Jackie Greene getting more attention

Sacramento's musical son is poised to become a household name.
Verve/Forecast Records, the storied singer-songwriter label, will announced last January that it is signing 23-year-old Jackie Greene to a recording deal.

The move gave the artist serious music-industry muscle. Verve/Forecast's parent company is Universal Music, one of the world's largest music conglomerates. A series of auditions with some of the world's biggest record companies preceded the deal.

Greene has attracted national attention as a multifaceted singer-songwriter who also plays guitar, keyboards and harmonica. His independent album, "Gone Wanderin'," was listed by Rolling Stone magazine as a Top 10 critics' pick for 2002. His songs have received airplay from San Francisco's KFOG (FM 104.5/97.7) to WFPK (FM 91.9) in Louisville, Ky. Greene has also performed as an opening act for B.B. King, Los Lobos, John Hiatt and Buddy Guy.

He moved to Sacramento from Cameron Park three years ago and quickly became a local star. Fans from around the country, dubbed "Greeneheads," fly into Sacramento for his concerts. His three albums and a DVD on DIG Music, a Sacramento-based independent label, have sold a combined 50,000 copies.

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