Photo feature: Jackson belts the Delta Blues

Published 12:01 am Sunday, May 10, 2015

Guitarist and vocalist Vasti Jackson performs the music of Mississippi Blues legend Robert Johnson with the Natchez Festival of Blues Orchestra as a part of The Best of the Mississippi Blues: An Evening of Robert Johnson at Margaret Martin Performing Arts Center Saturday. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)

Guitarist and vocalist Vasti Jackson performs the music of Mississippi Blues legend Robert Johnson with the Natchez Festival of Blues Orchestra as a part of The Best of the Mississippi Blues: An Evening of Robert Johnson at Margaret Martin Performing Arts Center Saturday. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)

Jackson taps his feet on the stage while playing. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)

Jackson taps his feet on the stage while playing. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)

Jackson performs and is accompanied on stage by the Natchez Festival of Blues Orchestra and Darryl Grennell who was reading the history of Johnson’s life throughout the show. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)

Jackson performs and is accompanied on stage by the Natchez Festival of Blues Orchestra and Darryl Grennell who was reading the history of Johnson’s life throughout the show. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)