Maverick Green Sofa Sessions
History
In 2014 I had an idea which I put to the Founder and Director of the Maverick Festival of Americana Roots Music, Paul Spencer. Cutting a long story short i found an old red sofa in a barn and the rest is history as they say. Nearly 200 individual singer / song writers and bands have sat on the Red Sofa. Many of the photographs have been used by the musicians for publicity and some have made their way onto album covers. In 2018 I did the sessions on an iPhone when we couldn't get the red sofa out a barn full of hay bales. Examples of sessions between 2014 -2018 which shows the development of the concept.
 Flats and Sharps from the Maverick Red Sofa Sessions 2014 |  Goat Roper Band from the Maverick Red Sofa Sessions 2014 |
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 Marty O'Reilly from the Maverick Red Sofa Sessions 201 |  Billy Bragg from the Maverick Red Sofa Sessions 2015 |
 Tom Paley from the Maverick Red Sofa Sessions 2015 |  Larkin Poe from the Maverick Red Sofa Sessions 2015 |
 Sam Outlaw with Molly Parden from the Maverick Red Sofa Sessions 2016 |  Simon Stanley Ward from the Maverick Red Sofa Sessions 2016 |
 Britt Gully from the Maverick Red Sofa Sessions 2016 |  Royal Jelly Jive from the Maverick Red Sofa Sessions 2017 |
 Bill Steber and Rambling Steve Gardener from the Maverick Red Sofa Sessions 2017 |  Henry Brothers from the Maverick Red Sofa Sessions 2017 |
 Dan Webster from the Maverick Red Sofa Sessions 2018 shot with an iPhone |  Jonathan Byrd from the Maverick Red Sofa Sessions 2018 shot with an iPhone |
 Orange Circus Band from the Maverick Red Sofa Sessions 2018 shot with an iPhone |
Maverick Green Sofa Sessions 2019
After the burning of the red sofa sometime in 2019 a change was coming. While looking for the red sofa i came across a green sofa covered in hay. It was time to move on and the Green Sofa Sessions was born.
Not unlike early recordings of Country musicians playing on a porch or steps, as exemplified by the excellent series by Ken Burns "The History Country Music", Jackson invited musicians to perform live straight to camera using only one overhead microphone.
They are recorded for posterity for the Maverick Festival archive. All music © the musicians all film material © Bill Jackson Foto Films.
This is only the beginning. Below is an introduction by the Maverick Festival Director Paul Spencer and a message from The Crux to all American music fans.
Maverick Green Sofa Sessions can be seen on Vimeo