{{Short description|American guitarist, photographer and attorney}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2011}} '''Michael Lee Jackson''' is an American guitarist, photographer and attorney.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}
He was part of Ian Gillan's backing band on the Deep Purple frontman's US solo tour in August and September 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=5166|title=Child In Time: An Interview With Ian Gillan|last=Stephens|first=Charlie|date=21 December 2006|publisher=KNAC|accessdate=24 August 2011}}</ref> He also performed on guitar and acted as musical director for Gillan's CD/DVD ''Gillan's Inn'' (2006), ''Live in Anaheim'' also on CD/DVD (2008), and ''One Eye to Morocco'' (2009). He has been Gillan's creative manager for solo projects since approximately 2005. In 2010-11, Jackson scored and engineered the sound track to the indie feature film, ''The Bad Penny'', directed by Todd Bellanca. Jackson also played guitar on "Holy Water" off the 2011 WhoCares project by Tony Iommi, Ian Gillan and friends, a project to raise funds for the rebuilding of a music school in Gyumri, Armenia. Jackson also contributed engineering and production on "Holy Water" and recorded Gillan's vocals for the "Out of My Mind / Holy Water" single from the ''Ian Gillan & Tony Iommi: WhoCares'' album.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.bryanreesman.com/2011/05/08/tony-iommi-ian-gillan-and-friends-unite-for-an-armenian-benefit/ |title=Attention Deficit Delirium » Blog Archive » Tony Iommi, Ian Gillan and Friends Unite For An Armenian Benefit |website=Bryanreesman.com |date=2011-05-08 |accessdate=2016-02-25}}</ref>
He released a solo album, ''In a Heartbeat'', in 2006 on which Gillan was credited for backing vocals, and Tommy Z contributed guitar work.<ref name="Reverb">{{cite web|url=https://www.reverbnation.com/southblossomrecords |title=Tommy Z |publisher=ReverbNation |date=2005-06-08 |accessdate=2016-02-24}}</ref> The CD was recorded at Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}
He also worked with Emerson, Lake & Palmer bassist/vocalist, Greg Lake, and Animal Planet on a record of ELP/King Crimson remakes.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} The record was fully recorded, but has not been released.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}
He was front man for the Buffalo, New York band Animal Planet a group that recorded a three CDs, including ''Toast'', ''Wag!'', and ''Dawn''.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} Animal Planet, as well as his own Michael Lee Jackson Band have toured extensively overseas to entertain US troops.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}
He toured with 10,000 Maniacs in 1998-1999.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} He replaced Robert Buck when he temporarily left the band to work with the rock supergroup League of Blind Women.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}
Jackson is the son of Bruce Jackson, a professor at the University at Buffalo.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} Michael Lee Jackson is an attorney from Buffalo, New York with a practice concentrating on entertainment, contracts and general business.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} He is a graduate of State University of New York at Buffalo Law School.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} He clerked for civil rights lawyer, William Kunstler, while in school.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} He received the Thurgood Marshall Award for pro-bono representation of an indigent defendant in a death-penalty case.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}
Jackson is also a photographer specializing in portrait and landscape photography.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} Jackson was selected by the jury of the Echo Art Fair in Buffalo, New York to exhibit his work in the May 2016 event.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}
In the summer of 2016 Jackson completed work on the album Death By Sunshine, co-produced by Jackson and Nick Blagona. It is scheduled for a fall 2016 release.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}
Michael currently resides in southern California.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}
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==External links== * [https://www.flickr.com/michaelleejackson Flickr page]
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