Mississippi All Star Alumni Band We Fall Down
The Mississippi All-Star Alumni Band performed the classic gospel song “We Fall Down” at Oakhaven Stadium in Memphis on Saturday, 6/22/13
The Mississippi All-Star Alumni Band performed the classic gospel song “We Fall Down” at Oakhaven Stadium in Memphis on Saturday, 6/22/13
Traditional marches have always been important to the Jackson State University Sonic Boom of the South band, and that culture has clearly carried over to …
Chorale-like tunes are often used by bands to warm up. I didn’t recognize this beautiful tune played by the Mississippi All-Star Alumni Band at Oakhaven …
The Mississippi All-Star Alumni Drumline plays a cadence as the band marches into Oakhaven Stadium in Memphis on Saturday, 6/22/13
The Mississippi All-Star Alumni Band (MAAB) marches into Oakhaven Stadium in Memphis for their battle with the Memphis Mass Band (MMB) on Saturday, 6/22/13
After a day of largely traditional blues, the younger members of the Jackson-based Smooth Funk Band brought something of a change of pace with their …
Louis “Gearshifter” Youngblood performs his version of a Mel Waiters hit at the Bentonia Blues Festival on Saturday, 6/15/13
Mississippi bluesman Louis Gearshifter Youngblood surprises and thrills the crowd with an unexpected cover of “Soul Serenade” at the Bentonia Blues Festival, 6/15/13
Louis “Gearshifter” Youngblood is a remarkably-versatile blues and soul artist who, like Jimmy “Duck” Holmes and Terry “Harmonica” Bean, records for the amazing Broke and …
Every Southern city had at least one “pleasure street” in its Black community, where there were night clubs, restaurants and large arenas for public gatherings. …