Memphis Minute - January 21st
Before country hits and a movie career, he wrote a heart-wrenching song - actually, a couple of them. That’s what he did, this...
Memphis Minute - December 20th
I envisioned taking a stroll, maybe having to beat through some bushes or tall grass, then finding his grave, screaming out “A-HA!”...
Memphis Minute - December 19th
As I passed the civic center that bears his name and drove down Highway 45 on the edge of the city of Jackson, Tennessee on Friday, I...
Memphis Minute - Losing a Fan - December 8, 1980
“If there hadn't been an Elvis, there wouldn't have been the Beatles.” - John Lennon “…we didn't know what the hell Presley was singing...
Memphis Minute(s) - December 7
Mystery! Drama! Intrigue! Everything a good movie is all about, right? Well, the plots in these two movies released one year apart did...
Memphis (Momentous) Minute - November 24, 1941
The universe was gracious beyond measure to Memphis this week in 1941. The other day I told you about Founding Fathers of Memphis music...
Memphis (Epochal) Minute - November 21, 1941
Some days I wonder what God or the Universe is doing. On July 4, 1826, just before dying, John Adams was reported to have said “Thomas...
Memphis Minute - November 12
The young man was having an identity crisis. Able to play many instruments, he liked the guitar, but that job was already taken by a guy...
Memphis Marvels - "It Ain't Nothin' but a Party"
I walked into the room and thought, “this is different.” After a steamy afternoon, a reception on Main Street sounded like a good idea -...
Memphis Marvels - One Night in Memphis
I drove through Memphis one afternoon and asked the folks at the visitor’s center what I should see. They weren’t much help - I was an...
Memphis Marvels - Closing the Loop
This weekend I closed a personal loop on a unique event and found even more inspiration. The Indie Memphis Film Festival was happening...
Memphis Minute - October 9th
Before his death from a heart attack at 41, before the addictions that led to that premature death, before the great and soulful sessions...
A Delta Weekend Part III
I’ll just go down here… and check out this other place on the way home. Part III “I thought you got lost back there.” I did, in a way. I...
A Delta Weekend, Part II
I’ll just go down here, ...stay over there... Part 2 The Mississippi Delta, the flat, lush land of big farms and epic floods, has a way...
Memphis Minute - September 17th
We lost him way too soon. He was country, rock, rockabilly, and a jazzy rhythm and blues - Memphis music. His band put eight songs into...