Memphis Jones (@theMemphisJones) performs Memphis standards for the crowd at Soulsville for the Stax to the Max street party in South Memphis, 4/28/12
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At the Stax to the Max Soulsville Street Festival, Memphis TN, 4/28/12
The Stax Museum of American Soul Music sponsored a Soulsville street festival on Saturday 4/28/12 called Stax to the Max, held on the parking lot behind the museum and Stax Music Academy in South Memphis. The event featured a live music stage, as well as kids’ activities, food and vendors’ booths, and got under way about noon with the LeMoyne-Owen College Concert Choir on the main stage.Â
The Stax Academy and Soulsville Charter School operate in the South Memphis neighborhood where Stax Records was located. The Academy trains young people to be musicians, while the charter school is a publically-funded high school. The Stax Academy drumline was in Clarksdale during Juke Joint Festival warming up for their performance on the Delta Blues Museum Stage.Â
In South Memphis Saturday morning April 7, I stumbled accidentally upon this Bikers and Social Clubs 4 Change rally, where a gospel rap concert was in progress. #MemphisRising
The rapper No Soda put in some promo work last Saturday at the Sophisticated Divas jamboree in South Memphis
Celebrating the Legacy of Willie Mitchell and Royal Studios
A crowd stands around the historic marker for Willie Mitchell and Royal Studios in South Memphis, March 1, 2012
Historic Marker Dedication for Willie Mitchell’s Royal Studios, South Memphis
At the unveiling of the historic marker for Willie Mitchell and Royal Studios, South Memphis, March 1, 2012
At the historical marker dedication for Willie Mitchell and Royal Studios, South Memphis, March 1, 2012
At the historical marker dedication for Willie Mitchell and Royal Studios, South Memphis, March 1, 2012