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Owners selling Elvis’ ranch; want it to be tourist destination

Associated Press — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:09:47 +0000

HERNANDO — A group of Elvis Presley fans wants to preserve the memory of the king’s cowboy side by finding a buyer for a DeSoto County ranch to make it a destination for visitors. Elvis bought the roughly 150-acre Circle G ranch in 1967 as a place to ride horses and get away from Graceland. [...]

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Despite sinking stage, Coast festival draws 25,000 fans

Associated Press — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:12:07 +0000

GULFPORT — Organizers of a weekend music festival in Gulfport say it drew 25,000 fans, despite high wind and rain. The Sun Herald reports the Gulfport Music Festival’s first day on Friday came within an hour of being cancelled due to bad weather. And it was almost shut down Saturday when workers discovered the main [...]

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Local officials hoping for state help in funding Wynette museum

Associated Press — Mon, 06 May 2013 13:29:04 +0000

TREMONT — Officials in northeast Mississippi are hoping for some money from the state to help to finance construction of the Tammy Wynette Museum in Tremont. Wynette, a country music legend who died in 1998, is a native of the Tremont area in Itawamba County. She was married for six years to George Jones, who [...]

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Keeping Our Eye On Kamel King

Stephen McDill — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:16:10 +0000

Age: 33 Entertainment Attorney, Frascogna & Courtney Law Firm You could literally say that Kamel King was born into the entertainment industry. The son of a James Brown promoter, Kamel King grew up behind-the-scenes of the music industry, a business that King calls a “living, breathing and evolving creature.” “Even in my off time, I surround [...]

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Johnson elected VP

MBJ Staff — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:08:04 +0000

Rosi Johnson, CEO and president of Mississippi Music and Mississippi Music Acceptance Corporation, was elected vice president of the National Association of School Music Dealers during its 51st annual convention, held in San Antonio, Texas. She is on track to become the first woman to serve as president of the association. Johnson is president of [...]

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Bond money to move Marty Stuart museum forward

Clay Chandler — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:02:58 +0000

Included in the $196-million bond bill that awaits Gov. Phil Bryant’s signature is funding to advance a proposed Marty Stuart museum. Stuart, a Philadelphia native, has long been recognized as one of traditional country music’s leading performers and preservationists. His Sparkle and Twang memorabilia collection has been displayed across the U.S., including a recent stint [...]

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Rock/R&B songwriter Jackson dies at home of cancer

Associated Press — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:10:10 +0000

RIDGELAND — Songwriter George Jackson, co-author of “Old Time Rock and Roll” and hundreds of other soul, rock and rhythm and blues tunes, has died. He was 68. Jackson died yesterday morning at his home in Ridgeland, said Thomas Couch Sr., board chairman of Malaco Records. Jackson had been sick with cancer for about a [...]

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Entrepreneur hoping for ‘something big’ from reality show

Associated Press — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:53:20 +0000

MCCOMB — Scott Johnson has a lot on his calendar. The 46-year-old owner of Chilly Willy’s — a sno-ball stand, restaurant, bar and concert hall — is busy preparing to defend his business in a chancery court lawsuit, a misdemeanor criminal trial in justice court and a noise ordinance violation charge in municipal court. The [...]

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Popular Jackson restaurant owner dies at 64

Associated Press — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:14:27 +0000

JACKSON — Hal White, a partner with his brother Malcolm in the popular downtown Jackson eatery and blues club Hal & Mal’s, has died. He was 64. Malcolm White announced his brother’s death yesterday on his Facebook page. Hal White had been in intensive care at St. Dominic Hospital since suffering an aneurysm in his [...]

Designs on a Grammy

Wally Northway — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:37:35 +0000

The proposed Grammy Museum Mississippi, the first-ever Grammy museum outside of Los Angeles, has already garnered headlines this year with a ceremonial $1-million check presentation by Gov. Phil Bryant in January and the signing of a 99-year lease for the land on the campus of Delta State University in February. However, the important work of [...]

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