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Southern rock icons come to Pearl River Resort
See 38 Special peform live on stage at the
Silver Star Convention Center on Nov. 14
TUNICA — See 38 Special perform live at Pearl River
Resort’s Silver Star Convention Center at the Silver Star
Hotel & Casino on Saturday, Nov. 14.
Formed in Jacksonville,
Florida, in 1974, 38 Special
fused Southern rock grit
with radio-ready arena
hooks. Hits such as “Hold
On Loosely,” “Caught Up in
You,” “If I’d Been the One,”
“Back Where You Belong,”
“Rockin’ into the Night,”
and the ballad “Second
Chance” drove multi-
38 Special
Donnie Van Zant retired in 2013; Barnes is the last original
member still onstage.
Within Southern rock the group sits beside Lynyrd
Skynyrd yet is distinguished
by tighter pop choruses.
Live, they remain a working
road band—often near 100
dates a year—on a 50th-
anniversary “Milestone”
tour that pairs them with
Skynyrd, Kansas, Foreigner,
and others. Reviews still
praise high energy, faithful
hits, and Barnes’s durable
platinum albums and roughly 20 million records sold,
voice.
making the band a staple of 1980s classic-rock radio.
The 2025 album Milestone, the bands first studio record
In 2026 the lineup is Don Barnes (founding guitarist-
in more than two decades, underscored that they treat the
vocalist), Bobby Capps (keyboards and vocals since 1991),
stage as unfinished business rather than a nostalgia circuit.
Gary Moffatt (drums since 1996), Barry Dunaway (bass
See pearlriverresort.com for ticket information and to
since 2014), and Jerry Riggs (guitar since 2019). Co-founder
purchase tickets.
See Pam Tillis at Gold Strike Friday, Feb. 19
TUNICA — Gold Strike Casino & Resort welcome ’90s country icon and
“Maybe It Was Memphis” singer Pam Tillis to the Gold Strike Theatre stage at
8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 19.
A Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, Grand Ole Opry member
and accomplished actress, Pam Tillis has built a career that has stood the test
of time — producing numerous hits and securing her a spot among the most
iconic female country artists of a generation.
During the country music boom of the 1990s, Tillis earned six No. 1 hits,
including “Shake the Sugar Tree,” “Mi Vida Loca,” “When You Walk in the
Room,” “In Between Dances,” “Don’t Tell Me What to Do” and her signature
song, “Maybe It Was Memphis.”
The daughter of country music legend Mel Tillis and multimedia artist Doris
Tillis, she broke into the country music scene with her 1991 debut album, Put
Yourself in My Place, which was certified gold and produced two No. 1 and
two Top 5 singles. Her next three albums, Homeward Looking Angel, Sweetheart’s
Dance and Greatest Hits were all certified platinum. Tillis’ most recent album,
2020’s “Looking for a Feeling,” returned her to one of her earliest passions:
songwriting, where she wrote seven of the album’s 11 tracks. Tickets start at
$29.50 and can be purchased by calling 888-747-7711 or by visiting goldstrike. THE SOUTH’S LARGEST GUIDE TO GAMING & FUN • www.jackpotmagazine.com Pam Tillis
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