NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS
February 4th, 8pm
Brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson formed North Mississippi Allstars in 1996 as a loose collective of musicians from their North Mississippi home inspired by their father Jim Dickinson as well as neighbors and musical elders of their community; RL Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, Otha Turner and Fred McDowell. Luther’s first national tour was the RL Burnside Ass Pocket of Whiskey tour in 1997, selling out shows in the US and Canada. “Kenny Brown hired me to tour with RL and Cedric and showed me the ropes. That experience blew my mind. Cody and I have been on the road ever since.” NMA began touring in 1998 and over the years the touring lineup has included, Cedric, Duwayne and Garry Burnside, Chris Chew, Berry Oakley Jr, Oteil Burbridge and currently Joey Williams (Blind Boys of Alabama), Ray Ray Holloman (guitar player for Eminem and NE-YO), and Marcus Machado. Since their debut album in 2000, NMA have shared the stage on the never ending road with countless legends; Phil Lesh, Mavis Staples, Robert Plant, John Hiatt, the Allman Brothers, The Black Crowes, Buddy Guy, Snoop Dogg, and Jon Spencer to name a few. In those 30 years, NMA earned multiple grammy nominations for their experimental albums which they like to call Modern Mississippi Music.
