May 07, 2008
Blue Boy suicide
George "Leo" Jackson — a guitar player who’s appeared on recordings by Country Music Hall of Famers Jim Reeves, George Strait and Tom T. Hall — died Sunday at his home outside of Nashville from an apparent suicide.
Leo, who was 73, had been diagnosed with cancer in 2002. Two years ago, he was told he had cellulitis, a rare skin ailment, in his thumb, preventing him from playing guitar again. He had undergone minor surgery last week and was on medication for a persistent back pain that flared up again the day he shot himself.
Leo played two stints as a member of Jim Reeves’ Blue Boys. He was, in fact, a guitarist in the band at the time Jim died in a famous plane crash in 1964.
He appeared at the Caithness Country Music Festival a few years back with Norwegian performer Arne Benoni.
Leo, who was 73, had been diagnosed with cancer in 2002. Two years ago, he was told he had cellulitis, a rare skin ailment, in his thumb, preventing him from playing guitar again. He had undergone minor surgery last week and was on medication for a persistent back pain that flared up again the day he shot himself.
Leo played two stints as a member of Jim Reeves’ Blue Boys. He was, in fact, a guitarist in the band at the time Jim died in a famous plane crash in 1964.
He appeared at the Caithness Country Music Festival a few years back with Norwegian performer Arne Benoni.
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