Carl Jackson
Carl Jackson
Carl Eugene Jacksonis an American country and bluegrass musician. Jackson's first Grammy was awarded in 1992 for his duet album with John Starling titled "Spring Training." In 2003 Jackson produced the Grammy Award-winning CD titled Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers - a tribute to Ira and Charlie Louvin. He also recorded one of the songs on the CD, a collection of duets featuring such artists as James Taylor, Alison Krauss, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris, and...
ProfessionSongwriter
Date of Birth18 September 1953
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My grandmother used to go with her church to visit the soldiers at Walter Reed. But she had to stop. Couldn't take it anymore. She was a nurse at Georgetown University Hospital for 30 years, and she had seen a lot. But seeing all of those boys coming back from Iraq -- hundreds of them, 19-, 20-, 21-year-olds -- all torn apart like that, it just broke her heart.
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For the last six or eight years, it has been a wet golf course and really too wet for Ben. It's just a different game now. The ball is rolling, and a lot of guys are seeing a course they never saw before.
gets position
Once he gets it on the right position on these greens, he's dangerous.
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I lived in the house with him and was his man Friday, I guess you could say. I took care of the house for him.
playing terrible
Oh, he was playing terrible before the tournament.
love people
People still love (the picture) today. People know me from that.
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Mr. Stephens and another member at Augusta, John Griffith from Texas, were trying to figure out a good caddy who could get along with Ben. They thought I was the one. Between Mr. Griffith and Mr. Stephens, they got us both to agree and we've been with each other ever since. We work so well together.
passion transit
I have a passion for the transit industry.
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I felt like I lost a father figure. We spent so much time together that I really feel like I lost a parent. Mr. Stephens gave me so many opportunities, and being at the Masters just won't be the same without him being around.
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I can't put a number on it, but I want to stay here as long as I can.
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About 90 percent of the golfers can read whether the putts are going left or right. But when you get the borderline putts, you've got to have something to lean on. He has something to lean on.
believe helps
We believe we know the secret, and that helps us.
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I really thought I was gonna die. I told the doctors, 'Let me go instead of running up this big bill.' ... Ben was standing there when I needed him. That's somebody who loves you, who really cares.
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I'll feel it later over a gin and grapefruit juice.