About
Self described as an, “easy listening soul artist that just wants to make everyone dance,” Jackson Dreyer was born outside of Chicago, IL to a family virtually barren of musicianship. The only music in his blood came from his great grandfather, a professional banjo player in the 30s and 40s. Growing up on classic rock and the blues, Jackson became a member of a blues/rock band, Van Buren & Wells, playing guitar, saxophone, and singing. In the fall of 2014, Jackson moved to Nashville to study music at Belmont University. In a short time, he set his roots in the songwriting community and began to play his own music with his current band.
His songs and sound have a wide range of influences, crediting growing up on Chicago, Stevie Wonder, and John Mayer and more recently artists like Allen Stone, PJ Morton, and Emily King. In July of 2017, Jackson released his debut single, “Step Up”, which showcases the joy and groove that his music is known for. In December of 2017, Jackson released a live-in-studio video series, “The Cozy Sessions”, to wide acclaim. The two songs, “Snow” and “Mr. Bluebird”, were the perfect amount of smooth to tide fans over until the summer of 2018. Each month of summer 2018 featured a new single off of Jackson’s debut, self-titled record. The first single and Jackson’s most successful song to date, “Can’t Fake It,” makes a bold statement for the full record, while "Coeur d'Alene" speaks to the small resort town in Idaho that shaped the man he is today.
In December of 2018, Jackson continued the tradition of two winter releases with his “Cozy Christmas” digital 45. His original song “A Perfect Christmas Tree” is paired with a bold cover of Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas” that both honors the original as well as pulls from Jackson’s own sound and influences.
The summer of 2019 pushed Jackson’s music forward more than any releases yet, showcasing a higher energy that “Can’t Fake It” had only hinted at. “Better Man” and “Ruin A Name” came out as a pair of singles with the same agenda: get people dancing. “Ruin A Name” did just that with an attention-demanding one-shot style music video shot in Jackson’s favorite bar tucked away in East Nashville.
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