Blue Mother Tupelo: BMT's Friends

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Friends ...

*Otha Turner: Rising Star Fife & Drum Band leader ... one of a kind man & musician
*Jessie Mae Hemphill: Mississippi hill country blues goddess ... love you jessie mae
*Mindy Smith: precious friend, songstress and soul
*T Model Ford: funky T Model, love jammin' with him!
*Michelle Malone: Our friend & sister of the south
*R.L. Burnside: our friend ~ Mississippi Hero
*Molly Thomas: music makin Mississippi girl ... depth & charm
*Little Johnny Kantreed: downhome acoustic folk blues ... real supporter of good music & great person

Mighty Cool Stuff ...

*National Reso-Phonic Guitars: Ricky Davis is endorsed by National Reso-Phonic Guitars ... handcrafted in the U.S.A.
*C.F. Martin & Co., Inc.: Ricky plays MARTIN Guitars ... makin' the most excellent of guitars for 175 years ...
*Highlander Musical Audio Products.: Ricky is endorsed by and proudly uses Highlander Pickups ... Acoustic Instrument Amplification
*GHS Strings: Ricky Davis is endorsed by GHS Strings ...
*WDVX: East Tennessee's Own ...grass roots radio station
*WETS: public radio station that supports indigenous music of East Tennessee & has supported BMT from the very beginning ...
*WSM: 650 AM Radio ... world famous 50,000 watt signal ~ "Music City USA". Home of the Grand Ole Opry, Bluegrass Underground, Music City Roots!
*Blues Source: downtown Clarksdale, Mississippi boasts this store ~ shopkeeper Gary Miller has the *blues* and more ... rare vinyl, memorabilia, & the lowdown - he's got it all.

Open your hearts ...

*Free For Life Ministries: "Breaking the Chains of Human Trafficking" ...
*Habitat For Humanity: gimme shelter ... for all in need
*Saving Little Hearts: About 40,000 children are born with a heart defect each year. Show them that there are still people with a good heart, help us to help them ...
*ASPCA: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The ASPCA was founded in 1866 as the first humane organization in the Western Hemisphere ... critters need our love!!
*The Animal Rescue Site

Take a trip ...

*Visit Tennessee: Our majestic Tennessee
*Knoxville, TN: Big Orange Country - a modern Appalachian city ... a warm, welcoming place with its own distinct history, vibrant arts community nestled in the foothills of the majestic Great Smoky Mountains and blessed with the natural beauty of dogwood trees and the Tennessee River, rich in country, gospel, mountain, blues & bluegrass music . . . & where Ricky was born and grew up
*Memphis, Tennessee: The Bluff City on the Mississippi River - Home of Elvis, Graceland, Sun Records, crape myrtles, Beale Street, Stax Records . . . a beautiful city on the move with rich soul, gospel & blues music heritage . . . & where Micol was born and one of the towns where she grew up
*Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee's state capitol, located on the Cumberland River, it's considered 'the buckle of The Bible belt', the Battle Of Nashville was the final battle of the Civil War, the home of The Grand Ole Opry, it is The Music City . . . we live in the greater Nashville area
*Hendersonville, Tennessee: The City By The Lake - located on gorgeous Old Hickory Lake on the outskirts of Nashville, where Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and others settled . . . and where we've settled
*Center for Southern Folklore: celebrates the wonders, lifestyles, people, history and cultures of the South ... Memphis, TN
*National Civil Rights Museum: designed to help us better understand the history and lessons of the American Civil Rights Movement ... Memphis, TN
*Museum of Appalachia: Norris, Tennessee, in Anderson County just north of Knoxville ... rich culture and heritage of southern Appalachia
*Birthplace of Country Music: upper East Tennessee (Bristol) is the "real" birthplace of country music ...
*Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Ridge upon ridge of endless forest straddles the border between North Carolina and Tennessee in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, one of the largest protected areas in the Eastern United States.
*Visit Mississippi: home away from home
*Indianola, Mississippi: Nestled deep in the Mississippi Delta at the junction of MS Highways 82 and 49W, it's the birthplace of BB King & Albert King ... and where Micol lived for a few years as a little girl; she was there in 1977, the year Elvis passed on
*The Delta Blues Museum: Clarksdale, Mississippi ...
*The Blue Highway: ...winds past the plantation houses of the Mississippi Delta to the south-side clubs and tenements of postwar Chicago
*Dixie Dining: put some south in your mouth