Archive for July, 2010

Several years ago I directed a documentary about Richard Johnston, the Beale Street one-man-band who draws his inspiration from the hill country of north Mississippi. It won several festival awards and many people have contacted me to ask how they can get their hands on a copy. Unfortunately we can’t sell it, but now there’s Full Article

That’s me on the right with the video camera. My wife and I made our annual pilgrimage to the hill country of north Mississippi for the 5th annual North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic on June 25th and 26th. Cindy took some still pictures and I shot some video. The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band Full Article

The North Mississippi Allstars perform at the 5th annual North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic in Potts Camp, MS on June 26, 2010. The Allstars are are trio but bassist Chris Chew could not be a part of this performance, so they were billed as the NMA DuoLuCo with Luther and Cody Dickinson performing. (Cody Dickinson Full Article

My office on the University of Alabama campus is near Bryant-Denny Stadium so I frequently park near the stadium. As I was walking to my car not too long ago, a car stopped and a young man asked through the window, “Where can I go to see the coach?” The young man was in the Full Article

If you haven’t seen this video yet, you’ve got to check it out… Coffee spills in the BP conference room and things get out of hand. Full Article

I’ve known about LiveBluesWorld.com for some time but I didn’t take the time to join until recently. I’m glad I’ve joined now as I’m finding both old and new friends there. It is a Ning.com group, a social networking site, devoted to the promotion of live blues music, something that I enjoy very much. LiveBluesWorld.com Full Article

My workplace has had a lot of excitement lately. Wendy Reed, whose office is right next door to mine, won an Emmy, and Dwight Cammeron, whose office is just across the hall, won a first place festival award. The festival award came from the Urban Suburban Film Festival in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the documentary, “Not Full Article