This Friday, May 16th from 9pm
- close The Mount Zion Memorial Fund is hosting a concert raising funds
for the headstone dedication ceremony of blues musician T-Model Ford at
The Blind Pig in Oxford, MS. Silas Reed N' Da Books, Cadillac Funk,
and Tyler Keith are set to perform. Donations will be accepted all night
Friday or can be sent directly as outlined on the Donate page. For more information contact T. DeWayne Moore at tmoriver@gmail.com.
Photographer: Bill Steiber
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