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Jackson Taylor

Country music today has lost its edge. In the national Nashville-oriented country music scene, rough and tumble "outlaw" acts in the spirit of Willie Nelson and Hank Williams Jr. are glossed over in favor of tame, overproduced country-pop. Though this might be a general nationwide trend, it sure doesn't hold true in Texas. In the Lone Star State, the gruff spirit of outlaw country lives on with acts like Jackson Taylor.

Jackson's forearm tattoo pretty much sums up his career: "Honky Tonk Hero." Born to a poor migrant farming family in a small town smack dab in the middle of Texas, Jackson discovered a fondness for country and roots rock early in life, inspired by the likes of Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, Johnny Cash, and Dwight Yoakam. After finally graduating from high school in a small northern Washington farm town, Jackson decided to try his hand in the music business by moving to Nashville, Tennessee.

Though he held down a job as a songwriter in Nashville for awhile, his musical style - rough country and roots rock tempered with a dash of punk rock in the vein of Social Distortion and the Dead Kennedys - wasn't exactly welcome in Nashville, and Jackson soon called it quits and moved back to Texas. This time, he packed his bags and moved to Austin, the epicenter of the Texas alternative music scene. His gruff, unapologetic demeanor and lyrical content soon found a niche, and before Jackson new it he was well on his way to becoming one of Texas' most popular independent country music artists.