Hernando

Performer: North Mississippi Allstars
Engineer: Kevin Houston
Producer: Jim Dickinson
Distributor: RED Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Cody Dickinson (vocals, guitar, drums, washboard); Luther Dickinson (vocals, guitar); James Mathus & His Knockdown Society, Chris Chew (vocals); East Memphis Slim (piano); Amy LaVere (upright bass). Audio Mixer: Kevin Houston . Recording information: Zebra Ranch Studio, Coldwater, MS. Photographer: Bill Steber. Fittingly named after the Mississippi town in which Cody and Luther Dickinson and Chris Chew all grew up, HERNANDO is the roadhouse trio's most personal record. It's also their finest. Recorded at their own Zebra studios (aka "The Barn") by Cody and Luther's father, legendary Memphis producer Jim Dickinson, and released on their own label, Songs of the South Records, the album has a warmth and earthiness that suggest comfort in their own skin and surroundings. Most importantly, though, HERNANDO is the first North Mississippi All-Stars record to break out of the blues tribute-band mold and reveal their biggest influences: '70s classic rock, '80s metal, and '90s grunge, the same stuff every pot-smoking teenager in America cut their teeth on. "Eaglebird" grooves like vintage ZZ Top; "Rooster's Blues" redirects Jimmy Page riffs through an Alice in Chains prism; and "Keep the Devil Down" is a bluesy take on late Metallica. Herein lies HERNANDO's greatest pleasure: a blues roots band staying true to its real roots.

Rolling Stone (p.64) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[They've] grown up on Led Zeppelin, AC/DC and Mountain, and it shows in rough, righteous ways." Uncut (p.98) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[They] get down deep and dirty -- adding electric blues fire and manic grunge licks to the Delta mud." Dirty Linen (p.38) - "HERNANDO is made up of eleven tight songs....'Keep The Devil Down' is a powerful, in-your-face rocker..." No Depression (p.72) - "[T]he album has a muscular sound..." Harp (magazine) (p.105) - "[The album] preserves the many divergent and complementary strains of blues styles while summoning an energetic edge that locates the group among the most peerless young American combos today."

Brothers Cody and Luther Dickinson are the sons of producer/songwriter and all-around Memphis legend Jim Dickinson. Equipped with their father's blues-based sense of eclecticism, during the 1990s the brothers honed their chops playing in punk bands, doing session work for the likes of the Replacements and Billy Lee Riley, and getting hands-on coaching from blues legends like R.L. Burnside. This amazing pedigree has made the North Mississippi Allstars one of the most confidently free-wheeling groups on the jam band circuit, embodying a grittier, tougher sound than other more hippie-inspired bands within the scene's ranks.

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