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Jimbo Mathus (@JimboMathus): Clinging to the Roots at the Levitt Shell (@LevittShell)

Jimbo Mathus and the Tri-State Coalition, kicking off the Levitt Shell season at Overton Park on May 14, 2011 with a set of songs from his upcoming new album “Confederate Buddah” on Memphis International Records, out May 24. The crowd particularly enjoyed the eerily-prophetic “Cling to the Roots and You Won’t Wash Away” and “Too Much Water Under The Bridge”, which were both written more than a year BEFORE the Memphis flood!

Alvin “Youngblood” Hart kicks off the opening season of the Levitt Shell in Overton Park on a chilly evening, Saturday May 14, 2011

Freestyle battle on Woodlawn Street at the All-Purple Block Party, Saturday May 14, 2011

At the All-Purple Block Party and video shoot on Woodlawn Street in North Memphis last Saturday, May 14, 2011, featuring the Trigga Squad.

At the Grizzlies pre-game party last Friday night May 13, 2011.

On Thursday May 12, there was a musicians’ jam session and drum battle at Optimum Memphis, a recording studio on North Parkway in North Memphis. A lot of musicians and drummers came out to have fun playing, and the event will be held monthly.Â