Gig tonight in Tupelo, Mississippi

Only a few of you who receive this email are within driving distance, but hey: one never knows. It's a fun, impromptu all-star jam--a song swap, really--featuring Doug MacLeod (acoustic gtr, vcls), Brian Ballou (elec. gtr, vcls), my pals Shy and Billy Perry (keys & vcls), and yours truly (hca, vcls).

I will be bringing along pre-publication copies of my new book, My Family and I: A Blues Memoir, plus CDs of various sorts.

The event takes place at the Link Centre in downtown Tupelo. Doors open at 7; show at 7:30. Two sets.

Gigs

Because of the imminent publication of my new book, I've got a range of things happening over the next few months, including book events, band gigs, podcasts, and publications. Here's a comprehensive list.

Please note that on April 10, as part of a weekend-warrior tour with Sir Rod & the Blues Doctors, we will be doing a combined book-and-music event in Atlanta at a space called BeOnEdgewood. It's our first ATL performance since coming together as a trio four years ago. Rod has an established following in the city, so this should be fun!

In mid-May, I will be making a book tour up the East Coast. I'll be following up the leads that many of you tossed me a month ago. Thanks again for that!

Here's the gig list.

2/2/25: ONLINE - Free Black Thought podcast w/Connie Morgan drops

2/10/25: ONLINE - The Equiano Project op ed by AG, "A New Tribe of Us: Our Mississippi, Today"

2/15/25: Tupelo, MS - Link Centre presents Blues Cafe (AG with Doug MacLeod, Brian Ballou, Shy & Bill Perry, 7:30 PM)

2/25/25: pub date for my new book: My Family and I: A Mississippi Memoir

2/26/25: Oxford, MS - Off Square Books (reading/signing for My Family and I, 5:30 - 6:30 PM; signed books available for mail-order) (Note: C-SPAN has expressed a strong interest in covering this event.)

3/1/25: Jackson, MS - Lemuria Books (reading/signing for My Family and I, 2 PM)

Product page: https://www.lemuriabooks.com/My-Family-and-I-p/9798888457658.htm

3/27/25: ONLINE - Clemson, SC - Clemson University Emeritus College (Zoom presentation/Q&A about My Family and I)

4/10/25: Atlanta, GA - A Cappella Books @ BeOnEdgewood (SRBD performance + book talk, 7 PM)

4/11/25: Greenwood, SC - Flynn's on Maxwell Uptown Wine & Beer (SRBD, 6-8 PM)

4/12/25: Clemson, SC - Clemson University Emeritus College (SRBD performance + book talk, 11 AM - 1 PM)

4/13/25: Freshfields Village (Kiawah Island), SC - Blues By the Sea (SRBD, 3-4 PM)

4/19/25: Tuscaloosa, AL - Ernest & Hadley Booksellers (reading/signing for My Family and I, 11 AM)

5/15//25: Spartanburg, SC - Hub City Bookshop (reading/signing, 6-7 PM)

That's all for today. I'm on the run.

--Adam