velvetditch: North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic Friday and Saturday

The North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic celebrates its fourth year this weekend with another great lineup of artists, including many members of the families of Hill Country veterans R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, and Othar Turner. It's set in a beautiful field near Potts Camp, which is about ten minutes southeast of Holly Springs on Highway 78, and just about thirty minutes or so from Oxford. It looks like it's gonna be hot, but one saving grace is that there's a creek, shaded by trees, next to the field where the festival is located.

Friday June 26

12:00 – 12:30 Zack Mack Band
12:45 – 1:15 John Barnett
1:30 – 2:15 Rocket 88
2:30 – 3:15 Blue Mother Tupelo
3:30 – 4:15 Boogie Groove
4:30 – 5:15 Bobby Rush
5:30 – 6:15 Shannon McNally
6:30 – 7:15 Burnside Exploration featuring Garry Burnside
7:30 – 8:15 T-Model Ford
8:30 – 9:30 DuWayne Burnside Band
9:45 – 10:45 Jimbo Mathus
11:00 – 12:00 Jam featuring Danny Lancaster, Duff Durrough, and special guests

Saturday June 27th

12:00-12:45 Kent Burnside & the New Generation
1:00 -1:45 Rev. John Wilkins
2:00 – 2:45 Jay Lang & the Ringers
3:00 – 3:45 Cedric Burnside & Lightin Malcolm
4:00 – 4:45 Eric Deaton
5:00 – 5:30 Rising Star Fife and Drum Band featuring Sharde Thomas
5:45 – 6:30 Robert Belfour
6:45 – 8:00 Dave Kimbrough
8:15 – 9:15 Hill Country Revue
9:30 – 10:45 North MS Allstars
11:00 – 12:00 Kenny Brown Jam

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On Sunday the festivities continue at the Foxfire Ranch between Oxford and Holly Springs with the Juke Joint Duo - Cedric Burnside and Lightnin' Malcolm.

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Here's a video of Rev. John Wilkins performing his father Rev. Robert Wilkins' song Prodigal Son, which was later covered by the Rolling Stones. The video is from last year's festival, and was produced by Joe York and Eric Feldman of the Center For Documentary Projects at the University of Mississippi -- Joe and Eric are also the producers of Highway 61.