Thacker Mountain Radio
Make plans to attend the Neshoba County Fair, outside of Philadelphia, MS, next Saturday night, July 26, at 7:30 PM for a live performance of Thacker Mountain Radio at Founder’s Square. Our guests will be Fair historian Steve Stubbs, Jackson Clarion-Ledger columnist Sid Salter, author Tom Franklin and musical guests, the Charlie Mars Band, Blue Mountain and Kenny Brown. More information at neshobacountyfair.org.
Until then, don't miss this Saturday night on Thacker Mountain Radio when we’ll revisit a show from September 2007 which will feature three very distinct storytellers.
Author JEFFREY LEWIS was the credited writer on dozens of episodes of the acclaimed TV series Hill Street Blues (1981-87) which earned him two Emmy Awards and a Writers Guild Award. In an ambitious departure, the Yale/Harvard Law graduate left screenwriting to document American culture in a four novel series. The first two, Meritocracy: A Love Story and The Conference of the Birds, covered the 1960s and 70s and received great reviews. Lewis has published the third in the series, Theme Song for an Old Show (Other Press). Turning on the aftermath of the 1970s, Theme Song approaches the 1980s by drawing on Lewis’s own coming of age as a successful television writer at a time when television began to define modern American culture. Publisher’s Weekly recommends Old Show as “consistently entertaining.”
First time novelist WILLY VLAUTIN will also join us to read from his debut, The Motel Life (Harper Perennial). The London Times called The Motel Life a “rough, disturbing, heartbreaking piece of work.” Esquire said the book, is “a hugely compassionate, wildly original road movie of a novel.” Book Munch, a literary website, said, “If you like boozy frazzled Americana, this is a book to get VERY EXCITED ABOUT!” Of special interest is Vlautin recounting his memories of meeting the late Mississippi author Larry Brown.
In the past decade, singer/songwriter AUSTIN CUNNINGHAM has been making himself heard – from Nashville’s Music Row to kicking up dust on the Texas music scene. He has also found time to write or co-write songs for top recording artists, such as Hank Williams, Jr., Martina McBride, Dolly Parton, Wynonna, and Del McCoury. He has produced three CDs on his own Senior Partner label: Let That Poor Boy Sing (1999), Where I Come From (2002), and Music in the Money Biz (2005). Austin joined us on Thacker before heading out for an evening set at Taylor Grocery.
Tune in this Saturday to Mississippi Public Broadcasting at 7PM (90.3 in Oxford) immediately following A Prairie Home Companion.
---Thacker Mountain Radiowww.ThackerMountain.comBroadcast live on Thursdays,5:30PM on Rebel Radio 92.1 FM
Until then, don't miss this Saturday night on Thacker Mountain Radio when we’ll revisit a show from September 2007 which will feature three very distinct storytellers.
Author JEFFREY LEWIS was the credited writer on dozens of episodes of the acclaimed TV series Hill Street Blues (1981-87) which earned him two Emmy Awards and a Writers Guild Award. In an ambitious departure, the Yale/Harvard Law graduate left screenwriting to document American culture in a four novel series. The first two, Meritocracy: A Love Story and The Conference of the Birds, covered the 1960s and 70s and received great reviews. Lewis has published the third in the series, Theme Song for an Old Show (Other Press). Turning on the aftermath of the 1970s, Theme Song approaches the 1980s by drawing on Lewis’s own coming of age as a successful television writer at a time when television began to define modern American culture. Publisher’s Weekly recommends Old Show as “consistently entertaining.”
First time novelist WILLY VLAUTIN will also join us to read from his debut, The Motel Life (Harper Perennial). The London Times called The Motel Life a “rough, disturbing, heartbreaking piece of work.” Esquire said the book, is “a hugely compassionate, wildly original road movie of a novel.” Book Munch, a literary website, said, “If you like boozy frazzled Americana, this is a book to get VERY EXCITED ABOUT!” Of special interest is Vlautin recounting his memories of meeting the late Mississippi author Larry Brown.
In the past decade, singer/songwriter AUSTIN CUNNINGHAM has been making himself heard – from Nashville’s Music Row to kicking up dust on the Texas music scene. He has also found time to write or co-write songs for top recording artists, such as Hank Williams, Jr., Martina McBride, Dolly Parton, Wynonna, and Del McCoury. He has produced three CDs on his own Senior Partner label: Let That Poor Boy Sing (1999), Where I Come From (2002), and Music in the Money Biz (2005). Austin joined us on Thacker before heading out for an evening set at Taylor Grocery.
Tune in this Saturday to Mississippi Public Broadcasting at 7PM (90.3 in Oxford) immediately following A Prairie Home Companion.
---Thacker Mountain Radiowww.ThackerMountain.comBroadcast live on Thursdays,5:30PM on Rebel Radio 92.1 FM
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