James Landon

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James Landon (1915–June 6, 2005) was a musician known for his blend of 50's blues and reggae beats.

Having toured the eastern Canadian provinces in the early 1960s looking for his music to take hold, he settled instead for a small club on Beale St. in Nashville, Tennessee, and "Jimmy's Shack" became a stomping ground for those looking to indulge "strange" musical, and, later in the 1960s, sexual proclivities. Despite attempts to recover from heroine addiction in 1971 and 1975, with a highly publicised entrance to the Betty Ford Clinic, Landon remained an addict who touted the psychological benefits of drug-induced alternate realities, until he suffered blindness in his late '70s. Landon endowed the Landon Rainbow Foundation shortly before his death in 2005 to ensure the dignity of all homosexuals, particularly for those who sought equal housing opportunities in the greater Nashville region.

Landon is survived by his life partner, Thomas Brown Handy, who continues to run and operate Jimmy's Shack in Nashville, Tennessee. he is also rusty landon's father.