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Burnside (who also played on some of the band's tracks).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllstars' first release, Shake Hands With Shorty, was nominated for a Grammy Award for \"Best Contemporary Blues Album\". Since then, 51 Phantom and Electric Blue Watermelon have received nominations in that same category. The group also won a Blues Music Award for \"Best New Artist Debut\" in 2001.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe band made their network television debut in 2000 on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. They also served as the house band for a short period in 2004 on Last Call with Carson Daly.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe band now backs up and tours with John Hiatt. They have released an album with him entitled Master of Disaster. All the members of the Allstars have also teamed up with Robert Randolph and John Medeski to form The Word.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn November 2007, Luther Dickinson joined The Black Crowes as lead guitarist, and has appeared on their albums Warpaint (2008), Before the Frost...Until the Freeze (2009) and Croweology (2010). Luther Dickinson currently devotes his time to both the Black Crowes and the North Mississippi Allstars. Cody Dickinson has also started a side project, Hill Country Revue, featuring Daniel Coburn, Kirk Smithhart, Doc Samba and Ed Cleveland. They are sometimes joined by Luther Dickinson and members of the Burnside family. They have released two albums, Make A Move (2009) and Zebra Ranch (2010).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuther and Cody Dickinson's father was the Memphis musician and record producer, Jim Dickinson. He, besides releasing music in his own name, worked with Ry Cooder, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, and Primal Scream. Jim Dickinson also set up the Zebra Ranch recording studio complex during the 1990s in Hernando, Mississippi. His career spanned more than four decades before he died on August 15, 2009.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/North+Mississippi+Allstars","playStationPath":"/stations/113618374/play","stationId":113618374,"bioPath":"/music/North+Mississippi+Allstars/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Patrick+Sweany","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bfb/bfb69bee46fe93a97be7cab789b656e6_md.jpg","artistName":"Patrick Sweany","artistId":74345,"station_id":266204664},{"musicPath":"/music/Buddy+Guy","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e80/e805a69889d04ceebdb4f82a53c9f6c5_md.jpg","artistName":"Buddy Guy","artistId":5195,"station_id":113274621},{"musicPath":"/music/Joe+Bonamassa","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/148/148eed5da0784c4ed421ae9975e02774_md.jpg","artistName":"Joe Bonamassa","artistId":12291,"station_id":113318829},{"musicPath":"/music/Luther+Allison","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/665/6651127f7b3aa6453f5ae2919ed4de8e_md.jpg","artistName":"Luther Allison","artistId":5229,"station_id":113432126},{"musicPath":"/music/Buffalo+Killers","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/2ac/2acad57009b813dde0290ad657275d41_md.jpg","artistName":"Buffalo Killers","artistId":103707,"station_id":287828524},{"musicPath":"/music/moe+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ee5/ee57a39935b87edf39b4990c11283acf_md.jpg","artistName":"moe.","artistId":12284,"station_id":113262692},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Blackwater+Fever","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b92/b92f67b67b991a631708bbb353ebbb56_md.jpg","artistName":"The Blackwater Fever","artistId":375007,"station_id":395687237},{"musicPath":"/music/Tab+Benoit","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a48/a48235725e161d2d609760bb5948f9e4_md.jpg","artistName":"Tab Benoit","artistId":68063,"station_id":264341770},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Stone+Foxes","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0b7/0b756c85f83ebcaa7f489988c1a63e4a_md.jpg","artistName":"The Stone Foxes","artistId":131703,"station_id":285483561},{"musicPath":"/music/Radio+Moscow","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/40f/40ffcfb4b84189e8c58f3029bb6a5e15_md.jpg","artistName":"Radio Moscow","artistId":79720,"station_id":267600030},{"musicPath":"/music/Freddie+King","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/299/299bfe90e656ce0f41cc1baf592f7358_md.jpg","artistName":"Freddie King","artistId":5212,"station_id":113314074},{"musicPath":"/music/Perpetual+Groove","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/17d/17d458d97a89a83658a0cfd234cdc26e_md.jpg","artistName":"Perpetual Groove","artistId":112191,"station_id":282360038},{"musicPath":"/music/Philip+Sayce","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e83/e83e045aa49d24eb42be114429d3b0d8_md.jpg","artistName":"Philip Sayce","artistId":454098,"station_id":401218087},{"musicPath":"/music/Black+Pistol+Fire","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d5d/d5d00ea8b0c56efd9bbac8c0bb6efe13_md.jpg","artistName":"Black Pistol Fire","artistId":434220,"station_id":400742993},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Temperance+Movement","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/2d8/2d898dacdda4b3885bde4776ba21cf28_md.jpg","artistName":"The Temperance Movement","artistId":372341,"station_id":395367891},{"musicPath":"/music/Junior+Kimbrough","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/553/5531c69bf2a53b59050b126a99af258c_md.jpg","artistName":"Junior Kimbrough","artistId":80939,"station_id":268082245},{"musicPath":"/music/B+B+King+Eric+Clapton","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/cb9/cb9df708f3cf9cc4aafecdff9458067e_md.jpg","artistName":"B.B. 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