On the way to the Industry Insider Music Summit last Thursday, I stopped at Birmingham for lunch at a place called Baha Burgers. The burgers were basic but good, but what stood out was the extensive amount of artwork by Memphis artist and sometimes musician Lamar Sorrento (nee James Eddie Campbell). It’s worth a visit just to see it.
The North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic will be held June 24-25, 2011 at Foxfire ranch at Waterford, Mississippi. This is in Marshall County, between Holly Springs and Oxford, just off Highway 7. Many of the living legends of the Hill Country blues style will be performing, as well as the young generation of artists influenced by legends like Otha Turner, R. L. Burnside or Junior Kimbrough.
The conference is over for this year, and I am enjoying my last night in St. Pete with a dinner at Fresco’s Waterfront Bistro. Tomorrow I’ll be driving back to Memphis after breakfast. Among the artists that stood out this year were Big Grip, Dub T and Fire Marshal.
The Industry Insider Music Summit showcase has been moved from the State Theatre to Local 662. It’s going down!
Industry Insider Pool Party is in full effect. The DJ’s are spinning independent music.
Although there were once Biff Burgers all over America, this location in St. Petersburg is the last one in America.
