NMA's website's news of Luther's Grammy Nomination

We are proud to announce that Luther Dickinson received

a Grammy nomination last night in the 'Best Folk Album' 

category for his solo instrumental album Hambone's
Meditations! 

Released last May through NMA's label Songs of the South

Records, Hambone's Meditations was born out of Luther's

passion for the acoustic folk and blues music of the 

American South that surrounded him growing up. Drawing

inspiration from acoustic heroes John Fahey and, more 

recently, Jack Rose, Hambone's Meditation features five 

original compositions and a reworking of a gospel medley. 

The result
is 6 powerful tracks from the heart and soul of Luther 

Dickinson.

John Fry and Al Kapone after the Ball.

Mary Lindsay Dickinson hanging out and having fun after Pat Kerr Tigrett's
Bodacious Blues Ball, 2012, with John Fry of Ardent Recording Studio and
the great Memphis artist, Al Capone.  John Fry engineered and Jim Dickinson
produced the cult favorite band, Big Star's final record- Big Star Third/
Sister Lovers.  Big Star was honored at the Ball with the Pyramid Award.
John presented the award to Jody Stephens, drummer for Big Star and long
time manager of Ardent.  As John pointed out in his address to the packed
crowd, "All three of Big Star's releases were included in Rolling Stone
Magazine's list of "The Best 500 Records of All Time."

What an honor it is to be associated with art of this caliber.

WREG Channel Three Video

The morning after Jim Dickinson's induction into the Rock'n'Soul/
Smithsonian Museum's Memphis Music Hall of Fame, Jim's wife of
forty-five years,  Mary Lindsay Dickinson, was invited to comment
on the event and why Memphis and the surrounding area is
home to such world-changing music.

Watch Mary Lindsay's appearance @

http://wreg.com/2012/11/30/mary-lindsay-dickinson/

Grammy nomination for Luther!

December 6.20.12

 Hambone's Meditations, Luther's solo acoustic record has been
 nominated for a Grammy!  It's on NMA's record label, Songs of 
the South, and is a first nomination for the label.

Thanks to all the folks who voted for Luther. What a great honor for 
him and Jim's legacy.

'Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me' - Eagerly Awaited Music Doc Has 'U.S. Premiere' Here Thursday

"Having inspired a Grammy-winning box set, international tribute
concerts and now a documentary film, has Big Star -- the Memphis
 rock band that achieved legendary status long after the commercia
l failure of its 1970s recordings -- reached the apex of its influence
 and posthumous popularity?

"Just as soon as you think it's peaked, it hasn't," said Jody
Stephens, 60, drummer and only surviving member of the
Big Star lineup that recorded the revered early 1970s power
pop masterpieces,"#1 Record" and "Radio City," as well
as the more ghostly final studio album,"Third/Sister Lovers."

Years in the making, the documentary "Big Star: Nothing
Can Hurt Me" has its designated U.S. Premiere as the
opening night "Gala" selection of the 15th annual Indie Memphis
Film Festival. The movie screens at 6:30 p.m. Thursday,
November 1, 2012 at Playhouse on the Square.

Link to the original article by John Beifuss: http://blogs.
commercialappeal.com/the_bloodshot_eye/2012/10/
big-star-nothing-can-hurt-me---eagerly-awaited-music-doc-
has-us-premiere-here-thursday.html"

This is a must-see film for anyone who cares about the direction
of music in the past few decades. Big Star's influence was
seminal and (except for John Fry), nobody's influence on the band
was stronger than that of Big Star Third's producer, Jim Dickinson.

A subject that is not touched on in the movie is what inspired Alex
Chilton to ask Jim Dickinson to produce Third.  I can't answer that,
but I'll never forget the cold winter day when Alex brought
the demos to our house to play for Jim. I was rocking baby
Luther in the next room but I heard every note.  After Alex left,
I came out and looked at Jim.  He read the bewilderment on
my face.  "Don't worry," he laughed. " I can hear exactly where
Alex is going."

Jim not only produced Big Star; he played on the Cramps record
that Alex produced, nurtured and produced Tav Falco and Panther
Burns, and produced The Replacements' Pleased to Meet Me,
whose anthem, "Alex Chilton" re-introduced Big Star to the world.
The rest is history.

Where would American music be without Big Star and Jim
Dickinson's legacy?  It wouldn't be the same.  Big Star
forever changed the direction of pop music.

by Mary Lindsay Dickinson, November 4, 2012

Memphis Music Hall of Fame

Mary Lindsay Dickinson 
  

When dear Jody Stephens announced Jim's name as one of 25 inaugural 
inductees in the Memphis Music Hall of Fame as established by the 
Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum, he was holding this guitar like a regular 
guitar.  When he flipped it over there was Jim's name. I felt blessed to be
part of this ceremony on Jim's behalf, as he took his place (in absentia)
with Elvis, Dewey, Sam Phillips, B.B. King, Otis Redding, among 
others, as one of the original members of the Memphis Hall of Fame.  
John Doyle headed up the group at the Rock 'n' Soul Museum and 
in Memphis who worked for years to pull this together.  The Dickinson
family thanks them.  The Warehouse made us feel welcome;  the house
band was rocking; and a great time was had by all at this press release
party.  A larger star -studded celebration will be held at the Cannon 
Center in Memphis on  November 29, 2012. 

Photograph courtesy of Glenn Goodman

Jim Dickinson's Legacy Thrives....

 


From The Memphis Flyer (10.4.12):

"Best Band
 North Mississippi Allstars

More than a decade into their run, the North Mississippi Allstars —
brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson, with bassist Chris Chew —
are better and more popular than ever. The trio's most recent album,
Keys to the Kingdom — a tribute to the brothers' late father,
Jim Dickinson — saw the band's command of a sound that
encompasses hill-country boogie, gutbucket blues, New Orleans
soul, and Delta gospel at an all-time high. Touring demands make
their local gigs rare these days, but that also makes them more
special when they come around."

Enjoy Keys to the Kingdom,
http://www.myspace.com/nmallstars

Thus does Jim Dickison's legacy continue to thrive.  Not only has
NMA been chosen Memphis' best band for the third year in a row,
but Jim's own 2006 live record "I'm Just Dead, I'm Not Gone,"  is
in the TOP TEN on SiriusXM  radio.

"World boogie is coming!"