Conversations

Lee Graham is an established part of the Starkville music community.  He has played with groups such as the Puerto Rican Rum Drunks, Flathead Ford, and The HollaGrahams. We caught up with Lee for some coffee and conversation at the 929 Coffee Shop in downtown Starkville.              Allen McBroom:  How did you end up playing music in Starkville? Lee Graham: I’d been playing music in West Point, where I’m from, and the guy I’d been playing music with a lot, Robert Staggers, had started playing with Del Rendon and their bass player quit.  I had...

Drew Dieckmann is well known in the Golden Triangle area as an accomplished guitarist, front man, and recording artist.  Allen McBroom from Backstage Music caught up with Drew at 929 Coffee Shop in downtown Starkville and spent some time visiting over coffee.       Allen McBroom:  How did you end up playing music in Starkville? Drew Dieckmann: Let’s see… I came to Starkville under the pretense of going to school, but it was really to be in a band.  School’s been my cover story for the last 20-some odd years.  These days it’s in vogue to take a gap...