Featuring author Caroline Randall Williams with music by Tom Kimmel and the Homemade Jamz Blues Band

Live from Link Centre in Tupelo, MS August 8, 2015 at 7pm

Join us for this REMOTE performance of the Thacker Mountain Radio Hour at Link Centre in beautiful Tupelo, MS.  This show will not be broadcast live, but the performance is free and open to the public.  We will rebroadcast the recording on Mississippi Public Broadcasting Saturday, August 22, 2015.   This edition of the Thacker Mountain Radio Hour will feature a reading by Caroline Randall Williams and music by poet and songwriter Tom Kimmel and hometown group the Homemade Jamz Blues Band. The show is hosted by Jim Dees and our house band, The Yalobushwhackers fronted by the amazing John Paul Keith.

Following the radio recording, Kimmel and the Homemade Jamz Band will each perform additional brief sets.  The Link Centre Concert Hall is located at 1800 West Main Street. For more information call 662-690-4011. Information on the Thacker Mountain Radio Hour is available at the show’s website: https://thackermountain.com/.

Featuring

Caroline Randall Williams

Caroline Randall Williams is the co-author (with her mother, Alice Randall) of Soul Food Love, a cookbook and African-American culinary anthology containing stories and some 80 recipes.  The book redefines traditional soul food cooking by emphasizing healthy ingredients. Earlier this year, Williams was named by Southern Living magazine as one of “50 People Who Are Changing the South.”

Homemade Jamz Blues Band

The sibling trio began in Baumholder, Germany when their father, Renaud Perry, returned from military service in Korea. The group is, Ryan Perry (age 23) on vocals and guitars, Kyle Perry (21), bass and Taya Perry (16), drums. In 2007, they were the youngest band ever to compete in the International Blues Challenge, taking second place in a field of 157 bands. Since then they have taken their gritty soul blues/juke joint sound around the world as well as to national television programs such as CBS Sunday Morning and The Today Show. The “homemade” part of their name is apt as their guitars are hand-crafted by dad Renaud from car mufflers and worn using seatbelt straps.

Tom Kimmel

Tom Kimmel is a singer/songwriter, from Nashville whose compositions have been recorded by  Linda Ronstadt, Johnny Cash, Joe Cocker, Art Garfunkel and Randy Travis. He is also the author of a volume of poetry, The Sweetest and the Meanest. His most recent musical CD is Never Saw Blue, a collection of his songs that have been featured in films and television. The songs run the gamut from folk ballads to rock and roll, humorous to serious.

Check out the show!