More Southern Souls
I’ve been planning this proposal since February
Adam: I was nervous. I've been planning this proposal since February when I bought the ring. Ellyson: I am so excited...
Behind every good Santa is a better Mrs. Claus. She keeps the sleigh on the tracks
“I've had a white beard for almost a decade. I joked before I retired that my career path was to the North Pole. My...
The Avett Brothers music brings us back together
Brooks: We've been following the Avett Brothers for the last seven or eight years. Tanner is five years older and got...
My dad built this cabin at the Neshoba County Fair in 1958, the year I was born
“My dad built this cabin at the Neshoba County Fair in 1958, the year I was born. Dad owned a construction company and...
I used to fret and worry about the animals I couldn’t help. Now I can sleep at night
“I’ve rescued animals and brought home cats since I was a little girl. In July 2005, my husband, Charles, came home,...
We like the audience laughing at our stories as much as clapping to the music
Jeremiah: “We’re adaptable and fit in wherever we go. We’re also married, so the band Oh Jeremiah can never break up...
You can see why we stayed together for 70 years. We didn’t just sit around and stare at each other
Gary: “I saw Helen at a dance and made up my mind that she was going to be my girlfriend. She didn’t like that and...
Our questions led us to Clarksdale, MS to understand the roots
Ted: “We were brothers in California, learning how to play music at a pretty young age. Our mentors gave us this...
I never felt like we were poor with George. We knew we were working towards better
“I had just turned eighteen. I walked into my daddy’s restaurant on Main Street in Greenville, South Carolina, and a...
I’m still that little girl from Grace, Mississippi, but I know how far I’ve come
“I grew up in the community of Grace, outside Rolling Fork, Mississippi. I feel like my family made up most of the...
Music is like cooking—you season each dish differently
"My uncle used to fly me in to play gigs with him at The People’s Room. That was all I knew about Mobile. I was in Los...
When I was a freshman, 60 girls were going to Mississippi State, and five of ’em were in our family
“I was born in 1922 in Wheeler, Mississippi. At two years old, we moved to De Kalb, Mississippi. So I lived there in...