Luther Dickinson
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| Luther Dickinson | |
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 Luther Dickinson playing guitar with The Black Crowes at the 2008 Newport Folk Festival. |
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| Background information | |
| Born | January 18, 1973 |
| Origin | Mississippi, United States |
| Genres | Rock Blues |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Associated acts | The Black Crowes North Mississippi Allstars The Word John Hiatt |
| Notable instruments | |
| Electric guitar, Mandolin, Cigar box guitar | |
Luther Dickinson (born Luther Andrews Dickinson, January 18, 1973, Memphis, Tennessee, United States) is the lead guitarist and vocalist for the North Mississippi Allstars as well as lead guitarist for The Black Crowes. He hosts Guitar Xpress on the Video On Demand network, Lifeskool (formerly Mag Rack).
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[edit] Career
He was born in West Tennessee to Mary Lindsay and Jim Dickinson, a Memphis record producer. Dickinson grew up playing concerts and gaining recording experience with his father and brother, Cody. The family moved to the hills of North Mississippi in 1985. Dickinson befriended the musical families of Otha Turner, R. L. Burnside, and Junior Kimbrough. They were the inspiration for Luther and Cody Dickinson to form the North Mississippi Allstars in 1996. The North Mississippi Allstars have been nominated for three Grammy Awards in the Best Contemporary Blues category. Dickinson produced two records on Otha Turner, Everybody Hollerin' Goat and From Senegal To Senatobia.
Dickinson was featured in an issue of Rolling Stone as one of the new guitar gods. He is one of the true blues-rock guitarists continuing the southern style with Jimi Hendrix and Duane Allman similarities. He shows influence from Mississippi Fred McDowell, Mississippi John Hurt and Furry Lewis on the acoustic guitar. He has recorded with the Replacements, Mojo Nixon, Beck, Toy Caldwell, Billy Lee Riley, John Medeski and Robert Randolph [as The Word], John Hiatt, Jon Spencer, Otha Turner, Shawn Lane, R. L. Burnside and Jim Dickinson.
On November 27, 2007, it was announced Dickinson would take on guitarist duties for The Black Crowes. His recording debut with the band was on Warpaint in 2008,[1] and he has since appeared on the 2009 Black Crowes release Before the Frost...Until the Freeze.[2] Dickinson currently tours with both the Black Crowes and the North Mississippi Allstars.
[edit] Discography
[edit] DDT
- Some of My Best Friends Are Blues (1994)
[edit] Gutbucket
- Where's the Man with the Jive? (EP; 1996)
[edit] North Mississippi Allstars
- Shake Hands With Shorty (2000)
- 51 Phantom (2001)
- Polaris (2003)
- Hill Country Revue: Live at Bonnaroo (2004)
- Electric Blue Watermelon (2005)
- Hernando (2008)
- Do It Like We Used to Do (2009)
- Keys to the Kingdom (2011)
[edit] The Word
- The Word Album (2001)
[edit] John Hiatt
- Master of Disaster (2005)
- Same Old Man (2008)
[edit] The Black Crowes
- Warpaint (2007)
- Before the Frost...Until the Freeze (2009)
- Croweology (2010)
[edit] Luther Dickinson & the Sons of Mudboy
- Onward and Upward (2009)
[edit] The South Memphis String Band
- Home Sweet Home (2010)
[edit] References
- ^ Drozdowski, Ted, Deep Roots: Black Crowes Guitarist Luther Dickinson August 2008, Gibson.com. Retrieved March 2011
- ^ Grierson, Tim, Black Crowes Before the Frost Until the Freeze Review rock.about.com. Retrieved March 2011
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