Jazz & Laughs at the all-new Renaissance on Madison Avenue in Midtown Memphis (the old Antenna Club) 6/24/12
Night Clubs
Z-RO-King of the Ghetto-Memorial Day Weekend-Camden, AR
Z-Ro live at Club Ice, Camden, AR tonight 5/26/12
William Bollinger-You Can Lead Your Woman To The Altar
William Bollinger – You Can lead Your Woman to The Altar (by spinning45s)
William Bollinger was THE soul star of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, frequently performing at places like the Purple Crackle Club in East Cape Girardeau, Illinois, but he did most of his recording in Memphis, usually at Sounds of Memphis, which today is known as the House of Blues. Aside from a mention in the book Tales of an All-Night Town, which was largely about his outlaw brother James Bollinger and the town of Brooklyn, Illinois, Willie Bollinger has been largely forgotten since his death in 2003. Some interest in him has been aroused more recently as a result of the Ace/Kent reissues of XL/Sound of Memphis material, but a full CD-length retrospective of Bollinger’s work has yet to appear.Â
Touch of Soul Performing at Memphis Music Monday, Hard Rock Cafe, 2011
Touch of Soul performing at the Memphis Music Monday, Hard Rock Cafe, Beale Street, August 1, 2011.
The Lower End, Front Street, Mason TN, Summer 1991
Mason, Tennessee, Front Street, The Lower End, Summer 1991.Â
This was the summer that I was spending a lot of time in and around Mason and Gainesville, Tennessee. I had gotten some black and white film, and was having fun with my camera, and I was always fascinated by the “cafes” in Mason, as juke joints were called in those days. Of course, I had no idea back then that most of these buildings would be torn down and destroyed, so the pictures are maybe a little more important now than I had imagined.
Burnside Blues Cafe, Waterford MS
Burnside Blues Cafe, juke joint owned by the children of legendary Hill Country bluesman R. L. Burnside, May 21, 2011
3-19-2011 Last Day of SXSW
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3/18/11: Third Day of SXSW
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3/17/2011: Second Day of SXSW
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