You can, should you choose to do so, view sacred steel/gospel blues jam band The Word as an offshoot of the North Mississippi Allstars. You could, with equal justification, label it a Robert Randolph side project. You'd be right on both counts.
Outstanding. File under: Sacred steel
Discography: 2001 The Word 2015 Soul Food
In the Music Library: Soul Food The Word
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