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Kenny Brown and Duwayne Burnside Live at the Beale Street Music Festival, 2012

Hill Country bluesman Kenny Brown grew up near Mississippi Joe Callicutt in Desoto County, and was eventually mentored by the late R.L. Burnside. He has been tireless in his effort to preserve the Hill Country Blues tradition, not only through his performances and recordings but through he and his wife’s organization of the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic which is held in Marshall County, Mississippi each June. Here Kenny and Duwayne Burnside perform at the Southern Comfort Blues Shack at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, 5/6/12. You can purchase Kenny Brown’s most recent album “Can’t Stay Long” here: http://devildownrecords.com/

Alvin Youngblood Hart performs in the FedEx Blues Tent at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, 5/6/12

Old 97’s, Beale Street Music Festival, Memphis, 5/6/12

Noted musicologist Dr. David Evans is also a first-rate blues performer, and on Sunday, he opened the Southern Comfort Blues Shack at the Beale Street Music Festival, along with Elmo Lee Thomas of Elmo and the Shades. 

Beale Street Music Festival, Tom Lee Park, Memphis, 5/6/12

Larry McCray live at the FedEx Blues Tent at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, 5/5/12

Memphis’ own MJG joins Big K.R.I.T. on stage at the Beale Street Music Festival, 5/5/12

Big K.R.I.T. live at the Beale Street Music Festival, Memphis, 5/5/12