Thacker Mountain Radio Hour’s October line-up is jam-backed! Cool music from gospel, country and blues to funky Memphis sax and even jug band!
Our October authors will take us backstage for sexy confessions at a Black megachurch; adventures on the trail of Johnny Appleseed; roaring on the high seas with a pirate Queen and a Oct. 29th “Unhaunting” just in time for you-know-what!
The shows will take place at Off Square Books, Hendricks Building, Water Valley, and The Powerhouse.
All shows FREE admission and doors at 5:30 pm. Refreshments: Water Valley and Powerhouse.
Check out the October schedule/links to show info:
**Oct. 8 – Off Square Books**
Author: Deesha Philyaw – The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman (Mariner Books) – “Rollicking satire of Black megachurch culture” Kirkus Review
Music: Henry Jones – “’Duke Ellington said, ‘There’s only two kinds of music, good and the other kind.’ Ima try for the first one.”
Music: Back Alley String Band – North MS/Memphis based string band trio
True Confessions! – Thacker Mountain Radio Hour
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**Oct. 15 – Powerhouse Arts Center**
Author: Issac Fitzgerald – American Rambler – Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed (Knopf)
“…a grand entertainment for travelers real and armchair.” – Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Music: Cannonball Red – Georgia blues for the 21st Century
Music: Vitamin Cea – Mississippi Gulf Coast native songwriter (What A Day)
Hosts: Jim Dees with our house band, Paul Tate and the Yalobushwhacker Big Band featuring the Thacker Horns with vocalist Damein Wash!
On the trail with Johnny Appleseed! – Thacker Mountain Radio Hour
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**Oct. 22 – Hendricks Building, Water Valley, MS**
Author: Ariel Lawhon – Bestselling historical novelist returns with The Pirate Queen
Music: Hope Clayburn’s Soul Scrimmage – Memphis soul/jazz/funk collective
Music: Joe Austin and the Tallahatchies – North Mississippi real country
Down on Main Street… Water Valley! – Thacker Mountain Radio Hour
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**Oct. 29 – Sarahfest! Powerhouse Arts Center**
Music: Annie and the Caldwells – Can’t Lose My (Soul) – From West Point, MS to world stages with David Bryne!
Author: Micaiah Johnson – The Unhaunting – Thrills and chills in a (very) haunted house! Halloween content, yeah!
Music: Dawn Barham – Guitar shred with the Juke Joint Gypsy!
Sarahfest with Annie and the Caldwells! – Thacker Mountain Radio Hour
NOTE: All shows filmed by Mississippi Public Broadcasting Television. (Air date TBA) **
Come see us! Free! Live! Weekly!