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125 yearsDecember 16, 1896The post office will be open Christmas from 9 and 10 a.m. The carriers will make one delivery, starting at 9:30 a.m.—

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SMS Food 92. The legend of James “Jimmy” Skilaski was intertwined with the stories he told his lunch guests at his popular spot on Lemmon Avenue. A favorite of culinary philistines like Blackie Sherrod and John Anders, his popular dish of layered rice, butter, onions, cheese, and chili served in a tub kept him in business for four decades. He used the slogan “Chili Rice is very nice.” Skilaski died in 1990, but his chili rice remains a hot topic on Dallas history forums. 93. In the 1960s, Pepsi bought up the popular Dallas soft drink Woosie, which was launched by the Glazer family in ...

Program #242 (April 30 at 8:00pm and May 1 at 3:00pm) Nehemiah Curtis “Skip” James possessed one of the most hauntingly distinctive styles in the blues, and, according to some who knew him, one of the most disturbed and complex personalities as well. His vocals, guitar work, and song constructions raise the blues to a level of high art and rare beauty, yet his subject matter and presentation were of such a heavy, cheerless nature that Mississippi bluesman Johnnie Temple, a contemporary of Skip’s, told an interviewer that James’ music was so sad that people would pay him not to perform...

CBS News Mississippi bluesman may be the most unlikely Grammy nominee Last Updated Mar 12, 2021 7:15 PM EST About 2,000 miles from Los Angeles, where the red carpet turns to dust, we found this year's most unlikely Grammy nominee. Every day, 73-year-old Jimmy "Duck" Holmes welcomes customers to his Blue Front Cafe and juke joint in Bentonia, Mississippi.  Holmes doesn't read music. He doesn't write music. He doesn't write lyrics. Yet he's up for a Grammy Award.  "I mean, I guess it's a divine thing. I don't know," Holmes said.  Holmes is the last of the old Bentonia bluesmen — ...