The song in this video is called “Last To Know” which features John Popper (of Blues Traveler”) on harmonica. Unfortunately, John Popper was not able to be in this performance but he is featured on the studio recording. “Last To Know” is the fifth track on the album.

Ron Noyes Band

Led by Sharde Thomas on the fife, The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band performs “Shimmy She Wobble” with Ricky Davis of Blue Mother Tupelo on guitar, Cody Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars and Hill Country Review on drums, and Luther Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars and the Black Crowes on bass.

This song was recorded at the 5th annual North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic, a two-day event which takes place in Potts Camp, MS. The North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic is hosted by Kenny Brown who played guitar with the late blues legend, RL Burnside.

The event is patterned after an annual event held for decades by the late Otha Turner of Gravel Springs, MS who is Sharde Thomas’ grandfather. Ms. Thomas learned to play the fife from Mr. Turner. The Otha Turner family picnic (sometimes called the Goat Roast because goat sandwiches are served) is still held in Gravel Springs, MS each year on the last weekend in August.

More about Otha Turner: www.othaturner.com
More about the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic: www.nmshillcountrypicnic.com
A review of the 2010 North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic can be found here www.ameriblues.com

Elvis Aaron Presley (Born January 8, 1935) was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is often referred to as the “King of Rock and Roll” or simply “the King”.

Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Presley moved to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family at the age of 13. He began his career there in 1954 when Sun Records owner Sam Phillips, eager to bring the sound of African American music to a wider audience, saw in Presley the means to realize his ambition. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was one of the originators of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country and rhythm and blues.

RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage the singer for over two decades. Presley’s first RCA single, “Heartbreak Hotel”, released in January 1956, was a number one hit.

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