Wiley and the Checkmates : from Oxford Mississippi have recorded their last 2 albums at Playground. In 2008 with the release of "We Call It Soul" the Checkmates delighted crowds at SxSW in Austin and were the hardest working rhythm section n show business at The Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans. This photo was taken on January 23rd at the Ground Zero Club in Clarksdale, Mississippi at the Oxford American bash.
