The late Jim Dickinson was passionate about Memphis’ Beale Street. He carried on a running feud in song with the Memphis Housing Authority and Memphis’ …
This year’s Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival was a far cry from last year’s, when Sharde Thomas and the Rising Star Fife and Drum …
Otha Turner’s granddaughter Sharde Thomas sponsored an End of Summer Festival yesterday at Otha’s Place on O. B. McClinton Road at Gravel Springs, which is …
Sharde Thomas is the granddaughter of Otha Turner, and leads her grandfathers’ Rising Star Fife and Drum Band from Gravel Springs,in Tate County, Mississippi, which …
Sharde Thomas leads the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band on stage at the Levitt Shell in Overton Park during Bristerfest in Memphis on Saturday …
I have discussed Otha Turner and his granddaughter Sharde Thomas and the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band elsewhere in this blog in some detail, …
Sharde Thomas and the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band play under the main stage in front of the empty chairs and tables at the Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival in Clarksdale, 8/11/12
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.
Sharde Thomas and the Boys perform at the Otha Turner Picnic at Gravel Springs, Mississippi, August 27, 2011
Sharde Thomas and Blue Mother Tupelo performing at the Otha Turner Picnic, Gravel Springs, Mississippi, August 27, 2011
