Boats Up the River performed by John Jackson

From the Vestapol DVD John Jackson- The Video Collection 1970-1999 (https://www.guitarvideos.com/#!/John-...)

John Jackson always seemed supremely relaxed and easy-going, but under his friendly country manner he was an indefatigable worker. He recalled a time when musicians would walk twenty miles over dirt roads to get to a house party, play till the wee hours of the morning, then walk home and put in a full day on the farm, and he kept numerous jobs – most famously as a grave digger – into his seventies. He was just as dedicated onstage, an all-around entertainer who mixed his songs with jokes and stories and tried to give his audiences a sense not only of the music he loved, but of the world that had produced it.

That world is long gone, but it lives on in the loping rhythms of Jackson's intricate guitar picking and the mellow flow of his honey-slow Virginia drawl. This is old-time, back-porch country music, played by a man who always seemed like he was just kicking back and enjoying himself with some friends, but put all he had into every note.

Titles include: AN AMERICAN SONGSTER Documentary by Renato Tonelli, 1986 HORSES SING NONE OF IT! 1999 Diddie Wa Diddie, Ralph Litwin Introduces John, Chesterfield, Albums That John Recorded, Bootlegger Blues, John’s Hunting Story, Boats Up The River, About Playing Banjo, When You And I Were Young, Maggie, Key To The Highway, Buckets Got A Hole In It, Troublin’ Mind, Growing Up and Playing Music, Midnight Hour Blues, Reuben, Banjo Technique, Kneel At The Cross, A Fishing Story, San Francisco Bay Blues UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 1970 That Will Never Happen No More, John’s Rag