William Bell returns to the neighborhood where it all began on Saturday 4/28/12 at the Stax to the Max Soulsville Street Festival, backed by Memphis’ own Bo-Keys, with the sun setting in the west. A supreme end to a truly awesome day in Memphis.
Concerts
Daddy Mack Blues Band Live at the Center for Southern Folklore, Memphis, 2012
The Daddy Mack Blues Band is one of Memphis’ most popular modern blues bands, performing around the city at places like the Center for Southern Folklore. They record for the Memphis-based Inside Sounds label, and released their most recent album Pay the Piper in March.
Gangsta Boo (@GangstaBooQOM) and Drumma Boy (@DrummaBoyFRESH) Live at SXSW 2012
Memphis’ own Gangsta Boo and Drumma Boy appear at the A3C showcase at SXSW, March 17, 2012
Rehearsal Scenes with @ALKaponeMemphis Tune C and the @memphissymphony at the New Daisy, 2011
More scenes from last Wednesday’s rehearsal for the Al Kapone/Memphis Symphony performance at the New Daisy Theater.
The Kentucky Headhunters (@KyHeads) Live and Unplugged at @selectohits
The Kentucky Headhunters performed songs from “Dixie Lullabies” for the employes at Select-O-Hits in Memphis last week.
Jimbo Mathus (@JimboMathus): Clinging to the Roots at the Levitt Shell (@LevittShell)
Jimbo Mathus and the Tri-State Coalition, kicking off the Levitt Shell season at Overton Park on May 14, 2011 with a set of songs from his upcoming new album “Confederate Buddah” on Memphis International Records, out May 24. The crowd particularly enjoyed the eerily-prophetic “Cling to the Roots and You Won’t Wash Away” and “Too Much Water Under The Bridge”, which were both written more than a year BEFORE the Memphis flood!
Classie Ballou and Barbara Lynn at The Continental and RIP Eddie Bo
Al Kapone and Sir Vince and I all went to Jim’s Restaurant for breakfast, and then Al had to go downtown for an interview. Vince …
The Early Bird Catches the Breakfast in Beaumont, Record Hunting in Houston, and the First Day of SXSW in Austin
I ate breakfast in Beaumont at the Early Bird Cafe on Washington Boulevard, and then I drove west to Houston, stopping at Black Dog Records …