The Early Years

Performer: North Mississippi Allstars
Producer: Jim Dickinson; Mick Lloyd (Compilation)
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA)

Notes: North Mississippi Allstars: Cody Dickinson, Luther Dickinson, Chris Chew. This limited-edition 2006 two-CD set contains all of the tracks from the North Mississippi Allstar's first two albums: 51 PHANTOM and their stellar debut SHAKE HANDS WITH SHORTY. The sons of southern music legend Jim Dickinson, Luther and Cody Dickinson cut their teeth jamming with the likes of R.L. Burnside, Billy Lee Riley, and the Replacements. Given the band's pedigree, it's not surprising that they arrived with a confident, studied, and fully-formed rendering of the blues. Fans will most likely already have both discs, but this package makes a nice one-stop pick-up for the uninitiated.

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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