{"id":27704,"date":"2024-07-18T13:58:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T18:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/%poi_type%\/mississippi-country-music-trail-carl-jackson\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T14:38:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:38:26","slug":"mississippi-country-music-trail-carl-jackson","status":"publish","type":"poi","link":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/country-music-trail\/mississippi-country-music-trail-carl-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi Country Music Trail &#8211; Carl Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull header-image\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#5d4532\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1000\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Country-Music-POI-Default-Image.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"A guitar, cowboy boots, and cowboy hat in sepia tone.\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Country-Music-POI-Default-Image.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Country-Music-POI-Default-Image-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Country-Music-POI-Default-Image-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Country-Music-POI-Default-Image-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Country-Music-POI-Default-Image-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Country-Music-POI-Default-Image-540x338.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Country-Music-POI-Default-Image.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"A guitar, cowboy boots, and cowboy hat in sepia tone.\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Country-Music-POI-Default-Image.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Country-Music-POI-Default-Image-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Country-Music-POI-Default-Image-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Country-Music-POI-Default-Image-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Country-Music-POI-Default-Image-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Country-Music-POI-Default-Image-540x338.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/noscript><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-vms-lyellow-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0px\">Mississippi Country Music Trail &#8211; Carl Jackson <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"trail-marker-location wp-block-paragraph\">Trail Marker Location: Louisville<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Marker Front: <br><\/strong>Born in Louisville in 1953, Carl Jackson played banjo here as a boy, and by age fourteen was backing Jim &amp; Jesse on the Grand Ole Opry. By the age of twenty he had established a versatile career as a recording vocalist, instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer in bluegrass and mainstream country music that made him one of the most sought after contributors and collaborators in both genres well into the twenty-first century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Marker Back:<\/strong><br>Carl Jackson&nbsp;was born on September 18, 1953, in a small clinic housed above the Strand Theatre, just a stone\u2019s throw from this very spot. He grew up in a musical family, took to the guitar, mandolin, dobro and fiddle in childhood, and by age nine was proficient enough on the banjo, his instrument of choice, to begin playing with his father\u2019s and uncles\u2019 bluegrass band, The Country Partners. Bluegrass legends Jim and Jesse McReynolds saw young Carl play and invited him to join their band at age fourteen; he would be one of their Virginia Boys for four years that included frequent Grand Ole Opry appearances. After a brief stint with Mississippi\u2019s Sullivan Family Gospel group, he became the featured banjo player for country and pop star Glen Campbell, touring with him from 1972-1984. As instrumentalist, lead or back-up vocalist, songwriter and record producer, Jackson would find success in both the bluegrass and mainstream country fields for years to come. Jackson\u2019s own initial recordings, produced by both smaller, independent labels and for Capitol Records through the 1970s and early 1980s spotlighted his premier banjo, guitar, and harmony vocal work, as did his role during 1986 as a member of Emmylou Harris\u2019s Angel Band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the mid-80s, Jackson\u2019s vocal and songwriting skills came even more to the forefront. He recorded four country singles for Columbia Records, two of them Top 40 hits, and began appearing as a back-up vocalist for artists that eventually included Tammy Wynette, Roger Miller, Dolly Parton, Hank Williams Jr., Patty Loveless, Garth Brooks, and countless others. As a songwriter of hundreds of recorded songs, Jackson wrote top chart hits that included \u201c(Love Always) Letter to Home\u201d for Glen Campbell, \u201cPut Yourself in My Place\u201d for Pam Tillis and \u201cNo Future in the Past\u201d for Vince Gill. His song \u201cLittle Mountain Church House\u201d was voted the International Bluegrass Music Association\u2019s Song of the Year for 1990. The album&nbsp;<em>Spring Training<\/em>, his own 1991 collaboration with John Starling, won the Grammy for&nbsp;Best Bluegrass Album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the 1990s, Jackson became a celebrated record producer as well, for projects that ranged from work with young, emerging bluegrass and country artists to special historic projects involving some of country music\u2019s grandest names, including his salute \u201cLivin\u2019, Lovin\u2019, Losin\u2019\u2013Songs of the Louvin Brothers,\u201d featuring Johnny Cash, James Taylor, Alison Krauss, Merle Haggard, Ronnie Dunn, Marty Stuart, Linda Ronstadt and Del McCoury, which won the 2003 Grammy for Country Album of the Year; and a 2011 all-star set entitled \u201cMark Twain: Words &amp; Music,\u201d exploring Samuel Clemens\u2019 life in spoken word and song. Throughout this singular, celebrated career, Jackson regularly returned to Louisville for \u201cHome for Christmas\u201d concerts. He was inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame in 2006.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"learn-more-fed956a8-495b-4eeb-ad8c-324f9d8fb558\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learn More<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-vms-lyellow-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-883d69b4 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<iframe style=\"border-radius:0; width:100%; height:50vh;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/0PO9ZAbLIFYSb9lUWme49E?utm_source=generator&#038;theme=0\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; align=\"center\"; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Carl Jackson - The Little Mountain Church\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4U93EjMUzXk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-white-color has-vms-mblue-background-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<div style=\"height:1rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color\" id=\"explore-nearby-attractions-d3305135-2390-443c-85fe-e41f73dc3906\">Explore Nearby Attractions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The Mississippi Country Music Trail connects you to towns rich in history, culture, and character. Discover more things to see and do in Louisville and the Winston County area from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winstoncountyms.com\/visit\/downtown-louisville\"><strong>Winston Partnership<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Nanih-Waiya-Thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37228 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Nanih-Waiya-Thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37228 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Nanih-Waiya-Thumb.jpg 400w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Nanih-Waiya-Thumb-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/history\/nanih-waiya-mound-and-cave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nanih Waiya Mound and Cave<\/a><\/strong><br><em><a href=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/history\/nanih-waiya-mound-and-cave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Choctaw<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Legion-State-Park-Thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37217 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Legion-State-Park-Thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37217 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Legion-State-Park-Thumb.jpg 400w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Legion-State-Park-Thumb-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/birding-wildlife\/legion-state-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Legion State Park<\/a><\/strong><br><em><a href=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/birding-wildlife\/legion-state-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Louisville<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bluff-Lake-Thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37218 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bluff-Lake-Thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37218 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bluff-Lake-Thumb.jpg 400w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bluff-Lake-Thumb-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/arts-culture\/grammy-museum-mississippi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/birding-wildlife\/sam-d-hamilton-noxubee-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sam D. Hamilton&nbsp;Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><br><em><a href=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/birding-wildlife\/sam-d-hamilton-noxubee-national-wildlife-refuge\/\">Starkville<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Choctaw-Lake-Thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37224 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Choctaw-Lake-Thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37224 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Choctaw-Lake-Thumb.jpg 400w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Choctaw-Lake-Thumb-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lmdc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/birding-wildlife\/choctaw-lake-recreation-area\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Choctaw Lake Recreation Area<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><br><em><a href=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/birding-wildlife\/choctaw-lake-recreation-area\/\">Ackerman<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Attala-County-Courthouse-Thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37229 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Attala-County-Courthouse-Thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37229 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Attala-County-Courthouse-Thumb.jpg 400w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Attala-County-Courthouse-Thumb-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lmdc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/architecture\/attala-county-courthouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Attala County Courthouse<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><br><em><a href=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/architecture\/attala-county-courthouse\/\">Kosciusko<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mississippi Country Music Trail &#8211; Carl Jackson Trail Marker Location: Louisville Marker Front: Born in Louisville in 1953, Carl Jackson played banjo here as a boy, and by age fourteen was backing Jim &amp; Jesse on the Grand Ole Opry. 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