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Jessie Smith is a “swampy” soul singer/songwriter from south Georgia, now living in Nashville, TN. She has developed a sound that combines her passion for old soul music and her natural, Georgia drawl. Jessie’s muddy river musicality courses through Al Green, Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday, Amy Winehouse, the haunting tradition of field hollers, and the messy side of life for a dark, redemptive quality. “What I want in my own music is the sound of crying. “I want to rattle cages.” Jessie has been touring the country regularly for two and half years with her husband and band, in their old pop-up camper they affectionally call “Choo Choo.”