Jackson Brings Soulful Sound to Civic Center

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In her characteristically blunt style, Millie Jackson says she'd never before heard of the Tri-State Blues Festival, the annual soul- blues extravaganza at which she'll make her first appearance when it returns to Southaven's DeSoto Civic Center on Saturday.

"When they said Mississippi, I thought it was down near Jackson," says the Atlanta-based soul singer. "Then when we started making the airline reservations from Atlanta, we were like, 'Where do we fly into? Where is Southaven?'"

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Jackson Brings Soulful Sound to Civic Center

Her bearings now straight, Jackson is nevertheless looking forward to the event, which will allow her to reconnect with many of her Southern soul contemporaries , including Shirley Brown, Latimore, Bobby Rush, Willie Clayton, Sir Cha...

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