Photos: Michael Donahue

The North Mississippi Allstars’ show, held July 18th at Germantown Performing Arts Center, also included an unofficial backstage family party with band members and members of Luther and Cody Dickinson’s families attending.

Performers could put Central Bar-B-Q sandwiches together in the Green Room before they put their songs together on the GPAC stage.

Judging by recognizable audience members that turned out for the show, Germantown Performing Arts Center looked more like the Midtown Performing Arts Center. 

Michael Donahue began his career in 1975 at the now-defunct Memphis Press-Scimitar and moved to The Commercial Appeal in 1984, where he wrote about food and dining, music, and covered social events until...