Jim Jackson (June 1876 – December 18, 1933)[1] was an American blues and hokum singer, songster, and guitarist, whose recordings in the late 1920s were popular and influential on later musicians.

Like Lead Belly, Jackson knew hundreds of songs, including blues, ballads, vaudeville numbers, and traditional tunes, and became a popular attraction.

[4] Other artists recorded cover versions of the song (including William Harris in 1928[5]) and reworked it (as Charlie Patton did, changing it to "Gonna Move to Alabama.

"[6]) Jackson moved to Memphis in 1928 and made a series of further recordings, including the comic medicine show song "I Heard the Voice of a Pork Chop".

[2] Jackson ran the Red Rose Minstrels, a travelling medicine show which toured Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama.