Denton delivered a legislative resolution marking both the closure and Fedell’s birthday, joking about the impossibility of capturing the family’s full history on a single document.
“I won’t bore you all with reading this, but the man told me when he was typing it up, that we didn’t have enough paper to type up everything about (Mrs. Michel),” Denton said. “This is a great family that has stood by this community ever since this building has been here.”
Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace said that his first drum set came from Michel’s.
“My first Michel’s experience was across the street when they would play the 45’s and broadcast on the speaker outside,” Pace said. “I’d come down here with my dad on Saturday’s (and that’s been quite a few years ago) and my very first drum set came from Michel’s Record Shop. We appreciate you. You’ve been such a vital part of not only the music in Vicksburg, but Vicksburg as a whole. Everybody knew Michel, and thank you for being here for everybody.”
As far as the future plans for the store and the relics the 63 year old business holds, Mickey Fedell, Mrs. Michel’s son, said that he has heard of an interest of possibly turning the historic music shop into a museum.
“Somebody mentioned a museum to us, but that’s all we know,” Mickey said. “But as far as being open open, no, not unless somebody wants it, they can buy it. I’d love somebody to buy it, at least the albums and guitars, that way we can just lock it up and go.”
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