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Refimprove|date=March 2010Infobox musical artist | | name = North Mississippi Allstars| image = N-Miss-Allstars-DBL EX.jpg| landscape = yes| caption = North Mississippi Allstars in a wedding reception performance in Gunnison, Mississippi , 1999.| background = group_or_band| origin = Hernando, Mississippi , USA | genre = Southern rock , Blues-rock , Jam band , Hill Country Blues | years_active = 1996 – present| label = Tone-Cool, Artemis, Ato, Songs of the South| associated_acts = The Black Crowes , Shawn Lane , Hill Country Revue , The Word (band)|The Word , John Hiatt , Jimbo Mathus , Alvin Youngblood Hart , Jon Spencer Blues Explosion , John Hermann , Duwayne Burnside , Otha Turner , R.L. Burnside , Jim Dickinson | website = http://www.nmallstars.com www.nmallstars.com| current_members = Luther Dickinson Cody Dickinson Chris Chew | past_members = Duwayne Burnside North Mississippi Allstars is a Southern rock / blues jam band from Hernando, Mississippi , founded in 1996. The band is composed of brothers Luther Dickinson (guitar, vocals) and Cody Dickinson (drums, keyboards, electric washboard), and Chris Chew ( bass guitar|electric bass guitar ). In addition to the guitar, Dickinson also plays a cigar box guitar called the "lowebow."specify|date=March 2011 Duwayne Burnside, who formerly played second guitar in the band, is a son of R. L. Burnside (who also played on some of the band's tracks).
Allstars' first release, Shake Hands With Shorty , was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Contemporary Blues Album". Since then, 51 Phantom and Electric Blue Watermelon have received nominations in that same category. The group also won a Blues Music Award for "Best New Artist Debut" in 2001. http://blues.org/bluesmusicawards/pastyears.php4? YearId=5 Blues.org
The band made their network television debut in 2000 on '' Late Night with Conan O'Brien . They also served as the house band for a short period in 2004 on Last Call with Carson Daly .
The band now backs up and tours with John Hiatt . They have released an album with him entitled Master of Disaster . All the members of the Allstars have also teamed up with Robert Randolph and John Medeski to form The Word (band)|The Word .
In November 2007, Luther Dickinson joined The Black Crowes as lead guitarist, and has appeared on their albums Warpaint (The Black Crowes album)|Warpaint (2008), Before the Frost...Until the Freeze (2009) and Croweology (2010). Luther Dickinson currently devotes his time to both the Black Crowes and the North Mississippi Allstars. Cody Dickinson has also started a side project, Hill Country Revue , featuring Daniel Coburn, Kirk Smithhart, Doc Samba and Ed Cleveland.cite web|url= http://www.hillcountryrevue.com/about.php |title=Official Website |publisher=Hill Country Revue |date= |accessdate=2011-12-31 They are sometimes joined by Luther Dickinson and members of the Burnside family. They have released two albums, Make A Move (2009) and Zebra Ranch (2010).cite web|url= http://www.hillcountryrevue.com |title=Official Website |publisher=Hill Country Revue |date= |accessdate=2011-12-31
Luther and Cody Dickinson's father was the Memphis musician and record producer, Jim Dickinson . He, besides releasing music in his own name, worked with Ry Cooder , Bob Dylan , the Rolling Stones , and Primal Scream . Jim Dickinson also set up the Zebra Ranch recording studio complex during the 1990s in Hernando, Mississippi. His career spanned more than four decades before he died on August 15, 2009.
The band currently (2011) opens for Robert Plant and the Band of Joy on their concert tour.
http://www.zebraranch.com/ Jim Dickinson's Web Site and the private release of Tate County(Hill Country Blues)
http://www.jambands.com/CDReviews/content_2003_12_29.12.phtml/ Review of Tate County(Hill Country Blues) at Jambands.com
http://www.hillcountryrevue.com/index.php Hill Country Revue Official Website
http://www.archive.org/details/NorthMississippiAllstars North Mississippi Allstars collection at the Internet Archive 's live music archive
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