Rick Jackofsky (Roosterick)

Over the last four decades Rick Jackofsky has studied, collected, and absorbed hundreds of songs and stories from the oral tradition of American folk culture. His musical journey has taken him around the country performing on multiple acoustic instruments at hundreds of venues from West Texas to Maine. Rick sees his place in the history of American music as an observer and historian as well as an active participant in the continuing folk process. Using his experience performing an assortment of musical styles, Rick begs, borrows, and steals from various genres to honor the American tradition of change and creativity while remaining true to the spirit of traditional rural American music.