Just a quick holiday reminder:
Jimbo and the boys will be performing a very special Thanksgiving show, Friday at Martin's in Jackson. Also available and hot off the presses, is Jimmy The Kid. Jimbo's latest endeavour. So come on out and say hello, and pick up a copy of the new record.

Jas.Math. Crew

  HEY YA'LL...

JUST A REMINDER THAT WE ARE HAVING A BIG PARTY AND CD RELEASE SHOW, THIS FRIDAY NITE AT THE LYRIC THEATRE IN OXFORD MISSISSIPPI...

WE HAVE A GREAT LINEUP WITH LOTS OF SPECIAL GUESTS:

WOLF RUFFIN

THE MAYHEM STRING BAND

JIMBO MATHUS AND THE TRI-STATE COALITION

DOOR AT 7PM

SO COME ON OUT AND

'SHAKE WHAT YOUR MOMMA GAVE YOU!"

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.

JAS.MATH.

  New tune, with Cody Dickinson on drums...  Check it out, hope you enjoy, and spread the word.

  God Bless Mississippi and Pass the Antiseptic.

 jimbo

  just wanted everyone to know the the great folks at the Pourhouse will be streaming our live show, via www.charlestoncrystalball.com  on the nite of the show.

  Hope you all give it a listen, and one's of you that are within driving distance, make plans to come on out and shake what your momma gave you!!

 God Bless Mississippi and Pass the Antiseptic...

jas.math.

  Folks,

 Just put two new songs up for your listening pleasures..!  Hope you enjoy...

 

 God bless Mississippi and pass the Antiseptic..

jas.math.

  Greetings all....

 Just a note to remind, we have posted two new songs, off Jimbo's forthcoming album "Jimmy The Kid"....  Hope you enjoy, and stay tuned for new tour dates, new merhcandise, and a whole host of new Jimbo songs, covering all things roots..

  The southern Son is rising again, so tell a friend....

On July 30 a headstone will be dedicated at the grave of blues and gospel artist Jessie Mae Hemphill, who died on July 22, 2006, and was buried a week later on July 30.

Hemphill, who was born October 18, 1923, was best known as a blues guitarist, songwriter and vocalist, and in this capacity toured widely in Europe and won several W.C. Handy Awards for her recordings. For many years she also performed as drummer in fife and drum bands, a long-established musical tradition in her native north Mississippi. Her grandfather was Sid Hemphill, a multi-instrumentalist who was recorded by Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress.

The dedication ceremony will take place beginning at 4:45 pm at the Senatobia Memorial Cemetery, which is located on Highway 51 South in Senatobia. Reverend John Wilkins, the son of early blues and gospel recording artist Robert Wilkins, will lead a prayer service, after which attendees are invited to join in a group performance of Hemphill's "Lord Help the Poor and Needy."

The tombstone was donated in part by the Rodgers Funeral Home in Coldwater, Mississippi, with additional expenses provided by funds raised for funeral expenses following Hemphill's death.

"By erecting this tombstone we wanted to publicly memorialize the important contributions to north Mississippi blues traditions made by Jessie Mae," says Olga Wilhelmine Mathus, who founded the Jessie Mae Hemphill Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of north Mississippi music. "Her music was timeless, and we wanted to ensure that people can discover and learn about her music and the musical traditions of her family for generations to come."

Last July's inaugural North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic was a resounding success, drawing over 1,000 people to a rural site in Potts Camp in Marshall County. The festival demonstrated the vitality of the contemporary blues scene in North Mississippi, and in light of the tremendous public response this year's event has been extended to two days. Potts Camp is located off of Route 78, about halfway between Memphis and Tupelo.

The festival celebrates the legacies of departed North Mississippi blues legends including R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, and Othar Turner, and the festival will once again feature many of their children and grandchildren. These include Duwayne Burnside, and his band the Mississippi Mafia; the Burnside Exploration, featuring Cedric and Garry Burnside; David Kimbrough; the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band, led by Othar Turner's 17-year-old granddaughter Sharde Thomas.

Other "second generation" acts returning to the event include Kenny Brown, R.L. Burnside's longtime guitarist and "adopted son;" and the Reverend John Wilkins, son of pre-WWII recording artist Robert Wilkins, whose song "Prodigal Son" was covered by the Rolling Stones. Also returning to the festival are soul-blues legend Bobby Rush, Jimbo Mathus and Knockdown South, T-Model Ford, Cary Hudson with Blue Mountain, Jocco Rushing with Fried Chicken & Gasoline, and John Barnett.

Additions this year include the North Mississippi Allstars, whose leader Luther Dickinson grew up listening to R.L. Burnside and attending Othar Turner's fife and drum picnics; the Oxford-based Taylor Grocery Band, which features Junior Kimbrough's son Kinney Kimbrough on drums and vocals; and Alvin Youngblood Hart, Danny Lancaster, and Olga Wilhelmine Mathus.

Potts Camp resident Kenny Brown, who has been playing Hill Country blues since he was a young boy with artists including Mississippi Joe Callicott and Johnny Woods, conceived the festival. "The original idea for this thing was to get all the Hill Country acts we could together at one time here in North Mississippi," says Brown. "I know from first hand experience how popular the music is all over the world, but we previously didn't have an opportunity to celebrate our shared heritage here on our home turf. Last year we had a better turn out than we expected and it was wonderful for the performers to be able to hang out together and see the audience having such a great time. Sara Davis and the other organizers did a great job of getting everything together. This year we're adding another day and some more acts, and we're looking forward to an even greater turnout. Last year we had people from seventeen states and three foreign countries and I'm sure it will be even better this year. We'll have plenty of food and a camping area."

The festival is run by the non –profit organization North MS Hill Country Picnic, Inc., and enjoys great support and sponsorship from North Mississippi communities. Camping will be allowed both nights, coolers are permitted, and vendors will sell local delicacies including barbeque and fried catfish. A portion of each ticket will be donated to MusiCares©, a charity run by the Recording Academy that provides free health care for musicians in need. Sponsors to-date include Flick's Country Restaurant, R & B Feder Charitable Foundation, Paragon Casino, Freeland & Freeland, One Day Signs, Holly Springs Tourism, Oxford Tourism, and Budweiser.

For more information visit the website www.nmshillcountrypicnic.com