Y’all know Zita…Y’all know Hal and Mal’s…but did you know that her Dad is Mal and her uncle is Hal?
Lemuria and Hal and Mal’s have a long history of working on various events together through the years: The Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Jill Conner Browne’s Sweet Potato Queen books, Up From the Cradle of Jazz by Don Foose, Willie Dixon’s autobiography, and James McBride author of The Color of Water and Miracle at St. Anna and we have even sponsored a float in the Hal and Mal’s St. Paddy’s Day Parade. We all have enjoyed some good food, good music and cold beer at Hal and Mal’s and the staff at Lemuria would like like to congratulate Hal and Malcolm and the staff, past and present, for 25 years of good times!!! We will see y’all Saturday night!!!
25 Years, 25 Bands
Downtown hotspot Hal and Mal’s celebrating milestone with plenty of characters
Sherry Lucas • slucas@clarionledger.com • February 25, 2010
Music and meals at Hal & Mal’s both benefit from a long, slow simmer that brings out their best.
That combo has brought out just about everybody else over the years, too.
The restaurant and nightspot celebrates its 25-year milestone on Saturday. The actual birthday, coinciding with Elvis’ on Jan. 8, passed some weeks back, but this weekend boasts the party with a passel of Jackson bands – 25 at last count – and a shindig that stretches into the wee hours.
Hal and Malcolm White, the brothers in the title and at the helm, are seeing the next generation step up to the plate in the family business.
Jesse Robinson & the 300 lb Blues Band, These Days featuring Jewel Bass, the Bluz Boys, the Vernon Brothers, Buffalo Nickel and The Vamps are just a few of the bands kicking in the party mix. Word is, Hal and Mal will pop out of cakes as part of the fun.
In a quarter century in the old GM&O (Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad) freight depot, much has changed at Hal & Mal’s.
And much hasn’t . . .
Read full article at The Clarion Ledger with details on the night’s entertainment line-up.
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