Celebrating 20 Years of @proudlarrys With The North Mississippi Allstars featuring @lightningmalcolm

It was a cold and wet night in Oxford, but it was warm and joyful inside Proud Larrys as the venerable Oxford bar and music venue celebrated their 20th anniversary with an appearance from the North Mississippi Allstars featuring bluesman Lightnin Malcolm. The rain didn’t seem to hold down attendance one bit, and although tables and chairs were cleared out of the way, it was soon standing room only inside the venue. North Mississippi Allstars is the brainchild of Jim Dickinson’s kids Cody and Luther, and they play a form of indie rock that is deeply indebted to the Hill County blues styles of people like Junior Kimbrough and R. L. Burnside, as well as the fife-and-drum music of the Como and Senatobia area. The result is a unique musical sound that could have been forged only in Mississippi.