Video Gallery
High Lonesome Sound by songwriter Greg Mitchell. Performed at Emma's Tearoom on January 8th, 2013
Fred E. Ahlert and Joe Young wrote this whimsical standard in 1935, and Fats Waller made the most famous recording of it that same year. Peggy Burton sang as the South Jackson Street Band performed this song on Saturday, September 19, 2020 at the Wiseman Park Pavilion in Lynchburg, Tennessee for the annual Horse Play fundraiser.
Herman Hupfeld wrote this song in 1931, but it didn't become famous until 11 year later with Warner Brothers featured it in the movie Casablanca. Guitarist Ron Hackett recorded this instrumental guitar solo version in his studio that he calls, Ron's World Famous Guitar Lounge because of a plaque given to him by his sister.
Ron Hackett is back to perform another of his solo jazz guitar arrangements. Today's selection is a French tune written by Henri Betti in 1947. According to the composer, the first nine musical notes of the tune popped into his head as he stopped to watch a lingerie show in Nice.
Guitarist Ron Hackett performs his arrangement of Over the Rainbow, which was written by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg for The Wizard of Oz in 1939. Actress Judy Garland sang the song, and it became her signature song. Over the Rainbow won the Academy Award for Best Original Song that year. This performance was recorded on Monday, April 27, 2020 in the studio of Ron's World Famous Guitar Lounge in Tennessee.
Recorded at the Fayetteville-Lincoln County Arts Center on February 16, 2019. Ron Hackett explains the origins of the song and the special tuning and techniques used to perform the song before performing it.
Interview with "Just Plain Living" on Tullahoma TV channel 6 on January 22, 2019. The interview promoted the South Jackson Street Band and their upcoming Valentine's Dinner and Dance gig. Peggy Burton is the host and vocalist, Jim Fitzgerald is the tenor saxophonist, and Ron Hackett is the guitarist.
Jazz guitarist Ron Hackett performs his instrumental arrangement of "Bésame Mucho," by Consuelo Velázquez. This video was recorded in front of a live audience at the Fayetteville-Lincoln County Arts Center in Fayetteville, Tennessee on February 17, 2018.
Jazz guitarist Ron Hackett performs his instrumental arrangement of Herman Hupfeld's "As Time Goes By." Recorded at the Lafayette-Lincoln County Arts Center in Fayetteville, Tennessee on February 3, 2018.
"Jingle Bell Rock" and "What Child is This?" performed at the Fayetteville-Lincoln County Arts Center in Fayetteville, Tennessee on December 16th, 2017
This performance by Ron Hackett was recorded by his wife Debi outside the Fayetteville Public Library on June 3, 2017 for Dairy Day, and annual Lincoln County, Tennessee event.
Antonio Carlos Jobim's Corcovado (Quiet Night of Quiet Stars) played by Ron Hackett at the Fayetteville-Lincoln County Arts Center, Inc. on February 4, 2017
One Note Samba by Antonio Carlos Jobim Played by Ron Hackett At the Fayetteville-Lincoln County Arts Center, Inc.
Breezy and Tepid (aka "Windy and Warm") at A Concert on the Dock on the loading dock of Lynchburg Outdoors on October 24, 2015 during the Jack Daniels BBQ Festival in Lynchburg, Tennessee.
Bill's Bay by songwriter Chris Buzelli. Mel Deal's Guitar Ensemble at the Nashville Jazz Workshop on February 9, 2015. Guitarists (from left) Drew Tucker, Ron Hackett, Ben Blankenship, and Logan Runger. Drummer is Frank Ferris, and Mel Deal is on bass.
Diane by Charles Mingus. Mel Deal's Guitar Ensemble at the Nashville Jazz Workshop on February 9, 2015. Guitarists (from left) Drew Tucker, Ron Hackett, Ben Blankenship, and Logan Runger. Drummer is Frank Ferris, and Mel Deal is on bass.
My Favorite Things by songwriter Oscar Hammerstein II. Guitar solo played by Ron Hackett in the studio.
Take Me by singer/songwriter Greg Mitchell, accompanied by Ron Hackett at the courthouse gazebo in Fayetteville, Tennessee on October 18th, 2014
All the Things You Are by songwriter Jerome Kern. Guitar solo played by Ron Hackett in the studio on June 14th, 2014
The Girl from Ipanema played by Ron Hackett and Drew Tucker at the Huntsville Association of Technical Societies (HATS) Professional of the Year Banquet, June 25, 2013
My Way performed by Ron Hackett for a company picnic at the Huntsville Botanical Gardens, August 14, 2010
