Adam Gussow & Alan Gross live at The Local Voice, Oxford, Mississippi - October 16, 2015. Photograph and Video by Newt Rayburn.
Adam Gussow & Alan Gross live at The Local Voice, Oxford, Mississippi – October 16, 2015. Photograph and Video by Newt Rayburn.
Here is the live performance of Adam Gussow and Alan Gross in front of The Local Voice office in Oxford, Mississippi, celebrating the release of Adam’s book, “Busker’s Holiday.”
Adam is a professor of Southern Studies and English at the University of Mississippi and formerly of the blues duo Satan & Adam. Alan Gross is a professor of Psychology at the University of Mississippi.
Performance took place in front of The Local Voice office, in the tent run by Chad Henson‘s Food Truck, Afrissippi. Video was shot by Newt Rayburn of The Local Voice, who broadcast the performance live on Periscope.
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.