A Blog by Max Shores
Earl “Guitar” Williams plays cigar box guitar with Marcus Lee on drums at Gip’s Place, a juke joint in Bessemer, Alabama. Williams learned to play guitar as a youngster, hanging out at Gip’s Place and the homes of friends who owned guitars in order to practice. He has played in singer Johnnie Taylor’s band and…
The Kenny Brown Band performs the Mississippi Fred McDowell song, “Write Me a Few Lines” at the 2011 North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic, an annual music festival held the last weekend in June. Shaky camera by Max Shores (http://maxshores.com) and sound recording by Reed Turchi. For more information visit: http://nmshillcountrypicnic.com.
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.”…
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…