On Saturday November 3, 2012 I drove down to Huntsville, Alabama to see the Alabama A & M/Southern University game. It was warm, and a perfect day for football, but unfortunately, Southern didn’t bring their famous Human Jukebox band with them, so there was no band battle.
I have been a fan of the music of Kurt Weill for many years, so this past Friday night at the Westin Hotel lobby in Memphis, my jazz trio played this seldom-heard Kurt Weill tune called “This Is New.” Through an odd coincidence for me as a Grambling fan, the lobby was packed to the walls because of a Grambling alumni mixer. Monte Butts is on bass, and George “G-Smoove” Taylor is on the drums.
It’s a lovely night out on this patio (at Connors Steak & Seafood)
Alvie Givhan, King’s Palace Cafe, Memphis, 11/02/12. Alvie is the son of Richard Givhan, who cut two 45 singles for Select-O-Hits’ Philwood label in early 1970’s. (at King’s Palace Cafe)
Renardo Ward and friends at King’s Palace Cafe, Memphis, 11/02/12 (at King’s Palace Cafe)
On Tuesday October 30, 2012, the Memphis Rock and Soul Museum (a Smithsonian institution) held a reception to honor the Memphis Horns at the opening of the Horn of Plenty exhibit in the museum. Sadly, Andrew Love passed away in April, but his family members were present, and Wayne Jackson was present. John Hornyak of the Memphis Recording Academy chapter and Memphis Mayor A. C. Wharton spoke. This was the most recent event in a year that has seen a flurry of belated honors for Memphis musicians.Â
