This first ever “pop up” edition of Thacker Mountain Radio Hour will be performed at Lamar Lounge in Oxford, MS. The show will begin at 7:30pm (NOTE: this is an unusual start time). We will feature author Jack Pendarvis and music by Jimbo Mathus and Lilly Hiatt. As always, the show will be hosted by Jim Dees and our house band The Yalobushwhackers.
Jack Pendarvis is author of the story collections, Your Body is Changing (2007) and The Mysterious Secret of the Valuable Treasure (2005) and the novel, Awesome (2008). In 2012 he joined the writing team for Adventure Time, an animated series on the Cartoon Network. He has also served as co-writer on the short films, Fun World (2012) and The Pipe (2007) which is based on one of his short stories. He is a former columnist for The Oxford American and The Believer. Pendarvis lives in Oxford.
Jimbo Mathus’ latest CD is, Dark Night of the Soul (Fat Possum). Mathus is an Oxford native who grew up in Corinth and is perhaps best known as one of the founders of the Squirrel Nut Zippers, a hot jazz/swing band who toured extensively in the early 1990s. Since then he has fronted The Tri-State Coalition, a versatile quintet equally adept at country, rock and roll and blues. Their previous CDs include White Buffalo, Confederate Buddha and a six-song EP, Blue Light, all on Fat Possum Records. His song, “Highway at Night” was recently featured on the Season 3 finale of the Netflix series, House of Cards. Mathus lives in Taylor, Miss.
Lilly Hiatt is a singer/songwriter based in East Nashville. Her new CD, Royal Blue (Normaltown Records) was released this month and features touches of folk-rock, indie twang, and punk. Her previous CD was Let Down (2012). Her touring band, the Dropped Ponies, includes Beth Finney on lead guitar, Jake Bradley on bass, Luke Schneider on pedal steel guitar and Jon Radford on drums. Hiatt is the daughter of veteran songwriter, John Hiatt.
