" TISBA " The International Singing Brakeman Association

"TISBA"

The International Singing Brakeman Association

This site launched May 15, 2002

Omar Rivers

IT IS SO SAD TO TELL YOU ALL OMAR PAST AWAY THIS MORN. AT 11.15 ON WED. HE WENT VERY EASY. THE WAKE WILL BE FRIDAY NIGHT "May 16, 2008" AT OTT & LEE FUNERAL HOME ON HIGHWAY 80 EAST IN BRANDON, MISS. THE FUNERAL WILL BE AT OTT & LEE FUNERAL HOME ALSO. AT 1;00 IN THE AFTERNOON AT. THEN HE WILL BE TRANSFERED TO KOSCIUSKO,MS. TO THE PARKWAY CEMETARY AT 3;30 THERE WILL BE A VIEWING AND THE BURIAL THERE. THANKS TO ALL WHO HAVE BEEN CONCERNED. LOVE TO ALL MARY RIVERS

Welcome to "TISBA"

The International Singing Brakeman Association is in Meridian, Mississippi.

Our next hospitality night will be Thursday May 15, 2008. 6:30 meeting for members only. 7:00 open to the public.
Admission -$ 2.00

Please bring a covered dish.

Hospitality Room at the Best Western Hotel on South Frontage Road in Meridian , Mississippi.

Membership Dues are &10.00 per year.

If you would like to perform at TISBA. Please contact us.

You can also sell your CD's and tapes.

TISBA does not pay for perfomers.

Information about our 2008 May Festival saluting Jimmie Rodgers.

It will be May 25 - 31, 2008 in Meridian, Mississippi. At the Best Western Hotel Hospitality Room on South Frontage Road in Meridian, Mississippi.

Admission $12.00 for the week.

$6.00 nightly

Sunday, May 25, 2008

George Rogers, Texas ; James Ward, Little Rock Ms; Wayne Ryan, Canada, Tinker Fraizer

Monday, May 26

Shirley Browm, Quitman Ms., Keith Lewis, Pete Etheridge, Don Landrum, Bill and Etha Burkes, Tinker Frazier and Theola "Pee Wee" Grayson

Tuesday May 27

"Gospel Night"

The Barnacastles, Good News, The Last Call, Lloyd Hutcherson & Friends, Bill and Etha Burkes, Bro. Jack Bonner, Bro. Chuck and Cindy Overby, Keith Lewis and Greg Mangum

Wednesday, May 28

"Covered Dish Night"

Jack Harper, Tommy Fortenberry, Stevie Sanford, Danny Kirkland

Thursday , May 29

"Snack Night"

Jack McCart, J. B. & the T-birds, Jacky Jack White ( Sucarnochee Revue ), Holly Brand, Nicole Covington and Greg Mangum

Friday, May 30

Keith Lewis, Track 45, Dean Mitchell, Jerry Hanlon

Saturday, May 31

Dennis Williams ( nephew of Chet atkins )

Wayne Gray ( performed with Tex Ritter ) & Friends

Jimmy Crane, Wendell Pinter

Tugboat Jerry

Jam Sessions Daily 2 -5pm. Shows start at 6pm

Jamming with Rick and Terri McWilliams, Theola "pee wee" Grayson, Wayne Ryan, Tinker Frazier, Bill and Eatha Burkes, Jimmy Parker, Slim Hinton, Greg Mangum, Ann Shine Landrum, Phillip Neal, Bro. John Sweeney, Bro. Jack bonner, Jimmy Roundtree, Bob Saxton, Billy Boykin & others.

Other artist - TBA

**** Whole week badge $12.00 **** Daily admission $6.00 ****

+++Lineups are subject to change +++

Jimmie Rodgers 111th Birthday Celebration

Saturday September 6, 2008

Info comming soon

You are invited to The Jimmie Rodgers Wreath laying ceremony will be Monday May 26 at 2:00 pm at Oak Grove Cemetery in Meridian, Mississippi.

Sponsored by the Jimmie Rodgers Foundation.

www.jimmierodgers.com

Jimmie Rodgers Museum

The Jimmie Rodgers Museum is temporarily undergoing exhibit transition. Tours are arranged by appointment. Please call (601) 482-0166, (601) 917-4344 or (601) 917-3471 to arrange your visit. You may also call Lauderdale County Tourism at (601) 482-8001. We will make every effort to meet your schedule's needs and arrange a tour for you.

If you would like to talk with us about any subject, please call The Jimmie Rodgers Museum at (601) 485-1808 and leave a message.

Products may be ordered by calling (601) 485-1808 and leaving a message on the answering machine.

Thanks for your interest in Jimmie Rodgers and his significant influence in the development of American Music.