(Le) Poisson Rouge (Venue Partner)
158 Bleecker St
212.505.3474
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South Memphis String Band
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Thursday Apr 1, 2010 (7pm)
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- Price
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$15-20
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When Luther Dickinson, Alvin Youngblood Hart and Jimbo Mathus got together to make music, it certainly wasn't out of commercial consideration. This troika of roots-imbued musical pros coalesced through a shared vision and consuming passion for the music of their forebears, most notably the Mississippi Sheiks, Memphis Jug Band, Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers and other practitioners of pre-blues era roots sounds.
