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JIM DICKINSON CELEBRATION COMES TO MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, LEVITT SHELL, AND RHODES COLLEGE

Mid-September programs celebrate the life and legacy of the legendary music producer and

Memphis, TN (September 8, 2011) – This September, family and friends of the late James (1941-2009) will celebrate his life and legacy with a trio of programs held at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, the Levitt Shell, and Rhodes College. All events are free and open to the public.

Dickinson formed his first band, The Regents, while still a White Station High School student in 1958. Beginning in 1965, he became known as a key session musician, working at studios such as American, Ardent, Sun, and Sound of Memphis. In 1969, Dickinson recorded “Wild Horses” with at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio. In 1970, Dickinson and session band the Dixie Flyers relocated to Criteria Studio in Miami, where they backed a wide range of artists including and Sam & Dave. After releasing his solo debut, Dixie Fried, on the Atlantic label, Dickinson launched his career as a producer working with and . Over the next two decades, he helped develop the notorious and mysterious Memphis super group Mud Boy & the Neutrons (Dickinson, Sid Selvidge, Lee Baker, Jimmy Crosthwait); produced the infamous Replacements album , Toots Hibbert’s Toots in Memphis, and Mudhoney’s Tomorrow Hit Today; performed on ’s Time Out of Mind; and released an additional six solo albums, including Dinosaurs Run in Circles, released shortly before his death in 2009.

Among Dickinson’s last words was the statement, “I will not be gone as long as the music lingers.”

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art | Saturday, September 17 | 3 pm Mary Lindsay Dickinson, wife of the legendary producer, will present a program entitled The Search for Blind Lemon: Words, Music, Photos and Films from Jim Dickinson’s Memoirs and discuss his legacy. Introduction by It Came from Memphis author Robert Gordon and followed by a Q&A with Dickinson and her sons, Cody Dickinson of Hill Country Revue and Luther Dickinson of the Black Crowes. Sponsored by the Mike Curb Institute for Music at Rhodes College and the Memphis Music Foundation.

Levitt Shell | Monday, September 19 | 6:30 pm Dickinson’s longtime friend and Memphis International record label owner David Less presents The Second Jim Dickinson Folk Festival. A throwback to the now-famous Memphis Country Festivals held at what was then called the Overton Park Shell in the late 1960s, the festival will feature performances by The Sons of Mudboy, & the Tri State Coalition, Lucero, Mojo Nixon, and the North Mississippi Allstars. Rain date is Tuesday, September 20.

Rhodes College | Tuesday, September 20 | 9 pm The Cody Dickinson Project, spearheaded by Dickinson’s youngest son, will perform a concert at the Lynx Lair Pub, located inside the Bryan Campus Life Center at Rhodes College.

About the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art: The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, located at 1934 Poplar Ave. in historic Overton Park, is the largest art museum in a three-state region of the American South. Over 9,000 works make up the Brooks’ permanent collection including ancient works from Greece, Rome, and the Ancient Americas; Renaissance masterpieces from Italy; English portraiture; American painting and decorative arts; contemporary art; and a survey of African art. For more information on the Brooks, and all other exhibitions and programs, call (901) 544-6200 or visit www.brooksmuseum.org.

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