The Legend of Eddie Spooner If you were in the Mid-Michigan area from the 1960s-on, and no matter where you were from: Jackson, Stockbridge, Leslie, Mason, Lansing, Chelsea, Ann Arbor...basically ANY mid-eastern, central, or western Michigan town, city, or village – you knew the name Eddie Spooner. Not just a 'singer' – Eddie was a troubadour, minstrel, crooner, balladeer, bard, poet, and stylist as well as an actor, an artist.....and a star. His success came to him in part because he was a down-to-earth kinda guy, born and raised on a farm in Jackson with good ol' Michigan country values.