{"id":123486,"date":"2022-10-06T11:04:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T16:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=123486"},"modified":"2022-10-06T11:04:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T16:04:48","slug":"oxford-blues-festival-2022-spotlight-lady-trucker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/oxford-blues-festival-2022-spotlight-lady-trucker\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford Blues Festival 2022 Spotlight: Lady Trucker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Lady Trucker plays at 6 pm on Thursday, October 6<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordbluesfest.com\/tickets\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022-OxfordBluesFest-GuideHeader-web-750.jpg?resize=640%2C191\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-123191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022-OxfordBluesFest-GuideHeader-web-750.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022-OxfordBluesFest-GuideHeader-web-750.jpg?resize=300%2C90&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the more colorful and forceful, <strong>Peggy \u201cLady Trucker\u201d Hemphill<\/strong>, grew up in a musical Mississippi family that included her famous cousin, <strong>Jessie Mae Hemphill<\/strong>. Lady Trucker is a regular at Clarksdale&#8217;s infamous juke joints and has performed at a variety of Blues Festivals. Peggy is married to drummer <strong>Artemas LeSeur<\/strong>, who played on <strong>Cedric Burnside<\/strong>&#8216;s Grammy-winning album, \u201cI Be Trying.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14544\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Lady-Trucker.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Lady-Trucker.jpg?resize=640%2C474\" alt=\"\" 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