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Jeffery LittleJohn is featured in Dorothy Spruill Redford's best seller book, published by Doubleday Books, "Somerset Home Coming", on page 252 playing his guitar amid the hugh 200 year old plus cypresses at Somerset Place, now a North Carolina Historic Site near Lake Phelps located in Creswell, NC. Jeff was born in the 1950's and raised in the nearby town of Roper, where he first felt the call to music at a very early age. He began on the Trombone but gave that up after hearing Chuck Berry and Jimmy Reid strumming the guitar. The craving to play the guitar lead to him later forming his own band at 16 called the 'Fallen Stars', and playing local juke joints, school dances and around the area where he grew up. Then at 19 he joined the US Air Force. During his tour-of- duty, he played to all the troops while stationed in Asia with the USO. After touring the UK and playing in England for two years and a half, he returned to the US, ending up in El Paso, Tx., where he met Jimmy Carl Black of Frank zappa and the Mothers of Invention. Jeff performed and recorded with Jimmy Carl for two years, touring the West Coast. The band was called The Mesilla Valley Lowboys and it was quite and experience for jeff. Throughout his career, Jeff has had the opportunity to open up for B.B. King, Bad Company, Three Dog Nights, Jeff Beck, Frank zappa, Dr. John, Osabisa and countless other big names acts. In 1988 Jeff recorded Somerset Theme, (The Children) for his family re-union, on The Kosmos Sounds Record Label, published by Christopher Hightower Publishing. This song is dedicated to the slaves and their descendents of Somerset Plantation in Creswell, NC, of which the LittleJohn Bloodline came to America in 1786. The late Alex Haley who first pointed Redford home with his best seller, 'Roots", was in attendance at the first Homing coming, endorsed Dorothys' book, "Somerset Home Coming", who traced her family heritage, and her mother's maiden surname of LittleJohn. Today Jeff LittleJohn is very dedicated to his music and after hearing him in live concert, I am convinced that he is devoted more than ever to bring good music to people because the Blues and Old School R&B is in his blood and he sweats that on to his audience.