Short Picture Stories from Noble Coast Photography: An Evening with the North Mississipi Allstars

The Neighborhood Theatre http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com/ located in the funky arts district of NODA http://www.noda.org/ of Charlotte, NC http://charmeck.org/Pages/default.aspx continues to impress with great music acts at some of the most reasonable ticket prices around. I went to see the North Mississipi Allstars http://www.nmallstars.com/ put on one of their fun jamming shows and they proceeded to blow away the audience.

The band is composed of brothers Luther Dickson on guitar, Cody Dickson playing drums and bassist Chris Chew. The trio have been playing their rootsey blues themed music together since 1996. All three of the musicians have had side projects since forming the North Mississipi Allstars. Most notably, Luther has been playing lead guitar for the Black Crowes while Cody and Chris are part of the Hill Country Revue. Luther and Cody are sons of the late legendary Memphis music producer Jim Dickinson. Jim Dickson introduced his sons to the sounds of country blues at a young age and the Memphis blues influence is present in many of their songs. The band's most recent album, Keys to the Kingdom http://www.amazon.com/Keys-Kingdom-North-Mississippi-Allstars/dp/B004GX18OO is a tribute to Jim Dickson.