The Fourth Annual County Line Music Festival will host its first ever Music Video Competition, Saturday April 21 in downtown Baldwyn, Mississippi, at the Claude Gentry Theatre.
Entry fee is $20 per video and you may email your MP4 to Clark.Richey@sixshooterstudios.net. (No YouTube links will be accepted). The winner will receive a minimum $100 cash prize (the cash prize is dependent on the number of entries and could exceed $100).
The videos will be shown at the Claude Gentry Theatre beginning at 2 pm on April 21. The winner will be announced at the end of the day.
You will receive a confirmation email upon receipt of your entry. Please make sure to include the name of your video, your name and your contact information in the body of your email.
Newt Rayburn was born & raised in Oxford, Mississippi. A seventh-generation Lafayette County, Mississippian, Newt Rayburn has been involved in the Ole Miss area for many years, in music, art, publishing, and business.
Newt won a National Magazine Award in 1999 for his SOUTHERN MUSIC ISSUE with THE OXFORD AMERICAN. Previously, Newt was Editor of PROFANE EXISTENCE in Minneapolis, and later, Art Director for Ole Miss' LIVING BLUES magazine. Newt's many publishing projects led to THE LOCAL VOICE™, which he founded in March of 2006, and ROUNDABOUT OXFORD®, which he founded in May of 2023.
Newt's alter ego—Neuter Cooter—lead the Mississippi band THE COOTERS® to Rocknoll Glory across the USA from 1993-2018. The Cooters music is on most major streaming services.
Newt is proud Father of nine-year old daughter Alex.