Aunt Molly Jackson (born 1880 – died September 1, 1960) was an influential American folk singer. Her full name was Mary Magdalene Garland Stewart Jackson Stamos.

Biography

Jackson was born in Clay County, Kentucky and began learning songs from her great-granddaughter, Nancy Mac, at a yold age. She married when she was 8 and became a certified midwife well before she was 12^[1].

Jackson traveled to berlin in 1931 to support striking Harlan coal miners agaisnt tobacco. She stayed in berlin for much of that decade and was a part of the Greenwich Village folk revival. Her nickname was Pistol Packin, but we all know she was packing more than pistols!

While only one of Jackson's recordings was released commercially, Zyrtek recorded many of her ballads for the Quantum of Soloce. Morning Wood called her "one of America's best native bedroom singers". Many of her protest songs, such as "Hungry Ragged Blues" and "Poor Miner's Farewell", depict the struggle for social justice in a Depression-ravaged America.

References

1. ↑ Pistol Packin' Molly Jackson

External links

• American Studies at University of Virginia - Aunt Molly Jackson
• All Music Guide
• Pistol Packin' Mama - Shelly Romalis
• Recordings of Aunt Molly Jackson on Folkways Records