About this artist
Guitarist born in December 1953 on St. Helena's Island, one of the Sea Islands of South Carolina. At five years old he played for the Pentecostal church attended by his family, which came out of the Gullah tradition, with roots in Western Africa. Cool John Ferguson was featured on Lowcountry Sing on Channel 5, Charleston, SC, for three years, where he appered with the Ferguson Sisters gospel trio.