9/26/09: Southeast Music & Entertainment Summit Day 3/Dinner at Captain Dave’s in Murrells Inlet
Saturday I had a lot more SMES events, including two panels to participate in, but I did manage to get down to Murrells Inlet for …
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9/24/09: Palmetto Bluff/Charleston/Southeast Music & Entertainment Summit Day 1
After breakfast at the hotel, I spent the morning driving around to Savannah bookstores looking for a book on the civil rights movement in Savannah, …
9/23/09: Lulu’s Chocolate Bar in Savannah
I spent the better part of the day driving from Memphis across Alabama and Georgia, at one point not certain whether I-20 would be open …
8/30/09: Breakfast at Russell’s Marina Grill
There was to be one final conference event, a brunch and lecture by Stax soul man William Bell that I would have liked to have …
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 …
8/15/09: 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 …
8/14/09: Ya Heard Me Conference in Jackson MS Day 1
Breakfast at Panera Bread in Memphis, and then I headed out to Jackson, Mississippi for the Ya Heard Me-Meanings In Hip-Hop Culture conference at Jackson …
7/8/09: Mobile to Gulfport Along Highway 90
After checking out of the hotel, I drove to Dick Russell’s Bar-B-Que in Tillman’s Corner for breakfast, then headed west out I-10 to Escatawpa. In …
7/7/09: Day 2 of C & M Record Pool in Mobile
Woke up to rain and thunderstorms that never seemed to let up. Ate breakfast at the Spot of Tea on Dauphin, and then made the …
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 …