Thursday, Sept. 25 – 6 pm – Powerhouse Arts Center, Oxford, MS Location: 413 S 14th, Oxford, MS
Celebrating the memory of John Prine and more!
FREE Admission! Come early, bring a pal, snag a beverage and a seat!
Doors: 5:30 pm – Frosty Refreshments – Show: 6 pm
Author: Tom Piazza – Living in the Present with John Prine – An intimate portrait: uproarious stories, tall tales, epic meals, afternoons digging around antique malls and record stores, long nights playing guitar. “A joyful, moving, vivid window onto the life and heart of John Prine.”
Music: Southern Avenue – Latest album: Family – Sister harmonies, soulful grooves and shred-your-face blues guitar
Music: Izzy Arthurs – The Skeptic – Tennessee songwriter
Hosts: Jim Dees with Paul Tate and the Yalobushwhackers
Airtimes:
Thursday, Sept. 25 – 6 pm (CT) WUMS 92.1 University of Mississippi
Wednesday, Oct. 1 – 10 pm (ET) WUTC 88.1 FM Chattanooga, TN
Thursday – Oct. 2– 8 am (CT) WYXR 91.7 FM Memphis, TN.
Saturday, Oct. 4 – 3 pm (ET) WUTC 88.1 FM Chattanooga, TN
7 pm (CT) Mississippi Public Broadcasting
9 pm (CT) Alabama Public Radio
Sunday, Oct. 5
3 pm (ET) WUOT | 91.9 FM, Knoxville
2 pm (MT) KNCE 93.5 | Taos, New Mexico
Archived here: Spotify, SoundCloud, Google Podcast, iHeart Radio
Tom Piazza’s latest book is Living in the Present with John Prine.
In the spring of 2020, John Prine and Tom Piazza met to work on Prine’s finally-agreed-to-memoir. In their first session, Prine told sprawling, often hilarious stories into Piazza’s recorder…
Stories of his youth and family in Chicago and Kentucky, his breakthrough into the national spotlight, his riotous early years in the Nashville country scene, and much more.
There would be no more sessions.
Prine died suddenly of COVID in April 2020, leaving an unfinished memoir that Piazza shaped into an intimate and very personal narrative of the beloved songwriter’s final years.
“Tom is such an insightful, eloquent writer and many thanks to him for giving us another round with our dear friend.” – Bonnie Raitt
“I really did not want this book to end.” – Rosanne Cash
Tom Piazza’s books include the nonfiction bestseller Why New Orleans Matters and the novels The Auburn Conference and A Free State. He is a four-time winner of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Music Writing.
He lives in New Orleans.
Southern Avenue is a Memphis-based soul/blues/rock band whose latest album, Family (Alligator), is more than just an album title.
Lead singer Tierinii Jackson and lead guitarist Ori Naftaly, are husband and wife. Their bandmates are Tierinii’s sisters: Tikyra Jackson (drums, vocals), and vocalist/violinist Ava Jackson.
The Family album was recorded at Royal Studios in Memphis and produced by John Burk (Ray Charles) and recorded and mixed by Memphis producer “Boo” Mitchell.
2024 saw the band perform alongside Willie Nelson on the Outlaw tour that included Bob Dylan who became a fan and asked for pictures (!) with the group.
Izzy Arthurs is a Tennessee-based singer-songwriter.
Her most recent singles include The Skeptic, Orbiting, Crystal and New Best Friend.
Other recent compositions include State of Affairs, Friends Like These, Don’t Ask and Long Time Coming.
Don’t miss her cover of the Nancy Sinatra classic, These Boots Are Made for Walking.
