by janky | Jun 17, 2022 | News, Slider
I am always fascinated by all that went on in Junior Kimbrough’s infamous Juke Joint just west of Holly Springs, Mississippi. I have been there several times over the years but all that remains is a wall of kudzu and a few beer can pull tabs beside the road. I...
by janky | Apr 5, 2021 | News, Quotes
“See, I have a different type of music from other peoples. They playing the other kind of blues, and I’m playing cotton-patch blues.Ain’t nobody now can play the blues that I play.”— Junior...
by janky | Apr 5, 2021 | Quotes
“My songs, they have just the one chord, there’s none of that fancy stuff you hear now, with lots of chords in one song. If I find another chord I leave it for another song.”— Junior...
by janky | May 18, 2018 | News
The Kimbrough Cotton Patch Festival is 3 days of the best blues music being created these days. The lineup consists of those that have played with Junior Kimbrough, descendants of the North Mississippi founders of this music and those that are carrying the torch of...
by janky | Feb 27, 2018 | News
Janky is honored to be celebrating the life and legacy of the great Junior Kimbrough. Junior is one of Janky’s biggest influences and Robert Kimbrough Sr, one of his sons, is one of Janky’s great friends. Janky will be sharing this event with some of the...
