Conversations with the artists and individuals who made Jackson Station Rhythm & Blues Club a truly legendary place. Hosted by Daniel Harrison, author of the book Live At Jackson Station: Music, Community, and Tragedy in a Southern Blues Bar (University of South Carolina Press, 2021). In each episode, Dan digs into the stories behind the iconic blues bar in Hodges, SC, with the help of the musicians and artists who made the experience of Jackson Station something we will never forget.
Host Daniel Harrison is joined by Mike Palmer in our final episode of the first season of Inside Jackson Station. We dig into the origin story of the book itself as Dan outlines what went into his research process as he pulled everything together. Dan and Mike reflect on the relevance of the story of Jackson Station to the issues of today and insights gained in making the podcast.
We hear a bit from the original research interviews that Dan conducted with Tinsley Ellis and David Truly, artists who will be featured in the next installment of Inside Jackson Station as we bring season one to its conclusion. And we're once again graced with the music of Nappy Brown and Bob Margolin recorded live at the Depot back in the day.
Thanks to everyone for their support in making the launch of this podcast a tremendous success. We look forward to your feedback and can't wait to return again for more stories and sounds from the legendary South Carolina Blues Bar.
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2 Mar 2022
Inside Jackson Station with The Reverend Billy C. Wirtz - The Existential Truths of the Blues
Legendary blues pianist Reverend Billy C. Wirtz joins “Inside Jackson Station,” host Dan Harrison to talk about his life as a comedic performer, a pianist, a musicologist, and DJ.
We hear Billy's recollections of playing at Jackson Station both as a solo act and with Bob Margolin and Nappy Brown over the years. The Reverend explains what it was like touring and performing with Nappy Brown and the unique scene that Gerald Jackson and Steve Bryant created at the club. Billy shares wisdom about the blues from artists such as Muddy Waters, Little Walter Jacobs, and Otis Spann before concluding with a homily about gospel music, the blues, and existentialism. And of course, we hear some cool sounds from the Master of the 88 Key Disaster along the way.
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23 Feb 2022
Inside Jackson Station with Jeff Calder - Founding Member of The Swimming Pool Q's
Atlanta-based musician Jeff Calder joins “Inside Jackson Station,” host Dan Harrison to talk about his life as a writer, his career in the music business, and his memories of Jackson Station.
We hear about Jeff’s early days growing up in Florida, working with Harry Crews in Gainesville, and moving to Macon, GA, (then a hotbed of musical activity thanks to the Allman Brothers). Jeff then talks about settling in Atlanta, forming the Swimming Pool Qs (one of the premiere Southern New Wave acts of the time), and going on tour with Devo and Lou Reed. Of all the venues Jeff Calder ever played, he says Jackson Station was one of the most special. Jeff tells us all about it.
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13 Feb 2022
Welcome to Inside Jackson Station with Blues Guitarist Bob Margolin and Daniel Harrison author of Live at Jackson Station
Welcome to Inside Jackson station, the podcast that takes you inside the legendary blues bar in Hodges, South Carolina. In our first episode, we introduce you to Jackson Station beginning with a conversation with Daniel Harrison, our host and the author of Live At Jackson Station a book that chronicles the social history of the iconic blues bar from its inception in 1975 to the brutal crime that shut down the club in April 1990.
We begin with a bit of sound from inside the club with the iconic R&B artist Napoleon “Nappy” Brown singing with Bob Margolin on guitar. Then, after hearing how Dan discovered the story that led to the book, we pick up with Dan's interview with Bob Margolin. This conversation provides a good sense of what it was like inside this magical, diverse, and at times quite contradictory Southern blues bar in late 1970s and 1980s
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13 Feb 2022
Inside Jackson Station with Glenn Phillips (of the Hampton Grease Band)
Glenn Phillips joins Dan Harrison in a free-flowing conversation about Glenn's storied career in music, beginning with the Hampton Grease Band, then with the Glenn Phillips Band, and most recently with Jeff Calder in their band the Supreme Court.
In addition to sharing tales of his experiences meeting John Lennon and Yoko Ono, playing guitar with Frank Zappa and the Grateful Dead, and seeing Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix in Atlanta in the 1960s, Glenn tells what it was like to perform at Jackson Station.
Jackson Station was an extraordinary and magical place and with Glenn and Dan's help we're taken on a journey back to this iconic Southern blues bar.
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13 Feb 2022
Inside Jackson Station with Mattie Phifer and Catherine Brickley from The Sensible Pumps
Mattie Phifer and Catherine Brickley, founding Members of the Sensible Pumps (from Charleston, SC), join host Dan Harrison to hear what it was like for the Pumps when they played at Jackson Station in the 1980s.
After learning how the Pumps formed and discovered Jackson Station, we hear Mattie tell her the story of being at the club on that fateful night in April of 1990 when Gerald Jackson was viciously attacked with a bush ax in the parking lot and left for dead.
We hear what the Pumps are up to these days and get some perspective on what Jackson Station means to them and how they've carried their memories of the club with them to this day.
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