Blue Mountain Drops 2 Recs, Preps for Tour

Still twangin’, still dreamin’….

By Blurt Staff

Midnight in Mississippi marks the full-blown return of the late, great, and now no longer late Blue Mountain. It’s the first album of new material since the group disbanded in 2002 (with the exception of the songs “Butterfly” and “By You Side,” which appeared on the first solo release by B.M. frontman Cary Hudson, but have been re-recorded by Hudson, Laurie Stiratt and Frank Couch). They got back together last year and you can read all about the band in the current (June) issue of BLURT – just click on the cover of the digital magazine on our home page.  

Midnight in Mississippi was recorded in Elmwood Recording in Dallas , TX , with Grammy-winning producer/engineer Stuart Sikes (Cat Power, White Stripes, Loretta Lynn). Meanwhile, the band also has Omnibus, a collection of new recordings of 14 classic Blue Mountain songs, including “Blue Canoe,” “Soul Sister,” “Poppa, “Mountain Girl” and a rousing rendition of “Generic America,” that were re-recorded by Andrew Ratcliff at Tweed Recording in Oxford, MS.  Both CDs will be released by Broadmoor Records, a label owned by Stiratt and her twin brother John, bass player for Wilco.

Their recent shows have found them in front of ecstatic crowds, receiving rave reviews, including a performance to a packed house at the Americana Music Convention in October of 2007 and several shows at this year’s South-By-Southwest, proving that not only is the band tighter than ever, but they are still a vital force in a world of music they helped create.  

Blue Mountain Tour Dates:

 

Jun 27 2008      10:00P
    State Theater     Starkville, Mississippi
Jun 28 2008     8:00P
    Standard Delux     Waverly, Alabama
Jul 5 2008     8:00P
    Hill Country Picnic     Potts Camp, Mississippi
Aug 1 2008     10:00P
    CD RELEASE PARTY at the Continental Club     Houston, Texas
Aug 2 2008     10:00P
    CD RELEASE PARTY at Continental Club     Austin, Texas
Aug 3 2008     8:00P
    Blue Door     Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Aug 8 2008     10:00P
    CD RELEASE PARTY at the Hi-Tone!     Memphis, Tennessee
Aug 15 2008     10:00P
    CD RELEASE PARTY at Hal & Mal’s     Jackson, Mississippi
Aug 16 2008     10:00P
    CD RELEASE PARTY at Government Street Grocery     Ocean Springs, Mississippi
Aug 22 2008     10:00P
    CD RELEASE PARTY at Proud Larry’s     Oxford, Mississippi
Aug 23 2008     10:00P
    CD RELEASE PARTY at Lucas School House     St. Louis, Missouri
Sep 4 2008     10:00P
    CD RELEASE PARTY at The Basement     Nashville, Tennessee
Sep 5 2008     8:00P
    Nightfall Concert Series     Chattanooga, Tennessee
Sep 12 2008     10:00P
    CD RELEASE PARTY at Chelsea’s     Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Sep 13 2008     10:00P
    CD RELEASE PARTY at the Thirsty Hippo     Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Sep 18 2008     10:00P
    The Pour House Music Hall     Raliegh, North Carolina
Sep 19 2008     8:00P
    Downtown After 5     Asheville, North Carolina
Sep 19 2008     10:00P
    Grey Eagle     Asheville, North Carolina
Sep 27 2008     7:00P
    Otherfest     Rosedale, Mississippi
Oct 11 2008     10:00P
    CD RELEASE PARTY at the 400 Bar     Minneapolis, Minnesota
Oct 18 2008     6:00P
    Great Mississippi River Balloon Race     Natchez, Mississippi
Oct 31 2008     10:00P
    Halloween Party at Proud Larry’s     Oxford, Mississippi

[Photo Credit: Bill Ellison]