February 24-25, 2011
2011 Blues Today Symposium
University of Mississippi
Oxford, MS
MISSING CHAPTERS IN BLUES HISTORY
Schedule of Events
Thursday, Feb. 24
6:00 p.m. Thacker Mountain Radio [Broadcast state-wide on MPB]
Musical guests: Reverend John Wilkins and Natchez, MS artists Gray Montgomery and YZ Ealey
Dinner on the Oxford Square
8:00 p.m. Highway 61 Radio Blues Reception
Music, refreshments and photo exhibition.
Artists: Adam Gussow, Shine Turner and Natchez, MS blues musicians
Southside Art Gallery, Oxford Square
Sponsors: Lazy Magnolia Brewery and Cathead Vodka
9:00 p.m. Reverend John Wilkins
Proud Larry’s, Oxford Square
Friday, Feb. 25
9:30 a.m. “Inside the Blues Archive”
Greg Johnson
Blues Archive – University of Mississippi Library
10:30 a.m. Panel Discussion: Natchez Blues
Q&A with Natchez, MS blues musicians Gray Montgomery and YZ Ealey
Moderator: Scott Barretta
Blues Archive – University of Mississippi Library
Noon Lunch on your own
1:30 p.m. Missing Chapters in Blues History
Early Wright Keynote Lecture
Jim O’Neal, Living Blues Founding Editor and MS Blues Trail Research Director
Blues Archive – University of Mississippi Library
3:00 p.m. Panel Discussion: Mississippi Blues Tourism
Dr. Stephen A. King, Darryl Parker, Jim O’Neal, and Scott Barretta
Moderator: Dr. Adam Gussow
Blues Archive – University of Mississippi Library
Dinner on the Oxford Square
9:00 p.m. Effie Burt and the Bill Perry Trio
Rooster’s Blues House, Oxford Square
Saturday. Feb. 26
8:30 a.m. Run For Hope – Half Marathon
Oxford Convention Center
1:00 p.m. – Oxford Winter Blues Festival
6:30 p.m. Adam Gussow & Shine Turner, The Hancock Company,
Heather Crosse Band, and Aaron Moore
Rooster’s Blues House, Oxford Square
** All lectures/discussions on the University of Mississippi campus are FREE and open to the public. No registration is required. However, admission may be charged for music events.
MORE INFORMATION: www.livingblues.com