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I have always LOVED the simplicity of some of my favorite writers/artists like The Staple Singers, Jimmy Reed, Bruce Springsteen, & the underlying depth of life which pervade those lyrics & music. Usually I am in the middle of some daily, mundane task (maybe driving, cooking, cleaning, whatever) & the motive & emotion hits me with something that describes a feeling or experience & I break out into some melody. MICOL: Inspiration for my songs comes from my own experiences, whether personally or from my perception & perspective of what is going on around me. How/where do you get inspiration for your songs & who were your mentors in songwriting? '.every life experience has song potential. With that said, every life experience has song potential. Only the folks who have been blessed with the talent of songwriting can write good songs. I wholly believe that everyone is blessed with a unique gift. Just like all gifts, talents, trades, crafts, etc. Too, my hope is that it is Real and Open and that there's an empathy that occurs naturally between me & any listener that I am bestowed to share with. I would hope that the simplicity (that it's been said) I bring to the forefront in my songwriting is a reflection of the importance I put on what is really going on inside of me as a result of what's going on outside of me … & vice versa. MICOL: Well, that's a different way of looking at it. What experiences in your life make you a GOOD SONGWRITER? I can't imagine that anyone has never had the blues - maybe so but I think it's very few folk. Real folks live or have loved these songs. These are songs of truth, about life experiences. MICOL: That I am human & there's beauty in humanity That I am a sinner & there's redemptive qualities in the honesty of blues. What do you learn about yourself from the blues, what does the blues mean to you? They’ve been making beautiful music together ever since. A shared love of music proved to run much deeper the pair married in 1994 and formed Blue Mother Tupelo a year later. Ricky and Micol met in the vibrant music scene in Knoxville, Tennessee. He began a degree in Recording Industry Management from Middle Tennessee State University and earned his stripes by forming and playing in a handful of working bands. Inspired by rootsy family jam sessions, he was drumming and strumming by age 7 and playing in just about every kind of band imaginable (marching, concert, jazz, cover) by his teen years.

Ricky’s musical family roots set him on the path at a young age.

Eventually she earned her degree in music education from the University of Tennessee and set out to make a living making music. Micol, a preacher’s daughter, polished her natural talents as vocalist, pianist and writer in church choirs and the like. It’s Americana roots music that’s as ready for radio as it is for next Friday’s barn dance.īoth Ricky and Micol came by their musical inclinations honestly. Between their tight harmonies and authentically spun lyrics, the Davises take listeners down dirt roads to swamp land.to places draped in lace, covered in burlap, bathed in sunlight or shadowed by night.

#Ricky king tupelo ms full

The music they create is full of paint-peeled, timeworn truth that shines with driving melodies and sweet, southern tones. Ricky & Micol Davis are a soulful husband-and-wife songwriting team who perform and record as Blue Mother Tupelo. Luke United Methodist Church or The American Diabetes Association, Local Chapter.'My wish for the BLUES is that the blues 'purists' would allow cynicism to leave their hearts.' Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at the funeral home. Honorary pallbearers will be the Friendship Sunday School Class of St. of Tupelo three grandchildren, Don Pittman, III, Anna Claire Pittman and Zachary 'Zack' Taylor King one sister, Jane Madison McNeil (Sam) of Newland, N.C. Survivors include his wife of 45 years, Nancy Underwood King of Tupelo one daughter, Melissa Ann King Pittman (Tud) of Pontotoc one son, Arnold Taylor King, Jr. Thursday, July 14, 2011, at The Jefferson Street Chapel of W. He was a generous man, a people person, loved his friends and will be missed by many. He was an avid sports fan and especially loved watching his children and grandchildren play. After retiring in 1997, he moved to Tupelo to be closer to his family. He spent most of his working life at Jimmy Sander’s Seed Company in Cleveland. He served in the Mississippi National Guard. He was a 1962 graduate of Forest High School and a graduate of Mississippi State University. He was born Jin Jackson to Louis Madison and Beatrice Stewart Madison.

Tupelo - Arnold Taylor “Sonny” King, 67, died Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center.