Music Friday: "Midnight in Mississippi"

For me, one of the iconic albums of alt-country during the 90s is Dog Days by Blue Mountain, the band out of the fine city of Oxford, Mississippi, a town I wouldn't mind moving to after I retire.

Blue Mountain disbanded at one time, but they're back together now as far as I can tell even though it's hard to track down what's going on with the band via the InterWebs. The album above came out a few years ago, and today's featured song from it recounts a story borne of juke joint culture in the Mississippi Delta, the area where Delta Blues music originated.

Hope you enjoy "Midnight in Mississippi."

I'm also wondering, if some readers are inclined to share, what you might think are some of the important albums of alt-country during the 90s? I have some ideas, but I'd rather hear yours.

Sriracha

I was in a store over in Mattoon a week or so ago, and I happened upon this bodacious hot sauce that I first got introduced to at Kalo's Tavern in Oxford, Mississippi. Kalo's is one of few places where I've ever had fried artichokes. Great stuff.

But the hot sauce is Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce, "made from sun ripened chiles" and distributed by Huy Fong Foods out of California.

Instead of being a liquid like most hot sauces out there, this stuff is more of a cross between a paste and a liquid. It'll clear your sinuses pretty quickly. "A little dab will do you." 

Music Friday: "Wink"

If you click the link HERE, you get to enjoy Blue Mountain playing one of their more popular "alt-country" songs, "Wink."

They're playing at Proud Larry's, a great place for drinks and dining in Oxford, Mississippi (Did you happen to stumble there when you went for the Mizzou game last year, Kenson?). 

Blue Mountain is now back together, and they have a new album out in mid-August.

The GreenMobile Has Arrived!

This linked article from ENN (Link: http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/28939) initially made me smirk when I saw that a researcher at Mississippi State has created an environmentally-friendly trailer. MS State, renowned for undergraduates with cow crap on their boots, and Mississippi, renowned for single-wides and double-wides, creates all kinds of fun images, even though I enjoyed the South when I lived in the great state of Alabama. Any comedian worth his or her salt will jump on this story, I'm sure.

Regardless, the project is an interesting idea to me: affordable, energy-efficient housing.

I think J.J. Grey is probably talking more about Oxford, Ole Miss, and "the Grove" (a magical place that Kenny has experienced) than Starkville (the home of MS State), but nonetheless...

"Mississippi" by J.J. Grey & Mofro

Well I dearly love my home but
She never looked so good to me
Blue skies and dragonflies
Muddy creek Lord set me free

Good things are going on
there in Mississippi
She made me feel good
there in Mississippi

Folks smiling and saying hey
In my car as I'm passing by
And I can smell those barbeque grills
firing on the fourth of July

Good things are going on
there in Mississippi
She made me feel good
there in Mississippi

Good things are going on
there in Mississippi
She made me feel good
there in Mississippi

Everybody moving everybody grooving
everybody letting it all get loose
there in Mississippi