Country music star and Greenville native Steve Azar caught the blues and soul bug through osmosis, not genetics. Though his Lebanese genes didn’t factor into his deep-seated love for the Mississippi Delta, his childhood time spent behind a liquor store did. It was his grandfather’s business, Jigger and Jug. As the first legal liquor store […]
Author Archives: Sherry Lucas
Sherry Lucas is a veteran feature writer in Jackson whose stories spread the word on Mississippi’s food, arts, culture and communities. A lifelong Mississippian, she grew up in Yazoo City on four acres that engendered a love for fruit trees, fresh garden bounty and walks in the woods. A University of Mississippi graduate with decades of daily newspaper experience, she’s now a freelance writer, continuing to share Mississippi’s wealth of stories.
