October 13th, 2011 by jposey

It’s been a while since we posted here so we wanted to give everyone an update on what was happening with the band.

Today at Off-Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi, we will be part of the house band at Thacker Mountain Radio. We will also be doing a set later in the show. Check their website for more information and links to listen live.

On Friday October 14, we’ll be at Proud Larry’s , doing a co-bill with our good friends Jimbo Mathus and the Tri-State Coalition. This is a show you will not want to miss. We’ll have several special guests, Tim Burkhead (Blue Mountain, Kelley Norris) on drums, Patrick McClary (The Minor Adjustments, Daybreakdown) on guitar, and Kell Kellum on pedal steel.

Also, our very own Nathan Robbins will be doing a happy hour show at The Blind Pig on Friday October 14 from 5:30 – 8:00pm. Local favorite Gin-Gin Carlton will be playing this show as well as some other special guests. More info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=243235032395712

We’ll head back to The Blind Pig on Friday October 21 for another happy hour show, this time including most of the Rocket 88 crew.

Finally, on Saturday October 29, we will have the pleasure of headlining the C-Spire Wireless EMERGE – Pigskins in the Park in downtown Tupelo, Mississippi. This will be the second installment of this event. It will be held in Fairpark in downtown Tupelo and will feature some large jumbotrons showing the Ole Miss and Mississippi State games. Rocket 88 will go on around 2pm, which will be after the end of the Ole Miss game, and before the kickoff of the MSU game. There will be concessions and alcohol sales, and fans are encourage to bring, tents, chairs, and other tailgating gear and enjoy a great afternoon of football and music in the park.

We’ll try to keep the site updated a little more frequently so you guys know whats going on with us. Take care and support local music.

July 21st, 2011 by nateynate

Join us Thursday July 21st and Thursday July 28 at Proud Larry’s in Oxford, Mississippi for a special treat: free dinner music. We’ll have some special guests on both of these shows, and will be acoustic, laid-back type shows for all ages to enjoy.

March 10th, 2011 by nateynate

From Rosamond:

“You may have noticed our slight absence in 2011…that’s because Jamie and Rosamond have been working on a horn section! Bax Posey is due April 11 2011. We’ll get back to rocking more than babies the early part of this summer.”

We’ve already started booking some shows for after little Bax joins us so keep a watch here!!

March 9th, 2011 by nateynate

So, boys and girls.. It’s been a day or two since we did anything to the website, or added any new news, so I have started a re-design of the website.  Please forgive the mess while I get things in order. 

We just had the old site sitting out there and it hadn’t been updated in a while, so I started a manual move of some of the old content we wanted to keep. I am having to manually move all that, so that explains the big gaps in postings. I probably wont move *all* the old content over, but if you want to take a look at the old site, it will still be available for a while at : http://www2.rocket88music.com.

Also got the band hooked up on the reverbnation site, which is very cool and helps us keep up-to-date on things a lot better.

Thanks, and see ya at the shows!!!

May 9th, 2009 by nateynate

Spring 2009 was kicked off with The Krewe of Larry’s Fat Tuesday party at Proud Larry’s. Rosamond, Jamie and guest singer Virginia Abraham kicked off the festivities with an acoustic performance during the happy hour crawfish boil. Later that evening Oxford horns Jeff Callaway (trombone), Alex McCormick (trumpet) and “Bear” (Tuba and Accordion ) joined the band for a special Mardi Gras performance by Rocket 88 that featured the band taking a break from their normal set list to cover New Orleans classic Mardi Gras covers . This was a great party, folks.

The start of February brought about a repeat appearance at the second annual 2 Days in the Life Beatles Tribute where the band played a late set on the last night of the show to a packed house at Proud Larry’s. The rest of Spring will feature return trips to our same old haunts (See our list of Shows on Jambase) along with a return trip to Coda Bar in Monroe , Louisiana. We will also be playing a debut show at Starkville, Mississippi’s Dave’s Dark Horse Tavern with our friends Live Donkey Show.

For Summer 2009, Rocket 88 will be playing a number of festivals in the area. On May 9th, we will be at the 38th Annual Cellular South Gumtree Arts Festival in Tupelo, Mississippi benefitting the Gumtree Museum of Art. Rosamond and Jamie will also play an acoustic set later that day at Water Valley, Mississippi’s Watermelon Festival.

On June 26, we will be at the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic for the second year in a row in Potts Camp, Mississippi. In July, we will be at the Slugburger festival in Corinth, Mississippi. We will close out the summer with a trip to the east coast to play Savannah, GA (Date to be determined) and Home Team BBQ in Charleston, SC. That’s all for now folks. Thanks for supporting Rocket 88.