Hattiesburg blues musician Wes Lee has a following in the Southern part of Mississippi, but this was my first time encountering him at Juke Joint Festival. He played a version of the traditional spiritual “John The Revelator” AKA “The Book of the Seven Seals” , which caught my attention because I had just heard a quartet version of it on Spotify a few days before.
Stax to the Max Soulsville Street Festival in South Memphis @StaxMuseum @StaxRecords
The last Saturday of April in Memphis is always one of the biggest days of the year for festivals and events, including the On Location: …