The Young Willie Mitchell and Ruben Cherry’s Home of the Blues Records
Apparently Stomper Time Records (UK) is going to begin to document the superb and short-lived Home of the Blues label that Ruben Cherry and Celia …
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A Quiet Easter Afternoon in Como
After Easter morning services at my church, Easter Sunday proved to be dull indeed. I have no relatives in Memphis, my best friend had to …
Sir Michael Rocks (@SirMichaelRocks) of @thecoolkids at The Main @SXSW 2013 @1OFFENTGROUP
When I got back to The Main and walked inside, Sir Michael Rocks of The Cool Kids was up on stage performing. His upcoming solo …
4/7/10: C. Wakeley’s Gainesville Music Summit
My homeboy C. Wakeley had invited me to Gainesville, Florida for his annual Gainesville Music Summit, which was held on a Wednesday, so I had …
A Scenic Breakfast and an Afternoon at Pensacola Beach
I went to breakfast at Scenic 90 Cafe, but was somewhat disappointed, as they had quit serving hashbrowns and only had potatoes simmered with onions. …
The Reewine Radio Summit in Pensacola
En route to Pensacola, Florida for the Reewine Radio Music Summit, I stopped at T-Bone’s Records in Hattiesburg to leave them with posters for our …
Storms and Tornadoes Disrupt the Urban Network Summit in Memphis
I got up early and ate breakfast downtown at the Marriott because the panel I was to speak on at the Urban Music Summit was …
The Early Bird Catches the Breakfast in Beaumont, Record Hunting in Houston, and the First Day of SXSW in Austin
I ate breakfast in Beaumont at the Early Bird Cafe on Washington Boulevard, and then I drove west to Houston, stopping at Black Dog Records …
A Rap Music Conference and Showcase in the Mississippi Delta
I had been asked to speak at a music conference in Leland, so, although winter weather was being predicted for Memphis, I headed out driving …
A Breakfast at Tucker’s in Over-The-Rhine and the Kymp Kamp Music Conference Meets in Louisville
Tucker’s Restaurant was in a rough-and-tumble ‘hood called Over The Rhine, and the endless blocks of vacant board-ups were anything but reassuring as I parked …