Nice Guy

A good set of color photos of Old Reliable model Cherokee by Kurt Deitrick in the 1980s.  Kurt called him Randy Dixon. 

David Hurles spoke highly of this guy.  

Cousins?

Ricklane recently commented on a recent Ed Manning post that Ed was sometimes called Ed Jackson and the popular model Everett Lee Jackson (aka Cherokee) was his cousin.  

That's news to me!  After comparing photos of the two guys I could actually believe they were brothers.  Let's compare. 

The first four photos are all Ed Manning at AMG.  

 

The next three photos are Everett Lee Jackson (aka Cherokee) by Pat Milo.  The color photo is by Champion. 

Like I said, I could be convinced.  Anyone have anything to add? 

Thanks to Rick for giving us today's lesson. 

The Guard

From the Kris film The Guard released in 1965.  The cast included Cherokee (aka Everett Lee Jackson), Jerry James, Jay Reed and Bruno Marino. 

Bruno played the handsome guard and the guy with the big tattoo on his chest is Jay Reed. 

That's Cherokee unlocking the cell door and Jerry James is the first to follow him. 

A True Gentleman

The first time I saw the model Cherokee was in the 1988 Old Reliable video Uncut 6 -- a tape dedicated to uncut models.  David Hurles spoke highly of this carpenter from Virginia, calling him a true gentleman.  Hurles also stated Cherokee first appeared in an issue of In Touch magazine seven years prior to his first session at OR. 

While I was perusing the Internet yesterday, I found the first photo in this post.  That's Cherokee in the bottom left corner of the page when he was roughly 21 years old.  The photo is from Kurt Deitrick who called him Randy Dixon.  I hadn't thought of Cherokee in quite a while, but I recognized him right away. 

During his OR video session, we learned another photographer had Cherokee shave his torso, so it sounds like he had recently posed for someone else.  He returned to OR several times over the next three years or so and, for me, he was always a pleasure to watch. 

On a sad note, in 1991 Cherokee decided to leave California and hitchhike his way back to Virginia.  Hurles gave him a ride to the interstate and it was there they said their goodbyes.  A few months later, Hurles received an anonymous letter with a clipped newspaper article enclosed.  The article told the details of Cherokee's death.  He was murdered by a serial killer in Virginia who focused his evil on gay men.  I was never able to find any additional information.

So if Cherokee posed for Deitrick, there must be other photos of him out there -- and possibly more from the photographer who made him shave his chest.  I plan to start a new search.