MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2012 By
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2012 By: Senator(s) Frazier, Burton, Butler To: Rules (38th), Gandy, Hill, Horhn, Jackson (11th), Jackson (32nd), Watson SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 537 1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND SALUTING LEGENDARY 2 BLUESMAN JESSE ROBINSON OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI. 3 WHEREAS, "All my guitars have something to say. They speak 4 to me," says legendary Bluesman Jesse Robinson of Jackson, 5 Mississippi, whose skills have been praised by blues icons B.B. 6 King, Little Milton Campbell and Bobby Rush. Many consider Jesse 7 the greatest guitar player in Mississippi. Robinson's name isn't 8 among the famed, but his blues tell a story just the same; and 9 WHEREAS, Jesse Robinson has been playing blues and jazz for 10 over four decades. Born in Benton and raised in Mileston, 11 Mississippi, Robinson was "the seventh son, thirteenth child, baby 12 boy, and a preacher's son." He first picked up the guitar at age 13 six, and was soon backing his father at church. As a young boy, 14 Jesse also worked on the family farm picking cotton and 15 vegetables; and 16 WHEREAS, in the early 1960s, Jesse moved with his family to 17 Jackson, and at age 16 began attending blues legend Elmore James' 18 regular gigs at Percy Simpson's Club. When James took a break, he 19 would often hand Jesse his guitar and tell people, "This little 20 guy's gonna be a good guitar player one day." Jesse was soon 21 playing jazz and blues around Jackson with bands led by Sam Myers, 22 the Holly Brothers, Jimmy King, Duke Huddleston and Joe Dyson.
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