By Andrew W. Griffin - October 4, 2009
Red Dirt Report, editor
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TECUMSEH, Okla. -- Wearing a hat and jacket on a cool, October afternoon, Brandon Jackson, former guitarist of Stillwater-based Red Dirt band No Justice, told Red Dirt Report that while he enjoyed his years playing with the group, he felt it was time to move on and record the music he wants to record and perform.
"I already had some songs that were ready for the next No Justice record but they weren't used, so I'm going to use it for my own recording," Jackson said.
Jackson shared this with RDR out at the Little River Music Valley in Tecumseh. He and two others, including Nashville recording artist Rick Monroe, were judging different Red Dirt and country bands for "Oklahoma's Next Rising Star" competition. The contest featured everyone from Edmond's Taylor Atkinson Band to the Ordinary Outlaws.
Jackson, who played with No Justice for nearly 5 years, continues to play a lot of acoustic music gigs, particularly in Oklahoma City and Stillwater. He plans to put together a group and begin recording his own songs in the next year.
Asked if the fact that it's been nearly four years since their last studio album, No Justice, was released, and that not having a new album already recorded and released was a problem, Jackson indicated that it would have been better to have had a new album out already but that the Live at Billy Bob's Texas disc helped tide over fans.
Last month, Texas music magazine Best In Texas reported that Jackson had left the group and was quickly replaced by Cody Patton, a talented singer and guitarist who, among others, played guitar for Oklahoma's Jason Savory Band.
Jackson noted that being around the same people all the time can be stressful at times but he emphasized that he parted with the band - which includes singer Steve Rice, guitarist Jerry Payne, bassist Joey Trevino and drummer Armando Lopez - on good terms.
Looking back on a Texas Music Times article on No Justice your Red Dirt Reporter wrote in 2007, Jackson comments, "We're definitely good friends. We're like brothers sometimes. We're around each other so much."
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