Oxford MS, Memorial Day, 5/28/12
Get Trippy in Oxford Tonight with @therealjuicyj @TheLyricOxford
If you’re feeling “trippy” (in both senses of the word) take a road trip to Oxford tonight to see Memphis’ own Juicy J, performing live …
Oxford MS
North Mississippi All-Stars-Shake Em On Down @ProudLarrys @LightninMalcolm @LutherDickinson @CTDickinson
The North Mississippi Allstars play the Hill Country blues classic “Shake Em On Down” at the 20th Anniversary of Proud Larrys in Oxford MS, 4/5/13
Arum Rae (@Arumrae)-Angel From Montgomery @ProudLarrys
Austin folk-blues singer Arum Rae turns John Prine’s “Angel From Montgomery” into a Memphis-style deep soul ballad at the 20th Anniversary of Proud Larrys in …
Arum Rae (@Arumrae) with @lightningmalcolm at @proudlarrys in Oxford
Austin folk-blues singer Arum Rae is the former leader of the band White Dress, and was the opening act for North Mississippi Allstars at Proud …
Celebrating 20 Years of @proudlarrys With The North Mississippi Allstars featuring @lightningmalcolm
It was a cold and wet night in Oxford, but it was warm and joyful inside Proud Larrys as the venerable Oxford bar and music …
Memorial Day in Oxford
On Memorial Day, I drove down to Oxford, Mississippi to do some shopping at Square Books, and, I thought, to eat at Soulshine Pizza Company. Unfortunately, the pizza company proved to be closed due to the holiday, and I ended up driving to Tupelo for dinner.
Double Decker Arts Festival, Oxford MS, Friday, 4/27/12
Evening on the Square in Oxford, MS
On Friday, 4/27/12, I drove down to Oxford to pay a visit to the new End of All Music record store, and as it was the kickoff evening for the Double Decker Arts Festival, I parked near the square and hung around for awhile. The upstairs balconies that give the festival its name were full of people, as it was a lovely evening outside. Walking into Square Books, I found an interesting book by Elijah Wald about the history of the African-American verbal ritual the Dozens, and then I grabbed a dinner at Soulshine Pizza Factory before heading back to Memphis for my jazz gig at the Westin Hotel.
End of All Music is a cool, hip record store on North Lamar Boulevard in Oxford, Mississippi which opened in March. Its rather unusual name is actually taken from rockabilly legend Charlie Feathers’ quote about his friend and mentor Junior Kimbrough, whom Feathers said was “the beginning and end of all music.” Both Feathers and Kimbrough were from Marshall County, just north of Oxford, and the store meets a real need in a community as hip and arty as Oxford. As one might expect, there is plenty of blues, and all of the cool reissues from labels like Numero Group, Big Legal Mess, Fat Possum, Thompkins Square and Mississippi Records, as well as a fair selection of indie rock on CD. But the big prize at End of All Music is vinyl, both new and used. People wanting to make a pilgrimage there from Memphis or elsewhere (for the selection really is better than some big-city stores), should be aware that End of All Music is closed on Sundays and Mondays, and is open the rest of the week from 10AM to 6 PM. Follow them on Twitter @endofallmusic. Like them on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-End-of-All-Music/237258039697978. Or you can visit their website at http://theendofallmusic.com/. Enjoy!