Two Night of Jam Band Fun at the inaugural Duwayne Burnside Festival in Marshall County

Over the last decade or so, Hill Country bluesman Duwayne Burnside has sponsored a fall picnic, usually in September. It was usually called the R. L. Burnside Memorial Picnic, and was held in numer…

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Boots on the Muddy Ground, But A Good Time

It has been my goal this year to go to a trail ride, and while the Michigan City Blues Festival in Benton County, Mississippi wasn’t exactly a trail ride, it was an outdoor southern soul show…

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An Old-Fashioned Political Rally in Slayden, Mississippi

Political rallies used to be a ubiquitous feature of late summer in Southern counties, and the old tradition continues in rural counties like Marshall County, Mississippi. Hill Country bluesman Duw…

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The Beginning and End of All Music

Marshall County, Mississippi in the part of Northeast Mississippi known as the Hill Country, is home to two of the state’s best-known blues families, the Kimbroughs from the Hudsonville area,…

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