Cruisin’ the Coast is Underway

October 6, 2008 By
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Yes­ter­day the 12th Annual Cruisin’ the Coast began in Gulf­port.  In case you don’t know what Cruisin’ the Coast is, it’s a week-long event where clas­sic car own­ers get together, show off their pride-‘n-joys to the gen­eral pub­lic, and pose for pic­tures.  It’s a free event, and every­one is welcome.

Here’s an inter­est­ing sta­tis­tic:  CtC started with on 396 cars in 1996.  In 2004, the year prior to Hur­ri­cane Kat­rina, 5,300 clas­sic cars were involved.

If you’re in the area this week, stop by and check out the antique cars and eat some good cookin’.  You’re sure to have a good time.

Map to Cruisin' the Coast

Source:  The Sun Herald

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Local Artists Perform at French Blues Fest

September 12, 2008 By

This is unbe­liev­able. I had no idea that my home­town had a blues band. But appar­ently it does:

Lucedale-based blues-rock act 3 Karat Dia­mond (Gar­rett Pitts/guitar,
Clay Parker/Drums and Ian Mallett/bass) recently returned from a
whirl­wind blues tour of France for the annual Blues in Chedigny music
fes­ti­val. Their trip was part of a cul­tural exchange made pos­si­ble
through the vil­lage of Chedigny, France and the Shed BBQ and Blues
Joint in Ocean Springs.

The group won a com­pe­ti­tion at The Shed BBQ back in April, when they blew away the com­pe­ti­tion with their ren­di­tion of Cream’s “Cross­roads”. The exchange was set up by Pierre Louault, mayor of Chedigny, and Hazel Turner, widow of great blues leg­end Big Joe Turner. To read more of the arti­cle, go here.

Way to go, guys. You have brought pos­i­tive recog­ni­tion to our lit­tle ham­let. I look for­ward to hear­ing you live one day — per­haps next week­end at the “5th Ever Shed­Hed Blues Fest” on Sep­tem­ber 20.

Here’s the band per­form­ing “Red House” at the Chedigny festival:


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