Failed and Forgotten Dreams on Jackson’s Farish Street
Every Southern city had at least one “pleasure street” in its Black community, where there were night clubs, restaurants and large arenas for public gatherings. …
Every Southern city had at least one “pleasure street” in its Black community, where there were night clubs, restaurants and large arenas for public gatherings. …
A good example of how the Southern Komfort Brass Band fuses New Orleans’ tradition with that of Mississippi is this cover of R. L. Burnside’s …
The Southern Komfort Brass Band perform a Dirty Dozen Brass Band standard at their Underground 119 gig in Jackson on Friday 4/19/13
The Southern Komfort Brass Band performs a combination of the Isley Brothers’ “Between the Sheets” and Notorious B.I.G.’s “Big Poppa” at their gig at Underground …
The Southern Komfort Brass Band performs for the crowd at Underground 119 in Jackson, Mississippi on Friday 4/19/13
When I saw that something called the Southern Komfort Brass Band was playing at Underground 119 in Jackson, Mississippi, I decided to drive down from …
I have often wondered why West Tennessee has less of a blues culture than North Mississippi. Aside from bluesmen associated with Memphis like Gus Cannon …
On Wednesday night, I drove down to Beale Street because I saw that Chris McDaniels was performing at Mr. Handy’s Blues Hall, a small, juke-joint-like …
Memphis blues singer Nate Dogg covers Arkansas bluesman Calvin Leavy’s biggest hit on a Sunday night at BJ’s Secret juke joint in the Beltline neighborhood …
Memphis blues singer Nate Dogg performs the familiar blues tune “Hoochie Coochie Man” at BJ’s Secret in the Beltline neighborhood of Memphis. The club features …