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Over in the Delta tent, Bobby Rush, the sassiest and downright sexiest 85 year old on the scene, was thrusting his way through a dynamite set.
“Who knows what’s good. It’s like I’m from Louisiana man. People can tell you how good they cook down there all they want but you ain’t gonna know until you taste it.”
“It’s a great thing to still be around and enjoy life, and talk about it in the morning. That’s all that matters to me.”
This year’s symposium is being co-hosted by the B.B. King Museum and the B.B. King Recording Studio. The theme for this year’s events is “Chitlin’ Circuit.”
“We have to make the area and our culture, and our history relevant to young people. It has to tie into current day amenities in some form or fashion.”
“Everyone has a particular first-hand life experience but this particular segregated, sharecropping, slavery-type experience ends at that generation.”
GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi presents a live performance experience based on the award-winning film and record, “Take Me To The River”…
Hundreds of performers took the stage to perform an average of two songs each in a flawlessly produced epic presentation with virtually no downtime between the short sets.
Artists slated to be performing include headliners Buddy Guy and Bobby Rush. Also scheduled to appear are The Bo-Keys, Southern Avenue, and Vasti Jackson.
The evening was a great success, raising $10,000, which included a guitar signed by Bobby Rush, and the winner’s photo with him.