4/15/10: Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale
I drove down to Clarksdale last Thursday to meet up with Justin Showah, the owner of Hill Country Records, who was playing the opening night …
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4/8/10: Seaside’s Central Square Records
Seaside, Florida is a unique and charming “new town” along Florida’s Highway 30A corridor which is so popular with people from Memphis. Built according to …
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 …
3/20/2010: SXSW Day 4 Where They At Bounce Exhibit at Birdland Gallery Austin TX
On the fourth day of South by Southwest, I drove down from the hotel to a place called Cafe Java in a North Austin industrial …
3/19/2010: SXSW Day 3 Austin TX
My third SXSW day began at Magnolia Cafe for breakfast, and then I spent the bulk of the day going around to the various record …
10/23/09: I Am Music Workshop Day 1 St. Louis, MO
I had been invited to be a panelist at the I Am Music Workshop in St. Louis on Saturday, so I headed out early Friday …
10/05/09: Industry Influence in New Orleans LA
Mondays aren’t as bad if you’re fortunate enough to wake up in New Orleans, but it was still raining on and off, but “off” enough …
9/24/09: Palmetto Bluff/Charleston/Southeast Music & Entertainment Summit Day 1
After breakfast at the hotel, I spent the morning driving around to Savannah bookstores looking for a book on the civil rights movement in Savannah, …
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 …
7/7/09: Day 2 of C & M Record Pool in Mobile
Woke up to rain and thunderstorms that never seemed to let up. Ate breakfast at the Spot of Tea on Dauphin, and then made the …