Bluesman Kenny Brown performs at the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic at Waterford, MS, 6/30/12
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Garry Burnside performing at the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic at Waterford, MS, 6/30/12
Garry Burnside continues the legacy of his legendary father R. L. Burnside at the Hill Country Picnic at Waterford, MS, 6/30/12
The heat didn’t reduce the crowds or dampen the enthusiasm at the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic in Marshall County Saturday. This year the event was held along Highway 7 just below the town of Waterford. 6/30/12
Bringing The Curtain Down On Beale Street Once And For All
   The recent revival of a proposal to charge a fee to enter Beale Street is no better an idea now than it was …
Saturday night, the Douglass High School Athletic Association sponsored a blues concert at the Snack Bar on Chelsea, featuring Big Don Valentine with the Charles McDaniel Blues Band. The event was held out on the parking lot in front of the building, with plenty of barbecue and cold drinks. 6/16/12
@EckoRecords artist Sonny Mack performs with his band at Juneteenth in North Memphis’ Douglass Park, 6/16/12
This good blues band at the Juneteenth was announced as the Ms. Burnside Blues Band, but I was never able to determine whether the female singer is related to the Burnside blues family in North Mississippi. 6/16/12
40th Annual Bentonia Blues Festival, Saturday 6/16/12 313 Wilson-Holmes Road, Bentonia, MS.
Otha Turner Summerfest 2012
Summer Festival at Otha’s Place, Gravel Springs near Senatobia, MS, 7/7/12 featuring the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band, other gospel and blues artists, 3-11 PM.