{"id":37817,"date":"2017-02-07T17:05:54","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T23:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=37817"},"modified":"2017-02-07T17:33:36","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T23:33:36","slug":"double-decker-arts-festival-2017-music-guide-for-oxford-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/double-decker-arts-festival-2017-music-guide-for-oxford-mississippi\/","title":{"rendered":"Double Decker Arts Festival 2017 Music Guide for Oxford, Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Double Decker Arts Festival<\/strong> is <strong>Oxford<\/strong>&#8216;s annual celebration of food,\u00a0music, and arts. The festival is going into is 22nd year and, as is tradition, is bringing you a diverse music lineup. \u00a0This year\u2019s festival has a lineup of featured musicians for the weekend, including James McMurtry, Luther Dickinson, Dr. John &amp; the Nite Trippers and Nathaniel Rateliff &amp; the Night Sweats.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\">Friday Music Schedule<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Jimmy &#8220;Duck&#8221; Holmes<\/strong> <\/span>\u2013 6 pm<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Jimmy &#8220;Duck&#8221; Holmes has lived a life steeped in blues. Today he is the last living practitioner of the celebrated style of <strong>Bentonia blues<\/strong> made famous by <strong>Skip Ja<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>mes<\/strong> and <strong>Jack Owens<\/strong>. In addition, Holmes operates what is arguably the oldest juke joint left in <strong>Mississippi<\/strong> and is the organizer of one of the longest-running festivals in the state &#8211; the <strong>Bentonia Blues Festival<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_kQmbg97UeE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Thacker Mountain Radio<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 7\u00a0pm<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px; color: #000000;\">This staple of Oxford celebrating all literature and music this state has to offer continues with a special Double Decker event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/thackermountain.com\">Click here for\u00a0Official Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Muddy Magnolias<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u2013<\/span> 8\u00a0pm<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">With <em>Broken People<\/em>, Muddy Magnolias<b>\u00a0<\/b>take us on an 11-song journey with its origins in two widely divergent backgrounds that came together in a friendship and creative partnership with world-changing resonance.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">The music of Muddy Magnolias, live and on record, comes from a place where the Mississippi meets the A-Train by way of Nashville. Whether yours is the back porch or the front stoop, Spanish moss or window box garden, dusty country lane or crowded subway car, rural honky-tonk or uptown club, this is music that beckons. Muddy Magnolias are collaboration without boundaries, musical healing in a landscape of the heart, and all of us who treasure creative energy, honest art and the possibilities of love and unity, are better for their arrival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2PUquEeERLI?list=PLNJeo9LZJiRj3oFEz4Iqw9Ef6JLtzuE1N\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\">Saturday\u00a0Music Schedule<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Mississippians Jazz Ensemble<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 10:15 am<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Mississippians Jazz Ensemble is the premier student jazz group at the <strong>University of Mississippi<\/strong> and plays a wide range of swing music from <strong>Count Basie<\/strong> and<strong> Duke Ellington<\/strong> to contemporary jazz composers. With a lineage that goes back to the 1890s, The Mississippians is one of the oldest college jazz bands anywhere. The band has\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">performed at the <strong>Notre Dame Collegiate<\/strong> <strong>Jazz Festival<\/strong> and the <strong>Jazz Education Network<\/strong>\u2019s national convention. Guest artists have included <strong>Branford Marsalis<\/strong>, <strong>Jeff Coffin<\/strong>, <strong>Roy Wooten<\/strong>, members of the <strong>Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra<\/strong>, the <strong>US Army Jazz Ambassadors<\/strong> and the <strong>US Air Force Airmen of Note<\/strong>.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S3mNuR0OwNc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Amelia Eisenhauer and the Peruvian Farm Girls<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 11:30\u00a0am<\/span><br \/>\nAmelia made her national debut on the final season of American Idol where she wowed the judges with her\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">voice they described as &#8220;soulful potency&#8221;. Just one year later she&#8217;s back with her own band and her first original\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">album titled <em>Fortune Cookie<\/em> released Jan. 2017. The album is available in iTunes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HkoI09c87yk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Robert Finley<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 1 pm<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Put me last on the bill,\u201d Robert Finley says, \u201cbecause the party\u2019s going to go as high as it\u2019s going to go when I\u2019m playing.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">From someone else\u2019s mouth that might be braggadocio, but when Finley says it, he\u2019s just telling the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">truth. Onstage, he\u2019s infectious. It\u2019s the whole package\u2014his sound, his songs, his energy, his look. Hailing from\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Louisiana<\/strong>, he mixes a <strong>Memphis<\/strong>-to-<strong>Texas<\/strong> electric southern grit with <strong>Nashville<\/strong>-clever songs. He\u2019s gangly and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">graceful with an indomitable smile that radiates beneath his black ridge-top hat.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI don\u2019t believe in doing a lot of\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">holding back,\u201d Finley says, \u201cI\u2019m going to give you everything I\u2019ve got.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZOGMbOre8YE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Seratones<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 2:30\u00a0pm<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><em>Get Gone<\/em>, the potent debut album by the <strong>Shreveport<\/strong>, Louisiana natives in Seratones, makes a strong case that this little-known corner of the state is fertile ground, musically speaking. <strong>A.J. Haynes<\/strong> (vocals),<strong> Connor Davis<\/strong> (guitar), <strong>Adam Davis<\/strong> (bass) and <strong>Jesse Gabriel<\/strong> (drums) serve up a combination of Southern musicality, garage rock ferocity, and general badassery.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Haynes\u2019s powerful singing voice, first honed at <strong>Brownsville Baptist Church<\/strong> in <strong>Columbia<\/strong>, Louisiana at age 6, rings across every track. Davis\u2019s bass and Gabriel\u2019s playing propel every song with the grit, energy, and rawness of punk, the feeling of soul, and occasionally, a little jazz swing. The other Davis offers a clinic in guitar riffs, from swaggering blues to searing interstellar leads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y9R-K2CwCJk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>James McMurtry<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 4 pm<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">James McMurtry spins stories with a poet\u2019s pen \u00a0and a painter\u2019s precision . Proof: The acclaimed songwriter\u2019s new <em>Complicated Game<\/em>. McMurtry\u2019s first collection in six years spotlights a craftsman in absolutely peak form as he turns from political toward personal.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe lyrical theme is mostly about relationships,\u201d McMurtry says. \u201cIt\u2019s also<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">a little about the big old world versus the poor little farmer or fisherman. I never make a conscious decision about what to write about.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AWEJPqJtZsk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Luther Dickinson<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 5:30 pm<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Luther Dickinson\u00a0is the lead guitarist and vocalist for the <strong>North Mississippi Allstars<\/strong> and for a time among the many lead guitarists for <strong>The Black Crowes<\/strong>.\u00a0On <em>Blues &amp; Ballads<\/em> <em>(A Folksinger\u2019s Songbook) Vol. I &amp; II<\/em>, Luther Dickinson finds his way forward by retracing his steps. This ambitious double album collects twenty-one tunes from throughout his life and career\u2014songs he wrote with his rock &amp; roll band the North Mississippi Allstars, songs he learned from friends and family, songs passed down to him by his heroes and mentors, songs that have lived in the American subconscious for decades now\u2014and pares them down to their irreducible elements. Voice, guitar, drums. Here and there some blues fife or Beale Street piano.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5q-oKU_xOZM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Dr. John &amp; The Nite Trippers<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 7 pm<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The legendary Dr. John is a six-time <strong>Grammy Award<\/strong>-winning musician and <strong>Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame<\/strong> inductee. Known throughout the world as the embodiment of <strong>New Orleans<\/strong>\u2019 musical legacy, Dr. John is a true icon in <strong>American<\/strong> culture. His colorful musical career began in the 1950s when he wrote and played guitar on some of\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">the greatest records to come out of the <strong>Crescent City<\/strong>, including recordings by <strong>Professor Longhair<\/strong>, <strong>Art Neville<\/strong>, <strong>Joe Tex<\/strong>, <strong>Frankie Ford<\/strong> and <strong>Allen Toussaint<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d5xCUjCjJco\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong>Nathaniel Rateliff &amp; The Night Sweats<\/strong> \u2013 8:45 pm<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><em>Nathaniel Rateliff &amp; the Night Sweats<\/em> practically explodes with deep, primal and ecstatic soulfulness. This\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">stunning work isn\u2019t just soul stirring, it\u2019s also soul baring, and the combination is absolutely devastating to\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">behold. You don\u2019t just listen to this record\u2014you experience it. So it\u2019s entirely fitting that the self-titled album\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">will bear the iconic logo of Stax Records, because at certain moments Rateliff seems to be channeling soul greats\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">like Otis Redding and Sam &amp; Dave. But as this gifted multi-instrumentalist honors the legacy of the legendary\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Memphis label, he\u2019s also setting out into audacious new territory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1iAYhQsQhSY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Let us know what you think of the lineup and who you want Double Decker to bring next year!\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" 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\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14544\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"The Local Voice Ligature\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Double Decker Arts Festival is Oxford&#8216;s annual celebration of food,\u00a0music, and arts. 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