North Mississippi Allstars

Named after the All Stars' North-Mississippi hometown, Hernando opens with "Shake," a
song stuffed full of blues roots and recent branches. Cody Dickinson's thumping drums and
his brother Luther's rusted slide guitar are as authentic as the juke joints where they
studied under local gurus Othar Turner and R.L. Burnside. But then Luther's solo turns all
'67 Hendrix, with squealing harmonics and hairpin curls. The Dickinsons and bas... More >