The Homeschooled Kid. Born and raised in Lufkin, the heart of Deep East Texas, Jackson grew up surrounded by two things: music and the great outdoors. His family loved to travel and take hunting trips, which meant that Jackson was homeschooled—a lifestyle that allowed him to march to the beat of his own drum. Fitting in with the “normal” crowd never felt right to him. But everything changed on a family trip when his dad gifted him a Yamaha guitar. From that moment on, music became his world. Jackson’s self-taught guitar skills led him to join his church’s worship team, where he discovered a