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Photos by Stephen AndersonCommentary by Johnny Cole The Southland Music Line wants to take this occasion to remember Jimmy Buffett, who we lost on this Labor Day weekend. Jimmy Buffett, singer-songwriter, best-selling author, and successful entrepreneur, was born in Pascagoula, Mississippi on Christmas Day in 1946. Buffett was 76 at the time of his passing. Truthfully, there was and will only be one Jimmy Buffett. Shocked Parrot Heads, Buffett’s huge and devoted…
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By Johnny Cole “Dedicated to Annie” Back in 1989 when I first became aware of the Scottish band, Texas, I quickly recognized something very special about them, in particular their lead singer Sharleen Spiteri. She and Johnny McElhone founded Texas in 1986. They took their band name from the 1984 Wim Wenders movie Paris, Texas. The band released their debut album Southside in 1989, along with the debut single “I Don’t Want a…
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By Deborah Chatham Photos by Stephen Anderson Edited by Johnny Cole The Southland Music Line attended the album release of Amanda Donald’s 100 Roots which took place on Sunday, August 13, 2023, at Callaghan’s Irish Social Club in Mobile, Alabama. Opened in 1946, Callaghan’s, which has hosted shows by such music artists as Jason Isbell, Alabama Shakes, Jimmy Hall, the late Justin Townes Earl, Dylan LeBlanc, and Lilly Hiatt, has…
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By Deborah Chatham Photos by Stephen Anderson Edited by Johnny Cole The Southland Music Line continues our Mississippi Blues Trail Series at the marker recognizing Po’ Monkey’s Lounge, an authentic juke joint, located outside of Merigold, Mississippi in an unincorporated area of Bolivar County. The history of the juke joint in Mississippi is essential to understanding the development of the blues. Juke joints were created by using existing buildings and…
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By Johnny Cole Photos by Stephen Anderson The Southland Music Line continues our Mississippi Blues Trail Series at the marker recognizing the GRAMMY Museum Mississippi located on the campus of Delta State University at 800 W. Sunflower Rd. in Cleveland, Mississippi. Recently while attending the Mississippi Songwriters Festival: Delta Region 2023 in Cleveland, The Southland Music Line thoroughly enjoyed touring the GRAMMY Museum Mississippi. In 2016, The GRAMMY Museum in…
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By Johnny Cole TINA TURNER (born Anna Mae Bullock, Nov. 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023) was a true music legend in every sense of the word. The recent passing of “The Queen of Rock and Roll” has left an impression on millions of fans worldwide. Tina Turner has sold over 150 million records, with some sales estimates even higher. Such an accomplishment definitely ranks her among the most successful…
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By Johnny Cole Photos by Stephen Anderson Cary Laine is back! The singer-songwriter, now living in Long Beach, Mississippi, is finally back with a brand new collection of songs in her 2023 EP Rebel Rose. Cary is one very busy lady who has found a way to balance her music career with being a wife and mother of three. Her eldest child, who has just graduated from high school and…
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Photo highlights from Abe Partridge’s Album Release Show for Love in the Dark at the Alabama Contemporary Art Center in Mobile, AL (Fri. Apr. 28, 2023) This latest album by Abe Partridge was recorded with Shawn Byrne at Great Hill Studio in Nashville, TN with the exception of one track that was recorded in Middlesboro, KY with Ferrill Gibbs at the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name. The album and…
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By Johnny Cole Coinciding with the 50th Anniversary of Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ, Bruce Springsteen’s debut album, and the 2023 World Tour that kicked off in Tampa, Florida (U.S.A.) on February 1, I wanted to do something special by honoring my all-time favorite music artist, the man and his music discovered by a boy while scrolling through a record bin at a Ben Franklin’s Five & Dime in Lander,…
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By Deborah ChathamPhotos by Stephen AndersonEdited by Johnny Cole The Southland Music Line continues our Mississippi Blues Trail Series at the marker recognizing Scott Radio Service Company located at 128 North Gallatin Street in Jackson, Mississippi. Mississippi has a rich history of producing some of the most world-renowned musical artists. However, before World War II, Mississippi artists often had to seek alternatives to recording locally. Expensive recording technology left these…
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