David Jackson

On The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark (A&M, 1968), recorded in Hollywood in about July 1968, Jackson played string bass alongside Clark, Dillard, Bernie Leadon and Don Beck, with Chris Hillman as a guest. He stayed for the second album, Through the Morning, Through the Night (A&M, 1969), recorded in about June 1969 with Donna Washburn, Byron Berline and the drummer Jon Corneal; there he sang and played bass, piano and cello, on tracks including “Rocky Top” and the title song.

He continued to play on Doug Dillard’s records, all produced by Rodney Dillard: the 1973 sessions at Golden West Sound Recorders in Hollywood for Duelin’ Banjo (20th Century Fox), the 1974 sessions there for You Don’t Need a Reason to Sing, on electric bass, and the 1979 sessions in Van Nuys for the gospel album Heaven (Flying Fish), with Herb Pedersen, Byron Berline and John Hartford. On Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III (Capitol, 2002) he played string bass on “Goodnight Irene,” sung by Willie Nelson and Tom Petty, and on Nelson’s “Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms.”