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Three Time Blues Music Award (W. C. HANDY) NOMINEE - Best Acoustic
Artist/Album
Dear Sir or Madam:
Electro-Fi Records in cooperation with IT * Talent Agency is pleased to introduce three time Blues Music Award nominee ,Storyteller and Oral Historian, Fruteland Jackson.
Fruteland specializes in performing acoustic blues, from contemporary to traditional, from the blues of early field-holler songs and work songs to Delta and Piedmont Blues, as well as his own original works. FRUTELAND is one of a select group of Americans dedicated to gathering, preserving and performing Acoustic Blues, in all their various forms. As an Acoustic Blues Artist, he has taken his art to hundreds of venues in America, and has performed in Spain, France Britain and Italy, all to great reviews.
As an Oral Historian, he has taken his extensive knowledge of Blues history to schools, colleges and universities, all over America. Fruteland created the award winning "All About The Blues"™ series Blues in the Schools programs, to bring his love of the blues and its important contribution to music in the world to every venue and classroom he is invited. He has received awards and acclaim across the country for his research, innovation, curriculum and presentation of the history about the people and music that make up the blues.
Fruteland is a consistent crowd pleaser in the performer arena. He has a style that puts people at ease and they enjoy his presentation of music and humor.
Fruteland Jackson was awarded the 1996 Illinois Arts Council Folk/Ethnic Heritage Award and is the recipient of the 1997 "Keeping The Blues Alive" for Blues in Education. His awards speak to his ability as an instructor/Educator at civic, cultural and Educational venues.
Please call or write: IT Talent Agency
879 Joliet Street #221 773-400-6341
V. Chandler / IT Talent Agency
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