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Jackie Greene, with Truth & Salvage Co.

Presented by World Cafe Live at World Cafe Live - Philadelphia

October 13, 2011

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Many people have already made up their minds about Jackie Greene, the Americana phenom from Sacramento who made his first album only six years ago and has steadily built up a passionate following among both rank-and-file fans and some of the biggest names in music. Tours with a who’s-who of American roots music – Buddy Guy, Elvis Costello, Susan Tedeschi, Willie Nelson, B.B. King and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott among them – and performances everywhere from the Newport Folk Festival and Monterey Jazz Festival to Bonnarroo, have meant that Greene was recognized quickly by those who know talent, and who saw something rare and promising in him. Their early enthusiasm has only grown with each new album.
Nevertheless, Greene himself is less and less keen on defining himself in a world that wants him to be its latest “New Dylan”. Instead, 27-year-old Greene is thinking big – about death or, more accurately, transformation. He named his new, game-changing album Giving Up The Ghost for a reason. “The phrase refers to the destruction of certain notions and practices that I used to hold in high esteem,” he says. Who Jackie Greene actually is becomes much clearer with Giving Up The Ghost. The album opens with the sweeping, richly-orchestraed “Shaken,” the album’s first single, which eschews the clean lines and familiar roots sound of his past. It is a statement of renewed purpose – even though Greene is vague about what that purpose might be.