Memphis Minute - September 9th
They came to Memphis to make music. Of course, two out of three didn’t know it at the time. One was born on this day. One made his show...
ARKANSAS AMBLE
Someday I'm going to stay home and catch up. I started this website to post photographs and stories in a totally open space, with no ads,...
A Delta Weekend
I’ll just go down here, see this thing, stay over there, and check out this other place on the way home. Sounds simple, right? Well, not...
Memphis in Motion - 831 South Cooper
When I first spent some time in Memphis (I passed through once, visiting The Stax Museum of American Soul Music of course) I had a unique...
Memphis in Motion - Stax Music Academy
Past, present, and future in one place. They preserve the past, recreating the sound of a legendary horn section during an appearance...
June 25th in Memphis Music History
He was a bird of prey with other future soul legends. He had to wait for a jet (a big bird) in London that would take him to the funeral...
Memphis in Motion - Songwriters' Nights
In my simplistic view, you can look at local performers through two lenses - great performances of music you know and great performances...
Memphis in Motion
“And now for something completely different…” - ‘Monte Python’s Flying Circus’ The Reds, The Grays, The Browns, The Giants/Lambs, The...
Memphis Minute - June 12th
“Excuse me sir. I know you’re a big disc jockey... And I know that you’re very important But I’d like to hear, I’d like to hear…” - Joe...
Blues Brief - June 3rd
Here’s my tribute to Yogi Berra for today - without musicians we would have no music. However, without distributors, salesmen, scouts,...
Blues Brief - May 5th
“Caldonia! Caldonia! What makes your big head” - spin? So there they were, two covers and the original all charting around the same time...
Memphis Minute - April 29th
This teenage band mate of Ike Turner played in their big band around Clarksdale Mississippi, where they both were born and in 1951 made...
Blues Brief - April 25th
BLUES BRIEF On April 25, 1951, blues classic “The Thrill is Gone” was first recorded - but not by who you’re thinking. Three Texans...
Memphis Minute - April 23rd
The Texas boy wrote his first song as an eight year old. At ten he split first-place prize money in a talent contest singing “Mountain...
Blues Brief - April 23rd
On this date in 1955, one of the most successful songs ever to come from the Chess brothers’ Chicago blues empire first hit the top of...