(Contest Closed) Tom Jackson Prize Giveaway

Today we're going to help kick-start this blog by giving away a Tom Jackson themed prize-pack. Read through this post to find out how you can win.

Tom is one of the brightest local stars that South Florida has in the Country Music world with a hit CD Southern Thang, a long-list of stars that he's shared the stage with, TV show appearances w/ the Red Arrow hunting shows, radio air-play on multiple country stations with songs from the Southern Thang album, a new album in the works with more big hits on the way, and most recently, last night his song "Southern Thang" was featured on the hit Fox TV show "Human Target."

When you go to concerts with a local opening act, more times than not you drown them out and don't pay attention because they're not that great. I discovered Tom in 2006 when he was opening up for Brian McComas at what used to be Mr. G's in West Palm Beach. I was trying to watch a Miami Dolphins pre-season game, but his music caught my ear to the point that I stopped watching the game and had to go introduce myself and tell him that he's got a future in this business. He definitely hasn't disappointed me since.

If you're not familiar with Tom Jackson or his music, there are multiple ways to jump on the bandwagon. For starters, you can go to his website, which is tomjacksonsband.com. As most musicians do these days, he also has pages on multiple social networking sites that you can check out and even interact with him on. His band's facebook page can be seen by clicking here. His myspace page is myspace.com/tomjacksonband. His Reverb Nation page is reverbnation.com/tomjackson. And best of all, you can catch him as part of the big 2011 Rib Roundup lineup at the Cruzan Amphitheater on February 12 in West Palm Beach.

The winner of the prize pack will get a Tom Jackson T-Shirt (size M, L, or XL), a Tom Jackson guitar pick, and a couple of other little things I'll throw in. In order to win this prize pack, you have to do the following things, which will take very little of your time. First, go to his facebook page by clicking where it says "click here" above. Click on the "Like" button of his page if you haven't already. Click "Suggest to Friends" under his profile picture and suggest him to as many of your friends as you can. Then, come back to this blog and leave a comment as to why you want to win this prize pack along with how many friends you've suggested his page to.

The winner will be selected from a pool of eligible entries. The contest closes at midnight Wednesday night (January 19, 2011). The winner will be chosen by using random.org to generate a random # that will coincide with one of the eligible entries, in the order that they appear in the comments section below.

Good luck, and spread the word about this contest!