Cordell compared Jackson’s elevation to the Supreme Court to other historic firsts, including the nominations of Thurgood Marshall in 1967 and Sandra Day O’Connor in 1981.

When Cordell Jackson's long and mostly obscure musical career intersected briefly with American pop culture in the early 1990s (coinciding with her appearance in a popular beer commercial, in ...

Most people remember her as the rock ‘n’ roll, guitar granny, but the creative legacy of Pontotoc’s own Cordell Jackson amounts to much more than her quirky image, and it's ...

Known as the Guitar Granny, Cordell Jackson, 84, began performing in the 1930s with her father's band, the Pontiac Ridge Runners. She spent several years… ...

Cordell Jackson A guitarist, songwriter and producer, Cordell Jackson is known as one of the first women to independently produce and promote rock ‘n’ roll music.