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'T-Bone' Pruitt

For over 59 years, Tommie 'T-Bone' Pruitt has wowed audiences with his rich, smooth vocals as well as his mastery of the blues guitar.  He remains a Mississippi Blues man of the highest order and in South Mississippi a local legend.

His catalog of material covers a wide range of blues and R & B classics. His fingers are deft and sure as they fly over the fretboard of his hollow body electric guitar. His music is infectious and he and his band The Rhythm Rockers never fail to fill the dance floor.

 What's New

Coming Soon:  T-Bone Pruitt's Backporch Blues & BBQ !!!

T-Bone got his start on Mobile Street in Hattiesburg back in 1946.  Now he has returned to Mobile Street to open his own place: A laid-back environment with T-Bone's own style of Blues and BBQ that we know you're going to love.  If you think T-Bone cooks on the guitar, wait 'til you taste his ribs!  Located across the street from The Bottling Company. More details to follow.

T-Bone Wows the Ground Zero Blues Club!

Tommie and the boys had a great time Saturday Sept.8th playing the Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale. The crowd was very lively and danced the night away. A film crew recorded part of the show and interviewed Tommie during a break for a documentary entitled: Return to Mississippi. Club owner Morgan Freeman was also interviewed and may narrate the film about race relations in today's Mississippi. See the photos from Saturday night on the Photo page.

New T-Bone Myspace Page

T-Bone has a new myspace page you should check out. If you have a myspace page also, we would like you to join his friends list. The link is http://www.myspace.com/tbonepruitt .

New T-Bone Podcast

There is a new podcast featuring the Feb.17th 2007 performance of Tommie and the boys recorded by Butch Johnson at the Shed BBQ. Click on the South Mississippi Music Sampler banner below and check it out!

Tommie has a new webpage on Mississippi Arts Council website

Tommie is now registered with the Mississippi Arts Council as a folk/blues musician complete with a really nice webpage thanks to the efforts of Scott Barretta.  Scott is the host of the blues radio program HWY 61 each Saturday night on Mississippi Public Radio.  He is also a contributing writer/editor for Living Blues Magazine and lives in Oxford.  Scott came to Ellisville and interviewed Tommie in person, recently. The article he wrote was very informative and there are some good pictures there also. Here is one that Scott took during the interview.  Many thanks to him for his tireless efforts in promoting the blues! Click here to check it out

Tommie and the band played the Roots Reunion show at the Saenger Theatre on Saturday March 3rd, 2007. It was alot of fun.

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 All material copyright 2007, T-bone Pruitt, SMMS

Photo courtesy of Robert Morris, Hattiesburg Publishing, Inc.