Stonewall Jackson ~ Similar Artists

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Jim Ed Brown - 100% match to Stonewall Jackson

Jim Edward Brown, 1 April 1934, Sparkman, Arkansas, USA. From the early 50s to 1967, Brown sang with sisters Maxine and Bonnie as the Browns but had solo successes in 1965 with "I Heard From A Memory Last Night" and "I'm Just A Country Boy", after his sisters had persuaded Chet... Read more

Hank Locklin - 85% match to Stonewall Jackson

Lawrence Hankins Locklin, 15 February 1918, McLellan, Florida, USA. A farm boy, Locklin worked in the cotton fields as a child and on the roads during the Depression of the 30s. He learned to play the guitar at the age of 10 and was soon performing on local radio and at dances.... Read more

Faron Young - 84% match to Stonewall Jackson

25 February 1932, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA, d. 10 December 1996, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Young was raised on the farm his father bought just outside Shreveport and learned to play the guitar and sing country songs as a boy. Greatly influenced by Hank Williams (in his early... Read more

Jack Greene - 83% match to Stonewall Jackson

Jack Henry Greene, 7 January 1930, Maryville, Tennessee, USA. Greene took guitar lessons when he was eight years old, then added drumming to his abilities. Moving to Atlanta in the late 40s, he became part of the Cherokee Trio with Lem Bryant and Speedy Price. He then became a... Read more

David Houston - 78% match to Stonewall Jackson

9 December 1938, Bossier City, Louisiana, USA, d. 30 November 1993, Bossier City, Louisiana, USA. Houston's forefathers included Sam Houston, who fought for Texas's independence from Mexico, and the Civil War general Robert E. Lee. His parents were friends of 20s singer Gene... Read more

Wynn Stewart - 73% match to Stonewall Jackson

Wynnford Lindsey Stewart, 7 June 1934, on a farm near Morrisville, Missouri, USA, d. 17 July 1985, Hendersonville, Tennessee, USA. Stewart's uncle was a major league pitcher, which inspired hopes of a baseball career, until he was told that he would never be big enough. He... Read more

Leroy Van Dyke - 68% match to Stonewall Jackson

Leroy Frank Van Dyke, 4 October 1929, Spring Fork, Missouri, USA. Besides working on the family farm, Van Dyke learnt the guitar and sang country songs. He gained a degree in agriculture from the University of Missouri, and then worked as a farm reporter and also trained as an... Read more

Hank Thompson - 67% match to Stonewall Jackson

Henry William Thompson, 3 September 1925, Waco, Texas, USA, d. 6 November 2007, Keller, Fort Worth, Texas, USA. Thompson, as a young boy, was fond of records by Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family. He first learned the harmonica and then his parents gave him a guitar for his... Read more

Sonny James - 65% match to Stonewall Jackson

James Loden, 1 May 1929, Hackleburg, Alabama, USA. The Country Music Hall Of Fame includes a guitar that Sonny James' father made for him when he was three years old. James has been performing since that time and has played fiddle and guitar with the Lodens' family revue. Sonny... Read more

Jimmy Dean - 59% match to Stonewall Jackson

Seth Ward, 10 August 1928, near Plainview, Texas, USA. Dean's mother, who was the family's only provider, ran a barber shop and as a boy, he picked cotton and worked on local farms. His mother taught him to play the piano when he was 10 years old and he taught himself guitar,... Read more