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North Mississippi Allstars is a blues-rock band from Hernando, Mississippi. It was started in 1996.
North Mississippi Allstars | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Hernando, Mississippi, USA |
Genres | Blues-rock |
Years active | 1996 – present |
Labels | Tone-Cool, Artemis, Ato, Songs of the South |
Members | Luther Dickinson Cody Dickinson Chris Chew |
Past member(s) | Duwayne Burnside |
Website | www.nmallstars.com |
The band is made of brothers Luther Dickinson (guitar, vocals) and Cody Dickinson (drums, keyboards, electric washboard), and Chris Chew (electric bass guitar). Dickinson also plays a cigar box guitar called the "lowebow".
Allstars' first album, Shake Hands With Shorty, was nominated for a Grammy for "Best Contemporary Blues Album". 51 Phantom and Electric Blue Watermelon have also 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 tours with John Hiatt. They have released an album with him called Master of Disaster.
After 2007, Luther Dickinson plays guitar for The Black Crowes' instead of Marc Ford, and played lead guitar for their album Warpaint. He tours with The Black Crowes.
Cody Dickinson has started a new side project called "Hill Country Revue" with Chris Chew, Garry Burnside, Daniel Coburn, Duwayne Burnside and Kirk Smithart.
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