YOU CAN NOW HEAR HATTIESBURG BLUES ON OUR SITE!

JUST CLICK ON OUR DISCOGRAPHY. LYRICS ARE UP AS WELL. SOON WE WILL ALSO SHOW OFF OUR NEW POSTER! IT WAS PAINTED BY WORLD-CLASS ARTIST DUJUAN AUSTIN, WHO HAPPENS TO BE OUR DRUMMER WHENEVER KENNY CANNOT MAKE A GIG. THE POSTER WAS MADE OF ACRYLIC, PRISMA COLOR AND MARKER. DUJUAN PLAYS DRUMS ON 3 CUTS ON HATTIESBURG BLUES.

CD RELEASE PARTY AT BUDDY GUY'S LEGENDS: FRIDAY, MAY 30TH !!!

Come and celebrate with us the release of HATTIESBURG BLUES (Delmark Records, DE-795). CARL WEATHERSBY will perform with us. HATTIESBURG BLUES was recorded at Delmark's Riverside Studio on September 10th through September 12th, 2007. This is MISSISSIPPI HEAT's 8th CD. Musicians on this project are members of Pierre's touring band: Inetta Visor (vocals), Giles Corey (guitar), Stephen Howard (bass), and Kenny Smith (drums). This recording project has 13 tracks: 12 originals songs written and/or co-written by Pierre, and one cover by Denise LaSalle ("Soft-Hearted Woman"). In addition to a strong Chicago feel, the CD presents a variety of exciting latin and Gospel-laden blues.

HATTIESBURG BLUES CD AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE HERE OR THROUGH DELMARK

Delmark Records Press Release reads:"Fantastic harp player/bandleader Pierre Lacocque and Mississippi Heat return with their 2nd release on Delmark; HATTIESBURG BLUES (DE 795) is a new ambitious studio CD, featuring their lead vocalist Inetta Visor, and Chicago blues guitar legends Lurrie Bell and Carl Weathersby. The Chicago Horns and latin percussionist Ruben Alvarez will also add significantly to this varied disc of many new original compositions." Hattiesburg is a city located in the south of the state of Mississippi. Quotes from our Manager about this recording: "HATTIESBURG BLUES is about how a music evolved from its African roots to the Delta of Mississippi and to the North in Chicago, and how it developed through other routes such as Cuba and South America. Yes, this is a beautiful combination of Chicago Blues and Latin rhythms. Add the hauntingly beautiful sounds of the harmonica of band leader Pierre Lacocque and the powerful and expressive voice of Inetta Visor and here is finally a CD that is an experience in listening from beginning to end. There are no throw-away songs here. Everything fits to form a great CD. Listen to the instrumental, CALYPSO IN BLUE and then listen to CHICAGO IS MY HOME; then listen to NATURE'S CRYIN' and you will tour almost without realizing it on the paths that old and powerful African drums took to propagate their elemental vitality and their raw passion. No instrument or voice takes over, it is communal construction as it is meant to be... I am proud to manage this band and I can say what I say because I have nothing to do with the composition, the production or the performances on this CD."

STEPHEN HOWARD IS OUR NEW BASS PLAYER

As of December 2007, Stephen Howard has joined the band full time. Steve played bass with Mississippi Heat in the late 1990's and early 2000's. He left the band in 2003. He is now back with us. Besides appearing on our new 2008 Delmark studio album on a few songs, Steve also recorded two cuts on HANDYMAN (bonus tracks, 2000), and is the bass player on our award winning CD, FOOTPRINTS ON THE CEILING (2002).

MICHEL LACOCQUE: BAND MANAGER

MICHEL can be reached at (773) 600-0950 OR at therealheat@hotmail.com

BOOKING AGENCY (USA/CANADA): JAY REIL & ASSOCIATES

JAY can be reached at (847) 272-0202 or via e-mail at: jay@jayreil.com. JAY REIL also books the band in CANADA, EXCEPT FOR QUÉBEC (SEE BELOW).

EUROPEAN BOOKING AGENCY: WILLING PRODUCTIONS

WILLING PRODUCTIONS 36, Avenue Victor Ségoffin - 31400 TOULOUSE. Our booking agent's name is JEAN-PHILIPPE KAUFMANN. Tél: (011) + 335 61 53 85 06 (Office)
(011) + 336 08 62 56 63 (Cellular). willingjp@wanadoo.fr www.willingprod.com

BOOKING AGENCY (QUEBEC PROVINCE): RENE MOISAN/PRODUCTIONS BROS

For bookings within Canada's QUÉBEC PROVINCE, please contact RENÉ MOISAN at Productions Bros (514) 272-3466 (Office) * (514) 272-1885 (Fax). Address: 6300 Avenue du Parc (Suite 317), Montréal, H2V 4H8.

ORDER RECORDS THROUGH THIS SITE!

TO ORDER A CD or DVD with a CREDIT CARD, please click on DISCOGRAPHY. To order CDs by PERSONAL CHECKS, please send a $20.00 check + $3.00 for Shipping and Handling payable to "Mississippi Heat", and mail to:
MICHEL LACOCQUE, 5331 S. Greenwood, Chicago, IL, 60615.
Our DVDs are sold at $25.00 + $3.00 for S/H.

• Our CD, GLAD YOU'RE MINE (CrossCut Records, CCD11085) climbed to number FOUR on the US radio charts (as reported by LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE, JAN/FEB 2006).

• Our LIVE recording, ONE EYE OPEN-LIVE AT ROSA'S LOUNGE, for Delmark Records (DE783 and DVD1783) are in stores worldwide. This CD climbed to number SIX on the US radio charts (as reported by LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE, MAR/APR 2006). ONE EYE OPEN was voted "Best CD of the Year" by BACK TO THE ROOTS MAGAZINE.