Wiz Kalifa had the final performance at the Beale Street Music Festival this year, and he brought Juicy J onto the stage with him to do a couple of songs, including the classic Memphis rap anthem “Slob On My Knob.” As they performed, lightning and thunder began to approach the festival from across the river.
Bush performing at the Beale Street Music Festival, 5/6/12
Beale Street Music Festival sunset, Memphis, 5/6/12
The Blues Tent is the only place in the Beale Street Music Festival where fans have access to the Mississippi River, and in the late evening, beautiful sunsets like this one go great with good blues music.
Blues legend Charlie Musselwhite performing at the FedEx Blues Tent at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, 5/6/12
Beale Street Music Festival, Memphis, 5/6/12
Michael Franti & Spearhead, Beale Street Music Festival, Memphis, 5/6/12
Kenny Brown and Duwayne Burnside, Beale Street Music Festival, Memphis, 5/6/12
Hill Country bluesman Kenny Brown grew up near Mississippi Joe Callicutt in Desoto County, and was eventually mentored by the late R.L. Burnside. He has been tireless in his effort to preserve the Hill Country Blues tradition, not only through his performances and recordings but through he and his wife’s organization of the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic which is held in Marshall County, Mississippi each June. Here Kenny and Duwayne Burnside perform at the Southern Comfort Blues Shack at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, 5/6/12. You can purchase Kenny Brown’s most recent album “Can’t Stay Long” here: http://devildownrecords.com/
Alvin Youngblood Hart performs in the FedEx Blues Tent at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, 5/6/12
