Thacker Mountain Radio Hour
Put your hands on the radio! Thacker Mountain Radio Hour is a live hour-long radio show celebrating and documenting the living sounds and stories of a diverse South. Hosted by Jim Dees & the Yalobushwhackers. For news on upcoming programming, broadcast schedules, highlights from past shows, and how to support TMRH visit www.thackermountain.com Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thackermountainradio/support
Episodes
Live from Oxford, MS, it's Thacker Mountain Radio Hour! Hosted by Jim Dees and the house band, The Yalobushwhackers.
Featured Guests:
Author Tobi Ogundiran discusses his fantasy novella, In the Shadow of the Fall, the first in the duology Guardian of the Gods inspired by African Mythology.
Mark Edgar Stuart is an anchor in the Memphis songwriting scene who shares stories and songs from his latest album, Never Far Behind.
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Thacker Mountain Radio Hour, Thursday, March 21, 2024 at the Gertrude C. Ford Center in Oxford, MS for a special Oxford Film Festival show.
Featuring author/filmmaker Andrew McCarthy ("Walking with Sam") 500-mile walk across Spain, voted "Travel Book of the Year" by Travel Writers Association with music from Alabama roots rockers Reed Brake and Memphis songwriter Cyrena Wages.
Hosted by Jim Dees with Paul Ta...
Thacker Mountain Radio Hour on Thursday, March 7 at The Powerhouse in Oxford, MS!
Hosted by Jim Dees and the Thacker house band, the Yalobushwhackers
Featuring music by Texas songwriter Betty Soo and Belgian blues from Ghalia Volt with literary guest DéLana R. A. Dameron, author of "Redwood Court."
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Thacker Mountain Radio Hour at Delta State University, Saturday, March 2, 2024 in Cleveland, MS.
Guests: Delta-native author Di Rushing - "The Delta in the Rearview Mirror" - Riveting true story of Mississippi’s first winery. The business was terrorized by a disgruntled ex-employee in 1990 who was later murdered. Now, over 30 years later, co-founder Rushing reveals the harrowing details.Musical guests: Bluesman Anthony “B...
Thacker Mountain Radio Hour live from The Powerhouse on Thursday, February 29 at 6PM in Oxford, MS!
Hosted by Jim Dees and the Thacker house band, the Yalobushwhackers
Featuring music from Amy LaVere and Will Sexton (“Painting Blue”) and the soulful sounds of Monty J & Element with literary guest, Maurice Carlos Ruffin (“The American Daughters”).
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Thacker Mountain Radio Hour at the Graduate Hotel Oxford, MS, on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024.
Author: Jill McCorkle (“Old Crimes and Other Stories”) – “… brilliant… Wonderfully rich and emotionally complicated stories.”—Kirkus Reviews
Music: Funky groovers Cash’s Juke Joint and indie songwriter Schaefer Llana
Hosts: Jim Dees with Paul Tate and the Yalobushwhackers
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Thacker Mountain Radio Hour live at Off Square Books – our original broadcast home – on Thursday, February 15th, featuring Jake Skeets, author of “Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers: Poems" with music from Memphis/St. Louis jazz/blues vocalist Candice Ivory (performing with the Yalobushwhackers) and songwriter Drew Young.
Hosted by Jim Dees with Paul Tate and the Yalobushwhackers
Live from The Powerhouse in Oxford, MS, Thursday, February 8 at 6PM featuring Mississippi-native Ben Wynne, author of, “A Hound Dog Tale: Big Mama, Elvis, and the Song That Changed Everything” - lively (and surprising) history of Elvis' biggest hit with music by New Orleans songwriter Shawn Williams and R&B groovers, The New Eclipse Band.
Hosted by Jim Dees with Paul Tate and the Yalobushwhacker Big Band featuring the ...
Live from The Powerhouse in Oxford, MS, on Thursday, February 1, 2024
Featuring Memphis novelist Eric Schlich (Eli Harpo’s Adventure to the Afterlife) Coming-of-age story set in the bizarro world of TV evangelists with live music from Delta bluesman Keith Johnson (Great-nephew of Muddy Waters) and soul/jazz vocalist Effie Burt.
Hosts: Jim Dees with Paul Tate and the Yalobushwhackers
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Recorded live from The Powerhouse in Oxford, MS, with musical performances by Cedric Burnside & Steve Azar; featuring author, Sarah Francis Hardy, author of "One Mississippi."
Recorded live from The Powerhouse in Oxford, MS, with musical performances by Afrissippi & Charlie Mars; featuring author, Jayne Anne Phillips "Night Watch."
Recorded live from The Lyric in Oxford, MS, with musical performances by Andrew Bryant & Rising Stars Fife and Drum Band; featuring authors, Luke Russert "Look for Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself" & William Dunlap, Ke Francis & J. Richard Gruber, " American Landscapes: Meditations on Art and Literature in a Changing World."
Recorded live from The Powerhouse in Oxford, MS, with musical performances by Sharo and Bill Perry & Chelsea Lovitt; featuring Jane Smiley authors of “The Questions That Matter Most" & Ethel Morgan Smith author of “Path to Grace: Reimagining the Civil Rights Movement."
Recorded live from The Powerhouse in Oxford, MS, with musical performances by David Dondero & Afton Wolfe; featuring Martin Clark, author of “The Plinko Bounce."
Recorded live from The Graduate in Oxford, MS, with musical performances by Davis Coen and Kinney Kimbrough & Ernest Vincent; featuring Ellen Ann Fentress, “The Steps We Take: A Memoir of Southern Reckoning."
Hosted by Jim Dees and Thacker's house band, the Yalobushwhackers!
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Recorded live from The Powerhouse in Oxford, MS, with musical performances by Lee Barber & Rhonda Richmond; featuring Boo Trundle, “The Daughter Ship."
Hosted by Jim Dees and Thacker's house band, the Yalobushwhackers!
Your support matters! Donate now at thackermountain.org/donate
Recorded live from The Lyric Theater in Oxford, MS, with musical performances by Rebecca Lynn Howard with Elisha Hoffman & Teneia; featuring Ron Rash, "The Caretaker."
Hosted by Jim Dees and Thacker's house band, the Yalobushwhackers!
Your support matters! Donate now at thackermountain.org/donate
Recorded live from The Powerhouse in Oxford, MS, with musical performances by Blues guitarist D.K. Harrell plus singer-songwriter Stephen Simmons; featuring father and son, Terry McDonell (Irma – The Education of A Mother’s Son) and Nick McDonell (Quiet Street – On American Privilege).
Hosted by Jim Dees and Thacker's house band, the Yalobushwhackers
Recorded live from The Powerhouse in Oxford, MS, with musical performances by Johnie B. & Queen Iretta Sanders and Alicja-Pop; featuring Barbara Jenkins, author of "So Long as It's Wild: Standing Strong After My Famous Walk Across America."
Recorded live from The Graduate Hotel in Oxford, MS, featuring The Great Dying, Bark, and Irina Zhorov.
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