Sept. 3, 2008

LIVINGSTON, Ala.--The Sucarnochee Revue, the nationally syndicated radio program that showcases Black Belt music to listeners across the nation and the world, returns to The University of West Alabama Friday, Sept. 19 for a live taping of the popular musical variety show. The show begins at 7 p.m. in Bibb Graves Auditorium.

Presenting Black Belt music in its most authentic manner, the Revue features many of the top acts in blues, gospel, bluegrass, country and roots music from the Black Belt region of Mississippi and Alabama.

“The show not only preserves original music and the works by original artists, but also captures the evolution of that music and its current generation of performers,” said producer and host Jacky Jack White.

This month, the Revue welcomes a variety of musical guests including Billy Ray Reynolds, who performed with Waylon Jennings and wrote songs for the Allman Brothers Band, and noted Mississippi playwrights and songwriters Richelle Putnam and Ralph Gordon.

The show will also feature top Nashville singer/songwriter/producer Kayce Jones, who has appeared many times on Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion” radio show. Jones, who has produced artists including Willie Nelson, Dwight Yoakam and Kinky Friedman, is an entertainer in the tradition of musical humorists such as Roger Miller, Mae West and Tom Lehrer. She is also the Official Songstress for The Sweet Potato Queens.

“I enjoy singing a good ballad. That’s why I recorded the tribute to Mickey Newbury. I love to see people laugh so hard at my funny songs that tears run down their cheeks. I also love to see their eyes well up when I sing a ballad that reminds them of someone or something they’ve lost,” Jones said. “Tears of laughter, tears of sorrow, they’re all good. They let us know we’re alive, and it let’s me know I’ve connected. If that sounds a bit schizophrenic then welcome to my world.”

As always, the Sucarnochee Revue regulars, including Jacky Jack White, Mississippi Chris Sharp and the Jangalangs, J. Burton Fuller, Britt Gully and Track 45, will also perform.

The Sucarnochee Revue can be heard on numerous commercial and public radio stations across the country. The show airs Saturday nights at 10 p.m. on Alabama Public Radio.

Tickets are $8 at the door. For more information about the show, contact White at 205-652-6680 or visit www.myspace.com/sucarnocheerevue.