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Opening the Beale Street Music Fest 2012 with the North Mississippi Allstars
Luther and Cody Dickinson are sons of legendary Memphis producer Jim Dickinson, and they are the driving force behind the North Mississippi All-Stars. The rich Hill Country Blues legacy of Junior Kimbrough and R. L. Burnside and the fife-and-drum band music of Otha Turner all have contributed heavily to the All-Stars sound, and while the band is very much a Mississippi entity, it is also a Memphis one, and there is no more appropriate act to open the Beale Street Music Festival.
Al Kapone (@ALKaponeMemphis) Live at the Pop-Up Arts Festival, Melrose Stadium, Orange Mound, 2012
Al Kapone (@ALKaponeMemphis) is one of the founders of Memphis rap, and a man who has contributed generously and selflessly to the Memphis music industry. Among his accomplishments is being one of the first rap artists to perform with a symphony orchestra. At the Pop-Up Arts Festival in Orange Mound last Sunday, Kapone performed a brief excerpt of his longer performance with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and the jook dancers from the U Dig Dance Academy. It was a great ending to a great day in Orange Mound.
Memphis Black Arts Alliance Jazz-A-Fire Quartet
Jazz-A-Fire is the jazz ensemble of the Memphis Black Arts Alliance in South Memphis. It includes such great Memphis musicians as trumpeter Nokie Taylor, drummer James Sexton, pianist Steven Lee and bassist Kent Suggs, and runs a monthly jam session at the Alliance headquarters on Bellevue. Here they are performing for the crowd at Melrose Stadium during the Pop-Up Arts Festival in Orange Mound, 4/29/12
William Bell Backstage With a Fan at Soulsville
William Bell backstage with a fan after the Soulsville Street Festival in South Memphis 4/28/12
William Bell and The Bo-Keys-I Forgot To Be Your Lover-Live at Soulsville Festival @StaxRecords @ElectraphonicRecords
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William Bell performs his biggest hit on the Stax to the Max stage at the Soulsville Street Festival in South Memphis, 4/28/12
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William Bell Performing at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Memphis, 2012
William Bell returns to the neighborhood where it all began on Saturday 4/28/12 at the Stax to the Max Soulsville Street Festival, backed by Memphis’ own Bo-Keys, with the sun setting in the west. A supreme end to a truly awesome day in Memphis.
Gary Goins at the Stax to the Max Soulsville Festival 2012 @StaxRecords
Gary Goins takes the stage late in the afternoon at the Stax to the Max Soulsville Street Festival in South Memphis, 4/28/12
William Bollinger-You Can Lead Your Woman To The Altar
William Bollinger – You Can lead Your Woman to The Altar (by spinning45s)
William Bollinger was THE soul star of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, frequently performing at places like the Purple Crackle Club in East Cape Girardeau, Illinois, but he did most of his recording in Memphis, usually at Sounds of Memphis, which today is known as the House of Blues. Aside from a mention in the book Tales of an All-Night Town, which was largely about his outlaw brother James Bollinger and the town of Brooklyn, Illinois, Willie Bollinger has been largely forgotten since his death in 2003. Some interest in him has been aroused more recently as a result of the Ace/Kent reissues of XL/Sound of Memphis material, but a full CD-length retrospective of Bollinger’s work has yet to appear.
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Daddy Mack Blues Band Live at the Center for Southern Folklore, Memphis, 2012
The Daddy Mack Blues Band is one of Memphis’ most popular modern blues bands, performing around the city at places like the Center for Southern Folklore. They record for the Memphis-based Inside Sounds label, and released their most recent album Pay the Piper in March.