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Mississippi Shakedown was created for 3 reasons: 1- our insatiable love of the music of Elmore James 2-- the love of the sound of a distorted Slide Guitar 3-- Bruce Iglauer from Alligator Records (US), the world's leading blues label, liked some songs that Jeff Cripps (our guitarist) had written for other bands... so then it was 4 phone calls... hey let's start a band! We did and we have. Mississippi Shakedown is a band with a minimum of FUSS with a maximum of EFFECT. A 4 piece unit led by blues charged SLIDE GUITAR... with a "Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus" attitude. With influence from the deep south, these guys have heart. This band was not created to play in a restaurant. Just take a listen to their 5 CDs, original songs, with an original attitude. The band takes no prisoners on their journey to Shakedown an audience. Once seen, never forgotten, once heard ALWAYS loved!!! With every GRAND performance, it has been proven without a shadow of a doubt, Mississippi Shakedown never