Dr. David Evans at the End of Summer Festival at Otha’s Place, Senatobia, 7/27/13
Dr. David Evans, a professor emeritus at the University of Memphis, is one of the foremost ethnomusicologists in the country, but he is also a …
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Sharde Thomas and the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band Live at Otha’s Place, 7/27/13
At any blues event, the arrival of Sharde Thomas and the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band holds the crowd’s attention, and nowhere is this …
82-Year Old Bluesman Leo Welch at Otha Turner’s Place, Senatobia, 7/27/13
I had never heard of Leo Welch before yesterday, but when the elderly man got on stage, he announced that he had been born in …
D J Fitzgerald Band Live at Otha’s Place, Senatobia, 7/27/13
I had not heard of the D J Fitzgerald Band until yesterday at SHarde Thomas’ End of Summer Party at Otha’s Place in Senatobia, but …
End of Summer Festival at Otha Turner’s Place, Gravel Springs, Senatobia MS, 7/27/13
Otha Turner’s granddaughter Sharde Thomas sponsored an End of Summer Festival yesterday at Otha’s Place on O. B. McClinton Road at Gravel Springs, which is …
Mike Mosby’s Hard Hitters Band Live at the Princeton Experience at Zodiac Restaurant, Hickory Hill, Memphis, 7/26/13
Memphis drummer Michael Mosby returned to Memphis after a stint in Atlanta, and has since put together one of the city’s best bands, the Hard …
Duwayne Burnside Live at Foxfire Ranch, Waterford MS, 7/21/13
On Sunday, July 21st, I was driving back from Atlanta to Memphis, and while I stopped at O’Henry’s Coffee in Homewood, Alabama for a latte, …
The Nerve DJ’s 10th Anniversary at the Crowe’s Nest in College Park, Atlanta
The Nerve DJs are a Cleveland, Ohio-based coalition, but they decided to hold their 10th Anniversary weekend in Atlanta, Georgia, and I was an invited …
Backstage After The Show at the @LevittShell @Grammy365
Backstage was sheer pandemonium after the Recording Academy concert at the Levitt Shell. It was also as hot as an oven, but performers and some …
The Performers Take Final Bows at The Recording Academy’s 40th Anniversary @Grammy365 @LevittShell
At the end of a wonderful evening of commemorating 40 years of The Recording Academy in Memphis at the Levitt Shell, all of the evening’s …