jameson is best known for his live performances as a poet and mc at local poetry jams and open mike nights. he also received attention for his september 1999 poetry chapbook, "lady rutherford's cauliflower", published by puddin'head press, which had been planning to publish a second volume of his work. he was known to be suffering from head tumors in early 2005. in march 2005 jameson was named "poet of the month" by c. j. laity of chicagopoetry.com chicagopoetry.com. friends and acquaintances planned to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of his arrival in chicago with a roast and poetry reading later in 2005.