The North Mississippi Allstars (NMA) are a
blues/
alt-rock fusion band from - guess where? - northern
Mississippi. The band is made up of the Dickinson brothers,
Cody and
Luther (sons of producer
Jim Dickinson) and bassist
Chris Chew. NMA started as a side project of the brothers' first, more punk oriented band
D.D.T.
The band's coming out party of sorts was
Dixie Fried in
1996 where they impressed anyone who would listen. They then opened for their friend
Jim Mathus' band the
Squirrel Nut Zippers. Now the North Mississippi Allstars are often found playing the local clubs in
Memphis or the spring/summer blues festivals throughout the southeast.
Their music is probably best compared to
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, although in my opinion the NMA are much better. The band has also either opened or recorded with
The Wallflowers,
Mojo Nixon and
R.L. Burnside in the past.
Discography
Shake Hands With Shorty (
2000)
51 Phantom (
2001)
Sources: allmusic.com and nmsallstars.com