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Shake Hands With Shorty. (Carousel Corner).
North Mississippi All-Stars, Shake Hands With Shorty (Tone Cool).
Hailing from Tate County, Mississippi, the All-Stars' origins are hard by Holly Springs and Oxford, stomping grounds of the late Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Burnside, two seminal juke wizards whose output we've mentioned before. What the All-Stars do, besides paying deep homage to the two masters, is lash out with a version of white boys' blues, the likes of which you haven't heard since Michael Bloomfield, Fresh Cream, and Beggar's Banquet. Shake Hands with Shorty opens with "Mississippi" Fred McDowell's "Shake 'Em on Down," for my money the raison d'etre of the blues, a slashing, slide-driven juke stomp that could lift a sagging joint clear off its foundation. The North Mississippi All-Stars are brothers Luther (guitars) and Cody (drums) Dickinson and homey Chris Chew (bass). The brothers are the offspring of Jim Dickinson, producer of The Replacements, Ry Cooder, and Big Star, and occasional sideman to the Stones, Aretha, and Dylan. Shorty, their debut disc, includes guest spots from Garry and Cedric Burnside -- offspring of another famous father, Othar Turner, and East Memphis Slim amid a host of guitar and local ...
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- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Gewertz, Daniel March 20, 2002 700+ words
...guitarist for the North Mississippi Allstars. "If Robert...Many might call the North Mississippi Allstars a blues...says: We're from North Mississippi, we're proud of...celebrated first CD, "Shake Hands With Shorty...
- Blood, soil, and the blues: the particular truth of the North Mississippi...
- Magazine article from: Sojourners Magazine Collum, Danny Duncan July 1, 2005 700+ words
...Allstars 2004 live album, North Mississippi Hill Country Revue. The North Mississippi Allstars are a pair of...Memphis city life for the North Mississippi countryside. There...very first recording, Shake Hands With Shorty, which...
- The cats can play: North Mississippi Allstars define what blues are all about.
- Newspaper article from: Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY) August 24, 2007 700+ words
...blues. Not surprisingly, the North Mississippi Allstars hit on their most...outs to "51 Phantom" and "Shake Hands With Shorty," For the most...be proud. -- REVIEW WHO: North Mississippi Allstars WHEN: Thursday night...
- At the Square: The cats can play: North Mississippi Allstars define what blues...
- Newspaper article from: Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY) August 24, 2007 700+ words
...blues. Not surprisingly, the North Mississippi Allstars hit on their most...outs to "51 Phantom" and "Shake Hands With Shorty," For the most...be proud. -- REVIEW WHO: North Mississippi Allstars WHEN: Thursday night...
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- Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI) Thomas, Rob December 15, 2000 700+ words
The North Mississippi Allstars (not to be confused with the Long Beach Dub All Stars...authentic roots-rock and Delta blues. The group's debut CD, ``Shake Hands With Shorty,'' is a critic's favorite, evoking images of both...
- BLUES KEEPERS; True to their roots, the North Mississippi Allstars freshen the...
- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Casey, Vickie July 28, 2000 700+ words
...Mississippi, you'll get an idea of what Luther Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars calls "the dirty South." In the summertime the...That inspiration is evident in the band's debut album, "Shake Hands With Shorty," which features 10 traditional blues covers...
- Ragged blues with its heart in the Mississippi; North Mississippi All Stars...
- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) November 11, 2000 700+ words
...harmony vocals. Formed in 1996, the NMA spring from the down-home Fat Possum Records end of the market, their debut album Shake Hands With Shorty drawing heavily on this gut-bucket tradition, featuring songs by Mississippi Fred McDowell, R L Burnside and...
- BALDRIGE INTERRUPTED; Premier and North Mississippi both took home the...
- Magazine article from: Modern Healthcare Mantone, Joseph January 1, 2007 700+ words
...past sins. Premier and 757-bed North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo, which also...better they address the critics." North Mississippi has had to deal with questions...industry that provides a service. North Mississippi, which is the flagship of six...
