This article is the seventh in a series of posts about musicians from Oxford, Mississippi who are continuing to play live and during the 2020 CoronaVirus Shutdown. All performances were recorded within the last week or so. All of these artists in this article used to live in Oxford, but are now hunkered down in another city or state!
Watch the other performances here: Check It Out #1, Check It Out #2, Check It Out #3, Check It Out #4, Check It Out #5, and Check It Out #6.
Josh Cooker, aka Captain Midnight
Josh Cooker grew up in College Hill, Mississippi, just outside of Oxford.
His family homestead was transformed into Tweed Studios by Andrew Ratcliffe sometime later.
Captain Midnight co-founded the legendary Oxford rock band, Cardinal Fluff, in the mid-90s, along with Moon Pie Curtis. He moved to New Orleans but got displaced after Hurricane Katrina, eventually to Nashville.
Jeff Callaway
Jeff Callaway is a legend in Oxford and Starkville, Mississippi music history, playing with every live band ever that ever allowed a trombone player to join in!
Holley Peel
Holley Peel used to play and teach in Oxford a lot back in the day. Now, during this Coronavirus Shutdown, she’s raising her daughter in Greenwood, Mississippi.
Ben Ricketts
Ben Ricketts moved from Oxford to Memphis last year. He was an Oxford staple for many moons, but now he’s married and hunkered down in Tennessee!
Keith Sanders
Keith Sanders was on American Idol while living in Oxford, Mississippi and played all over the town and state. Nowadays he’s living in Austin, Texas.
Please holler at me and let me know about local musicians who are posting live to Facebook! I can’t be online all the time and will probably miss it if you don’t let me know. My email is newt@thelocalvoice.net and I’m also on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @NewtRayburn
