Levon (band) Levon (band) Levon is a country trio from Nashville, Tennessee, signed to Columbia Nashville / Epic Records. The trio is made up of Northbrook, Illinois, native Michael David Hall (on guitar and lead vocals); Sumter, South Carolina’s Jake Singleton (on harmonies, bass, and percussion); and Camden, Tennessee, native Ryan Holladay (on guitar, mandolin and harmonies). Jake Singleton met Michael David Hall at a restaurant where Hall was working as a server. They began performing together and then added Ryan Holladay as well. They eventually chose to name themselves Levon after The Band's Levon Helm and the Elton John song "Levon."
John Jackson (English boxer) John Jackson (English boxer) John Jackson (28 September 1769 – 7 October 1845) was a celebrated English pugilist of the late 18th century. "Gentleman Jackson" stood 5'11" and weighed 195 pounds (or 14 stone). Jackson won the title "Champion of England" in a fight on April 15, 1795 in which he beat Daniel Mendoza. After this he created a boxing academy for gentlemen at 13 Bond Street, London. Jackson's Saloon was popular with the nobility and gentry. Lord Byron relates in his diary that he regularly received instruction in boxing from Jackson. Jackson lived in comfort after his boxing career.