North Mississippi Allstars: Not classic or dud, really, but Luther Dickinson sure can play

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their jam-band shit is, to me, one of the biggest wastes of talent ever.

agreed.

btw -- worthwhile to check out is their contribution to Jimbo Mathus's first album.

― teh Nü and Impröved john n chicago (frankE), Monday, 18 July 2005 16:28 (eighteen years ago) link

I don't know the guy personally, but I always liked Jim D's comments in Sweet Soul Music.

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 18 July 2005 16:32 (eighteen years ago) link

Jimbo Mathus is hit or miss, too. I've seen him with his Knockdown Society and it bored me to tears. Then I saw him play with Luther & Cody in the early days and he/ they were amazing. The best though was when he jumped on stage with Jack Oblivian's Tennessee Tearjerkers (apparently the two played together in a high school punk band called Jonny Vomit and the Dry-Heaves). Absolute mayhem.

I've always heard good things about Songs For Rosetta. I'll have to put that on the mile-long to buy list.

― Will(iam) (will), Monday, 18 July 2005 20:07 (eighteen years ago) link

one month passes...

i just saw these guys at borders during lunch. luther is just a monster. cody was on an accoustic, too. he was very focused on playing, whereas luther can just rattle that shit off in in his sleep, but he could hold his own next to his brother. great stuff.

― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Monday, 12 September 2005 18:21 (eighteen years ago) link

holy shit, in Chicago? State and Randolph? how did I not know about this? damn.

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 04:50 (eighteen years ago) link

six years pass...

saw these guys tonite (well, the "duo" anyway -- Luther and Cody), and holy crap were they amazing

― Stormy Davis, Sunday, 19 February 2012 10:04 (twelve years ago) link

prolly gonna go and buy a ticket for tomorrow night as well. can't miss it. live music is the best.

― Stormy Davis, Sunday, 19 February 2012 10:05 (twelve years ago) link

three years pass...

I like his new album! Even the typical blues covers sounded OK to me--some cool arrangements.

― Wimmels, Friday, 12 February 2016 03:33 (eight years ago) link

yikes. can't believe that show at borders was almost 11 years ago. damn, i've been on the internet for a long time.

― john. a resident of chicago., Tuesday, 16 February 2016 02:01 (eight years ago) link

Have mostly ignored these guys as beloved-by-jamband-people-and-presumably-corny, but they aren't bad. The more jamband-y The Word is fantastic.

― Comprehensive Nuclear Suggest-Ban Treaty (benbbag), Tuesday, 16 February 2016 02:09 (eight years ago) link

Maybe the only real Southern rock guitar hero of his generation?

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Saturday, July 16, 2005 5:39 PM (10 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

uh, Derek Trucks (and Brad Paisley), among others?

― Comprehensive Nuclear Suggest-Ban Treaty (benbbag), Tuesday, 16 February 2016 02:09 (eight years ago) link

Derek is the obvious one, I agree. Not sure what I was thinking when I wrote that. It was a long time ago. But Luther's still great.

― A nationally known air show announcer/personality (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 16 February 2016 03:42 (eight years ago) link

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