American tattoo Artist who was nicknamed "Sailor Jerry" because of his history of tattooing sailors and established a brand of clothing and liquor under the name Sailor Jerry Ltd.
He learned tattooing as a child from different tattoo artists while traveling the country and he practiced on drunks from skid row that would come into the tattoo parlors.
He also played saxophone in his own dance band for a number of years.
He was raised in Northern Caifornia with his family.
