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Memphis Music and Heritage Festival
Memphis Music and Heritage Festival

Copper Possum (@CopperPossum) is a Memphis band influenced by blues and hillbilly music, frequently performing around the Mid-South. Saturday they performed on the Gayoso stage at the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival. You can learn more about Copper Possum (including where they’ll be playing next) on their website at http://copperpossum.weebly.com/. Or like them on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/copperpossum/info or follow them on Twitter at https://twitter.com/copperpossum.

Copper Possum (@CopperPossum) is a Memphis band influenced by blues and hillbilly music, frequently performing around the Mid-South. Saturday they performed on the Gayoso stage at the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival. You can learn more about Copper Possum (including where they’ll be playing next) on their website at http://copperpossum.weebly.com/. Or like them on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/copperpossum/info or follow them on Twitter at https://twitter.com/copperpossum.

Memphis Music and Heritage Festival, 9/1/12

Memphis Music and Heritage Festival, 9/1/12

Tune C With The Sanctuary Jazz Orchestra at Memphis Music and Heritage Festival, 2012

The Sanctuary Jazz Orchestra is one of Memphis’ longest-running jazz big bands in the city. Led by veteran trumpeter Johnny Yancey, the band plays a repertoire that includes works by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Oliver Nelson and Thad Jones, as well as occasional songs from Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder or Marvin Gaye. At the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival, the band collaborated with Memphis rap artist Tune C on a version of the Allen Toussaint classic “Get Out My Life Woman.” Like the Sanctuary Jazz Orchestra at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Johnny-Yancey-And-The-Sanctuary-Jazz-Orchestra/142769415789222.