North Mississippi Allstars

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North Mississippi Allstars
North Mississippi Allstars in a wedding reception performance in Gunnison, Mississippi, 1999.
Background information
Origin	Hernando, Mississippi, USA
Genre(s)	Blues-rock
Years active	1996 – present
Label(s)	Tone-Cool, Artemis, Ato, Songs of the South
Website	www.nmallstars.com
Members
Luther Dickinson Cody Dickinson Chris Chew
Former members
Duwayne Burnside

North Mississippi Allstars is a blues-rock/jam band from Hernando, Mississippi, founded in 1996. The band is composed of brothers Luther Dickinson (guitar, vocals) and Cody Dickinson (drums, keyboards, electric washboard), and Chris Chew (electric bass guitar). In addition to the guitar, Dickinson also plays a cigar box guitar called the "lowebow."^[specify] Duwayne Burnside, who formerly played second guitar in the band, is a son of country blues legend R. L. Burnside (who also played on some of the band's tracks).

Allstars' first release, Shake Hands With Shorty, was nominated for a Grammy for "Best Contemporary Blues Album". Since then, 51 Phantom and Electric Blue Watermelon have received nominations in that same category. The group also won a W.C. Handy Award for "Best New Artist Debut" in 2001.[1]

The band now backs up and tours with John Hiatt. They have released an album with him entitled Master of Disaster.

All the members of the Allstars have also teamed up with Robert Randolph and John Medeski to form The Word.

Luther Dickinson will tour with the Black Crowes in 2008.

Cody Dickinson has started a new side project called "Hill Country Revue" featuring Chris Chew, Garry Burnside, Daniel Coburn, Duwayne Burnside. and Kirk Smithart