Tupelo, MS - Summer 2009

"The Down on Mainstreet" Summer Concert series is being organized by a group of Tupelo residents in conjunction with Downtown Tupelo Main Street Association.

The series is called "Down on Main Street" and will consist of three events (July 16, August 20 and September 17, 3rd Thursday of the month). It will be held at Fairpark in downtown Tupelo, from 6:30-10:30. The best of all is that ......IT IS FREE!!!!!!

Soft drinks, food and beer will be available for purchase and we ask patrons to refrain from bringing coolers. We are funding these events solely on donations and money generated from beverage sales, so we are banking on you buying from us.

We are asking for your support by attending these events and helping us spread the word. If we are successful with this series, we are hopeful that it will lead to larger donations thus allowing us to expand activities for next year (i.e. Movies in the Park, Symphony in the Park and Kids' night).

DOWN ON MAIN STREET

July 16th (Thursday 6:30-10:30pm)

August 20th (Thursday 6:30-10:30pm)

September 17th (Thursday 6:30-10:30pm)

Forum Discussion: Updates and discussion on these events

WHATS UP TUPELO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW MY NAME IS MATT PARKER A.K.A DJ~MP

 I AM THE RESIDENT DJ @ THE NEW SPOT CLUB IN TUPELO

775  SENTER ST. TUPELO MS!!

WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE COME PARTY IT UP WITH US AT THE ONLY B.Y.O.B. OR LIQUOR CLUB IN TOWN

 

I AM OPEN EVERY THURS-SAT 9-2 A.M. I ALSO DO IN HOUSE SPECAIL OCCASIONS ANY NIGHT OF THE WEEK JUST GIVE ME A CALL AND WE WILL PARTY ANYWAY YOU WANNA PARTY JUST GET WITH ME IN ADVANCE!!!

 

FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME FOR ALL YOUR DJ NEEDS OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE CLUB @ 662-213-0842

 

CHECK ME OUT ON MYSPACE I ALSO PUT MY INFORMATION ON THERE AND PICS FROM THE CLUBS EVENTS AND ANY OTHER EVENTS WHEN I HAVE TIME TO POST THEM  LOOK ME UP !!!

(THEPARKER24/MYSPACE.COM) DJ~MP

LOOK ME UP ON FACEBOOK MPARKHER24@YAHOO.COM

 

JUST WANNA LET EVERYONE KNOW I LOVE TUPELO AND I DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO KEEP IT CRUNK!!

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!!

Boondocks Grill is proud to present the first annual Independence Day Block Party for L.I.F.E. from 6 P.M. until 12 A.M. This is a fundraiser event to benefit L.I.F.E. Inc. (Living Independence For Everyone) a non-profit center for independent living. The purpose of L.I.F.E. Inc. is to empower people with disabilities to be as independent and as fully involved in their communities as they can and want to be. A great time for a wonderful cause! We will be featuring a various array of local musicians including artists such as:

Number 2 with me and Hugh

Dark Knights of Camelot

The Motions

Uncle Ruckus

The Bad Hand

Vinyl Dust

The Healers

Scott Chism and the Better Half

John West

Vinnie C

and Kevin Thornton

 

Article by Sheena Barnett originally posted here: NEMS360.com/...

With much of today's music full of Auto-tune wars and digitized sounds, it's rare to find an album so full of human sound and emotion.

Tupelo's John Milstead has created an album like that. His debut record "Sides of the Soul" is a beautiful, soulful album that showcases his wide range of talents and sounds.

The best thing about "Sides of the Soul" is that it perfectly showcases Milstead's gorgeous voice. He has a seemingly effortless, incredibly smooth sound, and it fits his passionate melodies perfectly. 

"Sides of the Soul" features a little bit of everything - there's the gospel-y "Always October," the rocking "Your Crime," the moody "No Feeling," the bouncy "Got This Love Thing Down," the reggae-influenced "Hideaway," the country sounding "I'll Do the Same" - but every song features Milstead's signature soul style. Milstead plays with lots of different genres, but he's most definitely a soul artist.

Milstead wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on the record, and he can make you fall in love or break your heart in just a few simple, well-chosen words.

The bluesy "Easy Goodbye" is a gorgeous break-up song: "I'm not sad enough to cry/Another easy goodbye...You've been inside my arms/And not in my dreams/Oh I fell up on my knees/And I just can't fall in love."

Milstead colors some of his songs with a Mississippi hue - take the fun "Got This Love Thing Down" - "Stumbled outta church today with the Lord in my heart/Headed down to good ole State to pick up my girl/My Bulldog cap on, the tires part the dirt," he sings.

Speaking of Mississippi, Milstead's joined on the record by a host of other Northeast Mississippi musicians like Greg Dillard and Shane Rowe.

"Sides of the Soul" is a rare record in that there literally is no filler - every single song is excellent. This is a stellar debut record, and it should open plenty of doors for the singer-songwriter.

Pick up John Milstead's "Sides of the Soul" for a dose of some serious talent, passionate melodies and all-around terrific music.

More info:

http://myspace.com/johnmilsteadmusic

Audio File Attached:

John Milstead - No Feeling

Since the Tupelo Daily Journal chose not to cover the Fair Park stage at the 2009 Tupelo Elvis Festival, I thought I would give everyone that wasn't able to attend a taste of what took place. This might run on for a bit but for good reason as there were 20 different acts that took the stage over the two days. There pace was pretty brisk with only a few delays for technical difficulties. The weather was perfect with the only complaint that we could have used some cloud cover during the Saturday afternoon performances. We don't have the official ticket count but from my vantage point there had to be at least 3,000 people on Friday night and even more on Saturday at the peak points of each night.

Elvis and Bluegrass? In July, 1954, at Elvis' first real recording session at Sun Records in Memphis, Sam Phillips had gotten Elvis together with Scotty Moore on lead electric guitar and Bill Black on stand-up bass.  Elvis' first real record was "That's Alright Mama", a remake of a blues record made by Forrest, MS, native Arthur Crudup in 1946. Of course the song took off and became a worldwide sensation and Elvis was on his way! But they needed a song for the "B side" of the 45 RPM record. During a break, Bill Black was fooling around on the bass, imitating  Bill Monroe in a high voice singing a song Monroe had first recorded in 1946, "Blue Moon of Kentucky".  Monroe had done "Blue Moon" in 3/4 time, slowly, as a waltz. Black was tearing it up, in 4/4 time at a much faster pace! "Blue Moon", jazzed up, became the B side of "That's Alright Mama". And while "Mama"  was the real hit, in the southern USA ,Elvis' "Blue Moon" was the more popular of the 2 sides and got the most radio play.