Jimbo Mathus and the Tri-State Coalition perform “Kine Joe” at the 2011 North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic, an annual music festival. Mathus is widely known as the founder of the 1990s swing-revival group, the Squirrel Nut Zippers and for his collaboration with Chicago blues legend, Buddy Guy. This song comes from his album, “Confederate Buddah.” The Tri-State Coalition features Justin Showah on bass, Matt Pierce on guitar, Eric Carlton on keyboard, and Ryan Rogers on drums. For more info: http://jimbomathus.com http://nmshillcountrypicnic.com Shaky camera by Max Shores (http://maxshores.com) and sound recording by vanark. This entire set is available for download at [...]

Kenny Brown performs the country-style blues song “Shake ‘Em On Down” at the 2011 North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic, an annual music festival which he and his wife Sara organize on behalf of a non-profit organization established to promote the unique music of the north Mississippi hill country. The hill country was home to the late fife and drum master Otha Turner as well as late blues legends Mississippi Fred McDowell, Rev. Roy Wilkins, Joe Callicott, Ranie Burnette, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Junior Kimbrough, and R. L. Burnside. Their music is particularly known for its repetitive, hypnotic character. Brown has been [...]

Selections from several songs performed by the North Mississippi Allstars at the 2011 North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic, an annual music festival. Songs include “The Meeting,” “Po Black Maddie,” “Station Blues” and “Skinny Woman” (with Duwayne Burnside), and “Shake ‘Em on Down.” The North Mississippi Allstars are brothers Luther Dickinson (guitar and vocal) and Cody Dickinson (drums). Seen in the audience cheering them on is Mary Lindsay Dickinson, their mother. The North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic is held the last weekend of June and is organized by Kenny and Sara Brown. Kenny Brown is a guitarist/singer who is widely known [...]