9/23/09: Lulu’s Chocolate Bar in Savannah
I spent the better part of the day driving from Memphis across Alabama and Georgia, at one point not certain whether I-20 would be open …
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8/30/09: Breakfast at Russell’s Marina Grill
There was to be one final conference event, a brunch and lecture by Stax soul man William Bell that I would have liked to have …
8/29/09: Soul Is Waterproof
Today was my busiest speaking day at the conference, so I didn’t have time to leave the Quarter breakfast. Instead, my friend Rico Brooks and …
8/28/09: Heading Way Uptown
I decided to eat breakfast at a place called the Oak Street Cafe, which was in the far uptown neighborhood of Carrollton, so I walked …
8/27/09: Nuthin But Fire Records, Snowballs and Preservation Hall
Restaurants in the Quarter are expensive, so I drove out to a place called the River Cafe in Harahan that had received good reviews on …
8/26/09: Lean Times In Fat City
Breakfast was at Panera Bread, and then I headed out to New Orleans for the Cutting Edge Music Business Conference, but I stopped in Jackson …
8/16/09: RIP Jim Dickinson
Breakfast with Charlie Braxton and two of his sons at Broad Street Baking Company. Then I drove back to Memphis, but detoured into Water Valley …
8/15/09: Ya Heard Me Conference Day 2 in Jackson MS/Kevin Powell’s Keynote Speech
Breakfast at Primo’s in Ridgeland (always good), and then I headed out to the flea market in Pearl to look for old records and Jackson …
8/14/09: Ya Heard Me Conference in Jackson MS Day 1
Breakfast at Panera Bread in Memphis, and then I headed out to Jackson, Mississippi for the Ya Heard Me-Meanings In Hip-Hop Culture conference at Jackson …
7/8/09: Mobile to Gulfport Along Highway 90
After checking out of the hotel, I drove to Dick Russell’s Bar-B-Que in Tillman’s Corner for breakfast, then headed west out I-10 to Escatawpa. In …