With Still Shakin’, North Mississippi Allstars hearken to their roots in more ways than one.
Its title a specific reference to their debut album, 2000’s Shake Hands with Shorty, this third New West Records LP of theirs is also a direct extension of the fundamental concept of the band as a rotating cast of like-minded musicians, at the foundation of which are brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson.
These sibling co-producers of the album have, not surprisingly, invited more than a few guests to participate. Names such as R. L Burnside and his son Duwayne may be familiar to fans from previous releases (in fact the latter was a formal member of the group circa 2003’s Polaris album).
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