Kentucky Headunters, Riders In The Sky, Don Richmond, Vince Gill, Doug Supernaw, Jeanne Pruitt, Ricky Lynn Gregg, Marty Stuart, Connie Smith, Lorrie Morgan, John Conlee, Alison Krauss, Tanya Tucker, Hank Snow, and others.

This Cd can be purchased through the Ernst Tubbs Record Shops
Hope you enjoy this one.

Stonewall Jackson

When you speak about the living legends of Country Music, you can’t overlook STONEWALL JACKSON! The story of his career measures up to the most unusual fictional accounts that a writer could imagine—but it’s all true!

Born in Tabor City, North Carolina, the youngest of three children, he lost his father when he was only two years old. His mother decided to move to south Georgia to her brother-in-law’s farm where the opportunity for work seemed better, and because times were hard, the family hitch-hiked to Georgia. After years of hard work on the farm, he changed his birth records and joined the Army at 16, but when they discovered his real age he was released. However at 17 he went into the Navy.

During the time he was in the Navy he learned how to pick a guitar and sing. By the time he received his discharge in 1954, he decided that music was to be his career!

STONEWALL drove to Nashville in his pick-up truck, and when Wesley Rose of Acuff-Rose Publishing Company heard him, he called his friend “The Solemn Old Judge”, George Hay at the Grand Ole Opry and sent STONEWALL down to WSM Radio to see the Judge. STONEWALL became the first and only unknown artist ever signed to the Opry roster, but with his natural singing ability, he became a star. Through friendship with Ernest Tubb he went on to his first round of personal appearances, and then his Columbia records introduced him to a whole new liste3ning public.

“Life To Go” became his first Number 1 Chart record in 1959 and the next year he followed with a classic, “Waterloo”. These were just the first of many number one hits including “I Wash My Hands In Muddy Water”, “A Wound Time Can’t Erase”, “B.J. the D.J.”, “Why I’m Walking”, and “Don’t Be Angry” to name just a few. “Waterloo” was number one pop and country.

Through the years legendary stonewall (his real name by the way) has traveled from coast to coast and border to border to entertain hundreds of thousands of true Country Music fans! He’s also entertained those same fans as a regular member of the world famed Grand Ole Opry. His travels have been world wide. With trips to Canada, Alaska, England, Germany, Hawaii, etc.

More and more of the public is enjoying the unique STONEWALL JACKSON style. His new albums are always great sellers.

STONEWALL and his wife Juanita live in a comfortable farm atmosphere in Brentwood, Tennessee, overlooking a nine acre lake named “Lake Waterloo”. Juanita is his personal manager and operates his song publishing company, Turp Tunes. That company, by the way is named after his son, Stonewall Jackson Jr. whose nickname is Turp. Turp now functions as a drummer with STONEWALL’S band, and takes care of the big bus that STONEWALL and THE MINUTE MEN use for their personal appearances around the country.

So, there you have it—the living legend! Singer, Guitarist, song-writer, genuine star and talented human being --- STONEWALL JACKSON!

By Bob Neal.