Mississippi Stomp

Back about 14 months ago, on the day Peyton Manning played his last football game before retiring to the advertising business, we wrapped up the recording session for our second record, Shine. It was a whirlwind session…

EAST MEETS WEST (MISSISSIPPI, THAT IS)

The Fairpark District in Tupelo, Mississippi, is unique.  Situated just east of downtown, across the railroad track, the former fairground where Elvis set the crowd on fire in ’56 now teems with…

Double Header in Meridian 

In 1929, just before the American economy collapsed into ruin, the Threefoot family in Meridian, Mississippi, built a grand 16-story building in that historic city.  The family's successful grocery operation faltered in the face…

HOG HEAVEN 

 

In the lexicon of the food of the South, a region that prides itself in its vittles, there is nothing more emblematic than BBQ.  Not barbecue, spelled out; that would be too formal.  BBQ, the stuff…

AN HISTORIC NIGHT

 

For the second year in a row, our humble band has received a grand honor: a chance to travel to lovely Hernando, MS, and play the Front Porch Jubilee, a benefit staged by…

KEEPING IT REAL IN MERIDIAN
 
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt
 

COMING HOME

A recent Saturday evening found us in one of the premier music-spawning grounds of Mississippi, and therefore the world; fertile soil from which the likes of Paul Thorn and Elvis you-know-who have sprung; the place where tourists

Underground Magic

So, we're driving through downtown Jackson, MS, on a recent Saturday evening, to the club where we will play, Underground 119. Robert, our resident Jacksonian, has played there before, and has assured us it is…

"You will see a cow...on the roof of a cotton house..."   - Blind Railroad Man, O Brother Where Art Thou?

The Stomp has played some unique places in the months we have been out and about, playing songs from our…