Edito de A Cold night in HeavenAcoustic performer Mark Jackson is a songwriter whose music has traveled from the hills of Oklahoma to the shores of the Pacific Ocean. Influenced by such greats as Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Willie Nelson, he carries on the tradition of the storyteller and poet combined to create the western American country/folk song. Whether he's singing about leaving it all behind and riding a train south down to Mexico or about a woman who finally makes it home to Charlotte Texas, Mark conjures up true images and feelings that shoot straight to the heart. Growing up in Oklahoma City and, after sailing the world with the Navy for several years, Mark landed in San Diego, Ca. where he eventually formed the Mark Jackson Band. With Ken Wilcox (guitar, slide guitar and autoharp) Drew Decker (bass) Grant Kester (harmonica) and Doc Rolph(drums), Mark has created a style of country/folk music that is fresh yet timeless in its feel ... "Vigilante Road," co-produced by Randy Sterling, features such great local San Diego artists as Ken Wilcox, Pat Ambre, Warner Davis, Lisa Sanders, Peggy Watson, Drew Decker, Dani Carroll, and David Morgan. If you like country, folk, or any combination of the two, you will want to get your hands and ears on this harbinger of a new wave in American music. "Vigilante Road" has been nominated San Diego Music Award's "2003 Best Americana Album of the Year" (We lost to Grammy award winning Nickel Creek)