An article by Johnny Cole .
Stephen “Andy” Anderson, The Southland Music Line’s co-founder and longtime photographer, was the subject of Jim Hannaford’s article, “Hittin’ the Blues Trail with Stephen Anderson,” featured on Scenic 98 Coastal in early 2025. In this article we highlight our very own Andy and celebrate his many accomplishments as a professional photographer.
Andy, as many of his friends call him, has been a professional photographer since the 1970s. He studied radio, television, and film at the University of Southern Mississippi and photography at the Artography Academy in North Hollywood, California. Anderson has photographed many famous musicians, athletes, celebrities from film and television, and politicians. His photos have appeared in magazines, websites, album covers, and books. He has had the privilege of photographing from the sidelines of NFL games to backstage at popular music events, such as the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
Muhammad Ali, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Johnny and June Carter Cash, Billy Joel, The Police, B.B. King, Diana Ross, Crosby, Stills & Nash, the Allman Brothers Band, Boz Scaggs, Dr. John, Buddy Guy, Jimmy Buffett, John Hiatt, Snoop Dogg, Slash from Guns N’ Roses, and Leland Sklar are a few examples of those he has photographed. A more extensive list of those he has photographed for The Southland Music Line appears later in this article.
Top photo: Stephen Anderson at The Frog Pond at Blue Moon Farm (photo by Chad Edwards); above photo: Stephen Anderson taken by his daughter, Lindsey Anderson Luckado.
Since co-founding The Southland Music Line with Johnny Cole and Robby Amonett in 2013, Anderson has photographed more than a thousand different musicians, celebrities, and notable people. He has enjoyed taking photos at many of the Gulf Coast’s most popular music venues, including Callaghan’s Irish Social Club, Ground Zero Blues Club, the Frog Pond at Blue Moon Farm, The People’s Room of Mobile, Jack’s by the Tracks, The Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Arts Center, 100 Men Hall, The Grand Magnolia, and The Sound Amphitheater. Anderson has been honored to photograph at numerous events and festivals such as South by Southwest (Austin, Texas), the Bogalusa Blues and Heritage Festival (Bogalusa, Louisiana), the Mississippi Songwriters Festival (Mississippi Gulf Coast and Cleveland, Mississippi), the Bentonia Blues Festival (Bentonia, Mississippi), the Mississippi John Hurt Blues Festival (Carroll County, Mississippi), the Frank Brown International Songwriters’ Festival (Florida/Alabama Gulf Coast), the official Jimi Hendrix U.S. stamp release and all-star concert (Austin, TX), and many more.
In 2017, a photograph by Anderson graced the cover of the Simon & Schuster book, Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way, by Ryan White (music critic and author of Springsteen: Album by Album). The book had an international distribution and was one of Anderson’s many accomplishments as a seasoned photographer.
Stephen “Andy” Anderson at the final B.B. King Homecoming Festival in Indianola, MS in 2014 (photo by Johnny Cole)
Andy is an amazing photographer and an even better friend. Here is a list of musicians and well-known people photographed by Andy who have appeared in “The Southland Music Line” as of May 2025:
(A) Aa ‘Keela & The Beats, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Abe Partridge, Abe Partridge & The Psych P’s, Adam Morrow, Al Bell (former Stax Records executive and music great), Alana Mosley, Allison Moorer, Allman Betts Band, Alpha Rev, The Alvin Brothers (Phil & Dave, originally from The Blasters), Alvin Youngblood Hart’s Muscle Theory, Amanda Donald, Amanda Pruitt, Amanda Shaw, Amber DeDual, Amy Lott, Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls, Analog Missionary, Anders Osborne, Andrew Adkins, Andrew Duhon, Angela Hacker, Anna Hudson, Anne Fagermo, Anthony Crawford, Archibald, and Austin Lucas.
(B) The Band of Heathens, The Band Perry, Banditos, Bantam Foxes, Barstow Revival, B.B. King, Bellamy Brothers, Ben Dickey, BettySoo, Beware of Bear, Big Al & the Heavyweights, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Big George Brock, Bill Abel, Bill “Bleu” Evans (music engineer), Bill Daniel Tri-X-Noise and the Fuxless, Bill Kirchen, Bill Steber, Billy Allen, Billy Joe Shaver, Bjørn Nilsen, Blackwater Brass, Blue Mother Tupelo, Blue Water Highway, Bo Roberts, Bob Regan, Bob Schneider, Bobby Rush, Bobby Tomberlin, The Bodhi Trio, Bolivia Bentonia Blues, Bonerama, Bonner Rhae, Bonnie Bishop, Bonnie Blue, Bonnie Whitmore, Booker T. Jones (Booker T. & the M.G.’s), Brandon Coleman, Brandon Green, Brandon Kenyon, Brandon “Taz” Niederauer, Brenda Bledsoe, Brent Cobb, Brian Daley, Brian Molnar, Brian Stolz, Bridgette Tatum, Britt Meacham, Brittany Bell, Brittany Grimes, Bronwynne Brent, Brooke Brown, Brooks Hubbert III, The Bros. Landreth, Bruce Salmon, Bryan Chisholm, Bryan White, Buck Allen, Bud Tower, Buddy Guy, Buddy Jewell, and Burns & Jane.
(C) Cactus Blossoms, Cadillac John Nolden, Cale Tyson, Caleb Elliott, Caleb King, Carly Wascom, Carolyn Wonderland, Carrie Lynn Stanford, Carrie Welling, Cary Hudson, Cary Laine, Cary Morin, Casandra Faulconer, Casey Roberts and the “Bowie Kinfolk,” Cass Hunter, The Catdaddyz, Cathe Steele, Cedric Burnside, Chad Edwards (photographer), Chaislyn Jane, Chalmers Davis, Chapel Hart, Charlie Faye & The Fayettes, Charlie Mars, Charlie Musselwhite, Cheers Elephant, Chely Wright, Chief Monk Boudreaux and the Golden Eagles, Chip Herrington, The Chitlins, Chris Gentry, Chris Hayes (New Orleans Chef), Chris Hergenroder, Chris LeBlanc, Chris Mule, Chris “Porter” Porter (formerly of The Back Row Baptists and Some Dark Holler), Chris Simmons, Chris Spies, Chris Staples, Chris Wallin, Christina Christian (Crystal), Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Christopher James, Chubby Knuckle Choir, Chuck Cannon, Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll, Claire Keller, Clay Mills, Cloud Wars, Cole Hill, Colin Lake, Colin Linden, Colin Lockey, Corb Lund, Corey Christy, Corey Rezner, Corky Hughes Trio, Cowboy (Tommy Talton and Scott Boyer), Craig Adams, Cricket & the 2:19’s Cricket Selecky & Paulie Edmonds, Crispin Schroeder, Cruz Contreras, and Cyril Neville.
(D) Dallas Remington, Damien Joe Lamb, The Damn Quails, Dale Watson & His Lone Stars, Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country, Daniel Romano, Danielle Nicole, Danielle Thomas, Danny Abraham, Darcy Malone & The Tangle (backstage at Jazz Fest), Daryl Hance, Dash Rip Rock, Dauzat St. Marie, Dave Garrett, Dave Hundrieser, Dave Jordan & the NIA, Dave Kennedy, Dave Pahanish, David Brouillette, David Dunavent and Evol Love, David Lee, Davis Nix, Davis Raines, Dean Johanesen, Dean Tidey, Del Barber, Della Memoria (Emily Sholes Smith), Delta Reign, Delta Smoke, The Deluxe Trio, Desert Noises, The Deslondes, Devon Allman, The Dig, Diggs Darcey, DJ Peauxboi, Diamond Dan Quibell, Dom Flemons (formerly of the Carolina Chocolate Drops), Don Poythress, Don Underwood, Donna Hall Foster, Double Dee (Darwin & Dana Nelson), Doug Kees, Douglas Stapanek, Dr. John, Dr. Michael White Quartet, Dr. Pete Avara, Drew Howard, Drew Nix, Drew Pulliam, Drew Young, Drivin’ N Cryin’s Kevin Kinney, Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers, and Dylan LeBlanc.
(E, F & G) Early James & the Latest, Ed Wills and Blues for Sale, Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, Edward Antoine (aka King Edward), Edward David Anderson, Emily Kopp, Emily Stuckey, Eric Erdman, Eric Gales, Erica Sunshine Lee, Erik Halbig, Erika Wennerstrom, Escondido, Ethan Hawke, Euphus Ruth (photographer), The Eves, The Family of Bo Diddley (Evelyn Cooper & Garry Mitchell), Fat Man Squeeze, Ferrill Gibbs, Fess Up “Fessaround” (A Tribute to Professor Longhair), Field Report, The Flaming Lips, The Flow Tribe, Foreign Fields, Frank Turner, Frye Gaillard (author), G. Love & Special Sauce, Gabe Willis, Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, Galen Martin & the Crutches, Garrett Howell, Gavin Parker, George McConnell (formerly of Widespread Panic), George Porter Jr., Georgette Jones, Gerard Raley, Ghalia Volt, The Giving Tree Band, Glen Ballard, Gove Scrivenor, Grace Askew, Grady Champion, Gram Rea, Gravity Tractor, Grayson Capps, Grayson Capps & The Stumpknockers, Great Peacock, Greg Noll (artist), Greg Padilla (solo), Grits & Greens, Gurf Morlix, Guy Davis, and Guy Forsyth.
(H, I, & J) Hailey Green, Haley Barbour (Mississippi Governor at the Bicentennial Stamp Ceremony), HanaLena, Hannah McFarland, Hard Working Americans, Harmony James, Harold Dees, Harrison McInnis, Hawkshaw Hawkins Jr., Hayes Carll, The Heavy Strides, The Hello Strangers, Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone, Hi-Rhythm with Ben Cauley & the Royal Horns of Memphis, Hilma (from Norway), Honey Island Swamp Band, Honeyboy and Boots, Hoodoo Kitchen, Howard Curry, Hubby Jenkins, Hugh Mitchell, Humming House, Hunter Morse, The Icemen, Innocent Bones, Isaac Eady & Third Moon, Izak Danielsson Kihlstrom (from Sweden), J. Edwards, J. Hawkins Trio, Jack Ingram, Jack Pearson, Jamell Richardson, James LeBlanc, James Wamble, Jamey Johnson, Jamie Lynn Vessels, James McMurtry, Jan Birger Akerhaugen (from Norway), Jason Berry (author/filmmaker), Jason Daniels Band, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Jason Sanford, Jay Burgess, Jay Megginson, J.B. Lawrence, JD Souther, Jef Funk, Jeff Hernandez, Jeff McCreary, Jeff Plankenhorn, Jenna McClelland, Jenni Eddy Jennings (with Matt Pittman), Jeremy Davenport, Jeremy Dean, The Jericho Road Show, Jesse Colin Young (a founding member and lead singer of the 1960s group the Youngbloods), Jesse Robinson, Jessee Lee, Jessie Wilson, Jim Kweskin, Jim Lauderdale, Jim “Moose” Brown, Jim Roebuck, Jimbo Mathus, Jimmy Buffett, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, Jimmy Hall, Jimmy Hall and Muscle Shoals Revisited, Jimmy Johnson, Jimmy Lee Hannaford, Jimmy Lumpkin, Jimmy Lumpkin & The Revival, JJ Grey & Mofro, Joe Johnson, Joe Sims, Joel Locklear, Joey Cook & the Indigo Cats, Joel Galloway, John Calvin Abney, John Cochran, John Conlee, John Fohl, John Ford Coley, John Fullbright, John Hall, John Hiatt, John “Jabo” Starks (former drummer for James Brown), John Keuler, John Lee Johnson (Jai Johanny “Jaimoe” Johanson), John Milham, John Mooney, John Moreland, John Papa Gros, John Paul White, John Tibbs, Johnny Hayes & the Loveseats, Johnny Mire, Johnny No, Johnny Sansone, Johnny Vidacovich, The Jollies, Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, Jonathan Tyler, Jontavious Willis, Jordan Sokel, Jose Santiago, Josh Ritter, Joshua Stephen Ward, Judith Owen, Judy Blank, Julia Reyes, Julie Ross, Justin Johnson, Justin LaFramboise, Justin Peter Kinkle-Schuster (from Water Liars), and Justin Townes Earle.
(K & L) Kaboom (formerly the Dustin Kahlil Band), Karen Reynolds, Katie Jones, Katrina Miller, Kay Khoury, Kayla Ray, K.C. O’Rorke, KC & The Sunshine Band, Keith Burnstein’s Kettle Black, Keith Johnson, Keith Sykes, Kelly Willis, Kelvin Holly, Kenay Sudler, Kennon Barton, Kenny Brown, Kenny Neal, The Kernal, Kevin Gordon, Kevin Reynolds, Kevn Kinney (from Drivin’ N Cryin’), Kim Richey, Kinky Friedman, The KneeOn Sisters, The Krickets, Kris Lager Band, Kristin Diable, Lachlan Bryan, Laci Wright, Larkin Poe, Lauren Kay, Lauren Murphy & the Psychedelics, Laurie Anne Armour, L.C. Ulmer, Lee Roy Parnell, Lee Yankie, Leilani Kilgore, Leland Sklar, Leslie George, Lhay Browning Thriffiley, Libby Rae Watson, Lightnin’ Malcolm, Lil Ray Neal, Lily Costner, Lily Oakes, Lilly Hiatt, Lilly Winwood, Lincoln Durham, Linda Gail Lewis (sister of Jerry Lee Lewis), Lindsay Jarman, Lisa Carver, Lisa Mills, A Little Change (Scott Bottrell), Liz Longley, The Lizards, Logan Ledger, The Lone Bellow, Longleaf Drive, Los Lobos, The Los Lonely Boys, Louis “Cowboy” Johnson, Louisiana’s LeRoux, Lucero, Lucinda Williams, Lucious Spiller, Lukas Nelson, Luke Fisher, Luke Winslow-King, Luther Wamble, Lynn Drury, and Lynn Oldshue (author/publisher).
(M & N) Mabon “Teenie” Hodges, Mac McAnally, Mac Walter, Madison Grace, Maggie Koerner, Maggie Rose, Magnolia Bayou, Malcolm Holcombe, Mandolin Orange, Marc Broussard, Marcia Ball, Marcus King, Mario Abney (New Orleans Street Musician), Mark and Allen Mann, Mark “Muleman” Massey, Mark Pfaff, Mark Rubin, Mark Sherrill, Marley Roberts, Marlon Williams, The Marlow Boys, Mary Bridget Davis (star of Broadway’s “A Night with Janis Joplin”), Mason Honnoll, The Mastersons, Mats Dernand (from Sweden), Matt Lale (with Ben Murphy), Matt Prater, Matt Woods, Melissa Summersell, Melody Duncan, Meredith Hicks, Mia Borrows, Michelle Malone, Mickey Rogers and the Soul Blues Band, Midnight Revel, Midnight River Choir, Mike Doussan Band, Mike Munson, Mike Slaton, Mike Zito and the Wheel, Milton Sledge, Mingo Fishtrap, Mississippi Marshall, The Mississippi Shakedown, Mo Pitney, Molly Thomas & The Rare Birds, Monsters at Large, Mr. Sipp, The Mulligan Brothers, Myles Weeks, Myron Elkins, Nakia and the Blues Grifters, N.C. Thurman, Nerf the World, The Nervous Tics, Nick and The Ovorols, Nikki Talley & Jason Sharp, 19th Street Red, Nordista Freeze, and North Mississippi AllStars (Luther and Cody Dickinson)
(O & P) Oh Jeremiah, The Old Ways, Ona, Otis Clay, Otis Gibbs, Owen “Big Daddy O” Tufts, Pamela Jackson, Papa Mali, Parker Lyons, Parker Millsap, Party at the Moontower, Pastor Jay Terrell and “Country” Jim, Patrick Cooper, Patrick Sanders, Patterson Hood (from Drive-By Truckers), Paul Cauthen, Paul Kirkland, Paul Overstreet, Paul Thorn, Paula Boggs Band, Paw Paw’s Medicine Cabinet (including a photoshoot from the famous recording studio “Studio in the Country”), Pegi Young & The Survivors, Per Alexanderson (from Sweden), Peter Bradley Adams, Peter Case, Peter Cooper (music historian), Phil Bryant (Mississippi Governor at B.B. King’s final homecoming show and Mississippi Americana show at Duling Hall), Phil Madeira, Phil Proctor, Phil & Foster, Phoebe Hunt, Piedmont Bluz Acoustic Duo “Valerie and Benedict Turner,” Pine Belt Pickers, Pokey Lafarge, The Pollies, Pony Bradshaw, Preston Stanfill, and The Psych Peas.
(Q & R) Quinn Loggins, Randall Bramblett, Randy Branch, Raiwylde, Ramsay Midwood, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Reatha Pittman, Red and the Revelers, The Red Clay Strays, Red Shahan, Red Young, Redd Volkaert, Remedy, Renshaw Davies, Resurrecton Catholic School Choir, Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Reverend Steve, The Revivalists, The Rezonators, Ric McNaughton, Richard Trest, Rick Carter, Rick Hirsch, Ricky Killingsworth, Ricky Randolph, River Whyless, R.L. Boyce, Rob Aldridge, Robert Mortimer, Robbie Fleming, Robbie Fulks, Robby Amonett, Robby Krieger (from The Doors), Robert Cline, Jr., Robert Ellis, Robert Joseph, Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, Rollin’ in the Hay, Ronnie Fauss, Roo & the Howl, Rosco Bandana, Ross Graham, Ross Newell, Royal Horses, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Robbie Fulks, Rodney Crowell, Ron Thamert, R.T. Hall, Rurik Nunan, Russ Broussard, Rusty Anderson (Paul McCartney’s longtime guitarist), Ruthie Foster, and Ryan Balthrop.
(S & T) Sam Houston, Sam Morrow, Samantha Fish, Sara Lee Guthrie, Sarah Peacock, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers, Sassafrass, Savannah Conley, Savannah Ray, Scooter Gaines, Scott Albert Johnson, Scott Barretta, Scott Chism & the Better Half, Sean Gasaway, Serabee, Sergio Rangel & The Satin Dogs, Sergio Webb, Seth Walker, The Shadowboxers, Shakey Graves, Sharde Thomas & the Rising Star Band, Sharon Kay Moore, Shawn Mullins, Shelby Lynne, Shelley King, Shinyribs’ Kevin Russell & The Shiny Soul Sisters, Shonna Tucker, Shunks, Side Pony, The Sideliners, Sister Sara Smith, Sixpence None the Richer’s Leigh Nash, Skunks, Slash from Guns N Roses, Snoop Dogg, Sophia Meadows, Sol Driven Train, Sonny Landreth, South Jones, Southern Halo, Spencer Bohren, Spencer Duncan, Spooner Oldman, Stafond Seago, Stan Foster, Stephen Hunley, Stephen Lee Veal, Steve Barney, the Mad Potter of Bay St. Louis, Steve Eriksson (from Sweden), Steve Azar, Steve Forbert, Stevie & Friends (Stevie Krebs, Brad Simons, Charles Careno & Tracey Evans), Stolen Faces, Stormfolk, Strangled Darlings, Sue Foley, Sugarcane Jane, Sugarcane Jane & The Bucket Fillers, Sugarmouth, Summerlyn Powers, Sunny War, Susan Cowsill, Sydney Wright, Syl Johnson, Symone French & Trouille Troupe, Tab Benoit, Taj Mahal, Taylor Craven, Tea J. Moore, Telluride, Tender Oak, Terry “Harmonica” Bean, Tess Frizzell, The Texas Gentlemen, Thomas Jackson, Tito Deler “The Original Harlem Slim, Todd Snider, Tommy Barnes, Tommy Crawford, Tommy Warren, Tommy Womack, Tony Joe White, Tony “T-Bone” Montgomery, Travis Meadows, Trey Rowell, The Tree-Oh, Tricia Walker, Trina Rainey, Trombone Shorty, The Tropics, Troy Martin, Truitt Williams, Tullie Brae, Turbo Fruits, Ty Taylor, Tyler Childers, Tyler Ramsey, and Tyron Benoit Band.
(U, V, W, X, Y & Z) Uncle Lucius, The Underhill Orchestra, The Vamps, Vasti Jackson, Victor Wainwright, Vincent Neil Emerson, Vintage Trouble, Voo Davis, The Waco Brothers, W.A. Higgins Rock Ensemble, The Wailers, Walter “Wolfman” Washington & The Roadmasters, The War & Treaty, Washboard Chaz, Waylon Payne, Webb Wilder, The Weeks, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Wes Lee, Wesley Daniels, Wet Willie, Whiskey Jack, The Whispering Trees, White Horse, Whitney Rose, Wild Frames, Wildeyez, The Wild Feathers, Will Hatten, Will Johnson, Will Jones, Will Stewart, William Goin, Willie Sugarcapps, Will Kimbrough, Wood Newton, Woody Pines, Wynonna (Judd) & The Big Noise, Yellowhammer, Young Valley, Zach Fellman, and Zach Hickman.
The Southland Music Line’s Stephen “Andy” Anderson and Johnny Cole at Callaghan’s Irish Social Club in Mobile, AL (photo by Southern Rambler)
Stephen “Andy” Anderson (art by Abe Partridge, one of the most respected songwriters and visual folk artists in the Southeast)
An article by Johnny Cole, co-founder and editor of The Southland Music Line.
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Hitting the Blues Trail with Stephen Anderson by Jim Hannaford
