Hip Hop and a Live Band at the Hip-Hop Lounge in Memphis
Saturday night January 17th, my homeboy Donnon Johnson called me and told me to come to the Hip Hop Lounge on Raleigh-Lagrange Road in Northeast …
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Friday Night Jazz at the Westin Hotel Lobby in Memphis
While Jazz goes on frequently (Tuesdays and Sundays) at The Cove in Binghamton, it also has been going on every other Friday at the Westin …
A Great Brisket Sandwich At Simon’s Fish Camp in Bolivar
I had to travel to Bolivar on a Saturday to play music for a renewal of vows ceremony, and afterwards, I was hungry. I don’t …
On the Patio with Joshua McCain and the Soul Seven at the Greyhound
After I walked up to the Dollar General Store on the Main Street Mall to buy batteries for my camera, I was closer to Union …
Suavo J and the M-Town Band at Alley Dayz in Downtown Memphis
Originally, I had just planned to go downtown and see my friends Joshua McCain and the Soul Seven, who were playing at a bar called …
75 Years of Hollering “Goat” in Tate County, Mississippi: Blues and Fife and Drum
For 75 years, there has been a Labor Day picnic in Tate County, Mississippi, featuring barbecued goat and fife and drum music. The tradition was …
Remembering Como Bluesman R. L. Boyce in Como Park
Como, Mississippi bluesman R. L. Boyce knew Fred McDowell, Otha Turner and Rainey Burnett personally, and was the last of a generation of bluesmen. Like …
A Blues Yard Party in Memphis’s Castalia Neighborhood
Memphis gets a bad reputation from news sources that choose to amplify every crime and violent incident, no matter how trivial. The actual culture of …
Good Bar Food and Fun at Senatobia’s New Woodchucks Bar
Senatobia, Mississippi is a lot bigger than its nearest neighbor to the south, Como, and it is a county seat and college town. But it …
Bull Day in Covington’s Frazier Park-A Day of Peace and Community
Orlandus “Bull” Cobbins of Covington, Tennessee was only 29 years old when he was senselessly murdered at a relative’s home by two men who wanted …