Kenny Brown Love In Vain-Live at @BealeStMusicFes #BSMF13
Mississippi blues musician Kenny Brown performs a Robert Johnson classic at the Beale Street Music Festival on Sunday afternoon, 5/5/13
Month: May 2013
Mississippi Bluesman Kenny Brown at the Southern Comfort Blues Shack @BealeStMusicFes #BSMF13
Mississippi bluesman Kenny Brown played in R. L. Burnside’s last band, and the blues legend used to tell people that he had adopted Kenny. But …
Fighting the Power with @PublicEnemyFTP @MrChuckD @FlavaFlav at @BealeStMusicFes #BSMF13
I had seen Public Enemy live in Austin last month at SXSW, but their Sunday afternoon appearance at the Beale Street Music Festival was a …
Al Kapone (@ALKaponeMemphis) Whoop That Trick- Live at @BealeStMusicFes
Memphis veteran Al Kapone performs perhaps his best-known song “Whoop That Trick” from the soundtrack to the movie Hustle and Flow at the Beale Street …
Al Kapone @ALKaponeMemphis Brand New Jewelry- Live @BealeStMusicFes
Memphis rapper Al Kapone performs for the hometown crowd at Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, 5/5/13
Al Kapone (@ALKaponeMemphis) Brings It Back to Where It All Began @BealeStMusicFes #BSMF13
In many ways, the emergence of Al Kapone in the early 1990’s corresponded to the rise of Memphis rap as a unique subgenre of hip-hop, …
Super Chikan Ain’t Nobody Bad Like My Baby Live at @BealeStMusicFes #BSMF13
Clarksdale veteran James Super Chikan Johnson performs a song at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, 5/4/13
James “Super Chikan” Johnson and The Fighting Cocks at the @BealeStMusicFes in Memphis #BSMF13
Clarksdale-based James “Super Chikan” Johnson is a nephew of the late Big Jack Johnson, and one of the last of a generation of authentic Delta …
Rocking the Riverfront with @JerryLeeLewis at @BealeStMusicFes #BSMF13
Jerry Lee Lewis is one of Memphis’ most enduring musical icons, one of the legendary early stars of rock and roll, who recorded at the …
Blind Mississippi Morris Baby, Scratch My Back-Live at @BealeStMusicFes #BSMF13
Blind Mississippi Morris performs his version of a Slim Harpo tune at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, 5/4/13