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Copper Possum (@CopperPossum) is a Memphis band influenced by blues and hillbilly music, frequently performing around the Mid-South. Saturday they performed on the Gayoso stage at the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival. You can learn more about Copper Possum (including where they’ll be playing next) on their website at http://copperpossum.weebly.com/. Or like them on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/copperpossum/info or follow them on Twitter at https://twitter.com/copperpossum.

Alternative country blues rocker Jimbo Mathus and the Tri-State Coalition take the stage at the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic in Waterford, MS, 6/30/12


therocketsummer:

3-song LIFE WILL WRITE THE WORDS album preview on SPOTIFY, including “200,000”.

The new album from @TheRocketSummer will be out June 5, 2012, and it will be worth the wait. It’s being distributed by @selectohits in Memphis.

Crankshaft is a one-man blues band that has a somewhat alternative rock approach to the blues. Here he was performing in the parking lot beside Ground Zero during Juke Joint Fest in Clarksdale, April 14, 2012

Thursday night, April 12, 2012, Juke Joint Festival, Clarksdale, MS

dearbennichols:

guiltregret:

Lucero played at the Black Sheep in Colorado Springs, CO (my old stomping ground) last week. Here’s a recording of the entire show for your downloading pleasure.

One Set:
01 intro
02 That Much Further West
03 Downtown (intro)
04 On My Way Downtown
05 Nights Like These
06 Kiss the Bottle
07 Women & Work
08 Chain Link Fence
09 Sounds Of the City
10 Wasted
11 Raising Hell
12 Hey Darlin’, Do You Gamble?
13 Slow Dancing
14 I Can’t Stand To Leave You
15 Colorado Girl
16 The War
17 – banter –
18 Tonight She’s Mine
19 Diamond State Heart Break
20 All Sewn Up – My Best Girl
21 Tears Don’t Matter Much *

Encore:
22 crowd & banter
23 Mom
24 Dangerous Thing
25 Sixes and Sevens *

* w/ members of Larry and His Flask

(via That’s The Thing About That: Lucero @ The Black Sheep, Colorado Springs, CO 2012-04-01)

Download Lucero’s Black Sheep Colorado show here!

Three days of Memphis indie music the weekend after SXSW. Click on the link to see the schedule and purchase a wristband.