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 North Mississippi Allstars in a wedding reception performance in Gunnison, Mississippi, 1999.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Hernando, Mississippi, USA |
| Genre(s) | Blues-rock |
| Years active | 1996 – present |
| Label(s) | Tone-Cool, Artemis, Ato, Songs of the South |
| Website | www.nmallstars.com |
| Members | |
| Luther Dickinson Cody Dickinson Chris Chew |
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| Duwayne Burnside | |
North Mississippi Allstars is a blues-rock/jam band from Hernando, Mississippi, founded in 1996. The band is composed of brothers Luther Dickinson (guitar, vocals) and Cody Dickinson (drums, keyboards, electric washboard), and Chris Chew (electric bass guitar). In addition to the guitar, Dickinson also plays a cigar box guitar called the "lowebow."specify Duwayne Burnside, who formerly played second guitar in the band, is a son of country blues legend R. L. Burnside (who also played on some of the band's tracks).
Allstars' first release, Shake Hands With Shorty, was nominated for a Grammy for "Best Contemporary Blues Album". Since then, 51 Phantom and Electric Blue Watermelon have received nominations in that same category. The group also won a W.C. Handy Award for "Best New Artist Debut" in 2001.[1]
The band now backs up and tours with John Hiatt. They have released an album with him entitled Master of Disaster.
All the members of the Allstars have also teamed up with Robert Randolph and John Medeski to form The Word.
Luther Dickinson replaced The Black Crowes' guitarist Marc Ford in 2007, and played lead guitar for their album Warpaint. He is currently on tour with The Black Crowes.
Cody Dickinson has started a new side project called "Hill Country Revue" featuring Chris Chew, Garry Burnside, Daniel Coburn, Duwayne Burnside. and Kirk Smithart
Releases
- Shake Hands With Shorty (2000)
- 51 Phantom (2001)
- Polaris (2003)
- Tate County(Hill Country Blues) (2004) Private Release
- Hill Country Revue: Live at Bonnaroo (2004)
- Electric Blue Watermelon (2005)
- Hernando (2008)
External links
- Official web site
- Official MySpace profile
- North Mississippi Allstars at Allmusic
- Jim Dickinson's Web Site and the private release of Tate County(Hill Country Blues)
- Review of Tate County(Hill Country Blues) at Jambands.com
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