8/29/09: Soul Is Waterproof
Today was my busiest speaking day at the conference, so I didn’t have time to leave the Quarter breakfast. Instead, my friend Rico Brooks and …
Bands
8/28/09: Heading Way Uptown
I decided to eat breakfast at a place called the Oak Street Cafe, which was in the far uptown neighborhood of Carrollton, so I walked …
8/27/09: Nuthin But Fire Records, Snowballs and Preservation Hall
Restaurants in the Quarter are expensive, so I drove out to a place called the River Cafe in Harahan that had received good reviews on …
8/16/09: RIP Jim Dickinson
Breakfast with Charlie Braxton and two of his sons at Broad Street Baking Company. Then I drove back to Memphis, but detoured into Water Valley …
8/15/09: Ya Heard Me Conference Day 2 in Jackson MS/Kevin Powell’s Keynote Speech
Breakfast at Primo’s in Ridgeland (always good), and then I headed out to the flea market in Pearl to look for old records and Jackson …
7/3/09: Visiting with jazz drummer Aaron Walker
My friend Aaron Walker, the jazz drummer, was in town visitng his mother, so I picked him up and we rode downtown to the Westin …
6/26/09: From Cincinnati to Knoxville
The Westin had a self-service breakfast cafe called Ingredients, which really was quite good and not as expensive as most hotel breakfasts. Then I checked …
Breakfast in Evansville, Coffee in Bloomington and Cheeseburgers in Paradise
With Jojo’s gone in Evansville, I had few breakfast choices, so I headed to the First Avenue Diner. a former Steak N Egg Kitchen that …
Storms and Tornadoes Disrupt the Urban Network Summit in Memphis
I got up early and ate breakfast downtown at the Marriott because the panel I was to speak on at the Urban Music Summit was …
Al Kapone and Lord T & Eloise Bring Memphis Rap to Starkvegas
I took off work early so that I could pick up Al Kapone and Sir Vince and head to their show at the State Theatre …