Kid Dakota

Kid Dakota is the musical moniker of Darren Jackson, sometimes accompanied live or in the studio by various band members.

History

Born in the small, isolated town of Bison, South Dakota, Jackson started performing as "Kid Dakota and the Tumbleweeds" in 1998 while living in Providence, Rhode Island. The name was chosen in homage to his home state of South Dakota and also as a parody of Kid Rock. In the summer of 1999, Darren recorded the five songs that would appear on the So Pretty EP with long-time friend and producer, Alex Oana, at City Cabin (formerly Blackberry Way). Darren moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota that winter and self-released the So Pretty EP in the spring of 2000. The EP caught the attention of Alan Sparhawk, singer and guitarist for the seminal slow-core band, Low, and he offered to release the EP on his label, Chairkickers' Union under the condition that it be expanded into a full-length lp. The LP version of "So Pretty" was released in the spring of 2002 with three additional songs.

In 2004 his second album, The West is the Future was also released by Chairkickers. It was recorded live at Seedy Underbelly in Minneapolis, MN by Alex Oana and featured Zak Sally, the bassist from Low. A Winner's Shadow, was released on March 11, 2008 on Graveface Records. Listen to the Crows as They Take Flight was released by Graveface in October 2011. A reissue campaign for So Pretty was announced in late 2017 and discussed on the podcast "Conan Neutron's Protonic Reversal", as well as several new recordings. The latest Kid Dakota LP, Denervation, was released in February 2018 through Graveface. A vinyl reissue of So Pretty followed in June 2018, also through Graveface.

As of August 20th, 2018, Jackson began pursuing a career in teaching at Belle Fourche High School as the band/choir tutor.

Affiliated bands

• Low
• The Hopefuls
• Alva Star

Discography

Albums

• So Pretty (Chairkickers' Union, 2002)
• The West Is the Future (Chairkickers' Union, 2004)
• A Winner's Shadow (Graveface Records, 2008)
• Listen To The Crows As They Take Flight (Graveface Records, 2011)
• Denervation (Graveface Records, 2018)

Singles

• Get Her Out Of My Heart 7" (La Verdad Records, 2003)

Other

• Contributed music to the 2007 documentary Urban Explorers: Into the Darkness
• Stuck on AM 4: Live Performances from Radio K

References

External links

• Kid Dakota official myspace
• "Pilgrim" music video
• "Stars" music video
• Chairkickers' Union Music
• Speakerphone Records
• Low official site
• Creepy Sleepy Darren Jackson talks with the Creepy Sleepy Show podcast about the state of indie rock, producing albums, and the song 'Pine Ridge.'
• Darren Jackson on Conan Neutron's Protonic Reversal Ep108