To Jackson, Tennessee for a Birthday Celebration
Although I did not have the money to take a long trip out of town, on the day after my birthday, I decided to drive …
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A Great Brisket Sandwich At Simon’s Fish Camp in Bolivar
I had to travel to Bolivar on a Saturday to play music for a renewal of vows ceremony, and afterwards, I was hungry. I don’t …
Mason, Tennessee Celebrates Its Heritage With The Annual Fall Jubilee
Every fall, the small town of Mason in Tipton County, Tennessee holds an annual fall festival with vendors food trucks and live music. It generally …
Suavo J and the M-Town Band at Alley Dayz in Downtown Memphis
Originally, I had just planned to go downtown and see my friends Joshua McCain and the Soul Seven, who were playing at a bar called …
The Blues’s Last Outpost in an Out of the Way North Memphis Bar
Visitors to Memphis’s Beale Street are usually disappointed. Although the street is famous for blues, blues is rarely heard there these days; the street’s fate …
Local Wine Made From Local Grapes in Shelby County, Tennessee
Delta Blues Winery, just east of Rosemark inside the city limits of Lakeland, is Shelby County’s only local winery. An older one near Millington closed …
A Beautiful Day and Great Fun at Coldwater Day
The phenomenon of “town days” is fairly unique to the state of Mississippi, and occurs mainly in predominantly-Black towns. It is possible that they began …
Covington, Tennessee Has A Pizza Farm
There are fruit and vegetable farms, farms that raise pastured pork and beef, egg farms, and dairy farms…..but a pizza farm? Yes, In Tipton County, …
Seven Hours in Jackson, Mississippi
On a recent August Saturday, I had occasion to drive to Jackson, Mississippi’s capital city, and it gave me an opportunity to spend an afternoon …
Kicking Off The Independence Weekend at a 100-year-old Arkansas store
Colt, Arkansas is not really on the beaten path at all, but it is one of several suburbs of the small former industrial city of …