Wanting Their Cake and Eating It Too
It’s absolutely amazing to watch a lot of suburban and out-of-town residents object to the renaming of Confederate-themed parks in a overwhelmingly Black city that …
Come Downtown, Pay to Park and Get Robbed-Or Why Memphis Needs New Leaders
Recently the Commercial-Appeal printed an editorial about soon-to-be-implemented changes that are coming to downtown parking. The newspaper gleefully reported as progress that Memphis will replace …
Paul Taylor & Blooz Emergency “Please Read My Mind”
The Blooz Emergency plays a Memphis-soul-tinged original at the Memphis Blues Showcase at the Rum Boogie Cafe, 2/2/13
John Saint Holiday and Friends at the Memphis Blues Showcase, Rum Boogie Cafe
John Saint Holiday was a new name for me, but his band of all-stars, thrown together for the occasion, provided some of the best blues …
Paul Taylor and Blooz Emergency at the Memphis Blues Showcase, Rum Boogie Cafe
Coinciding with the International Blues Challenge, the Rum Boogie Cafe on Beale Street sponsored a Memphis Blues Showcase on Saturday, featuring an afternoon and evening …
Vince Johnson and the Plantation All-Stars at Handy Park, Memphis
Vince Johnson and the Plantation All-Stars perform Saturday afternoon on the outdoor stage at Handy Park on Beale Street despite the cold weather. Saturday was …
Dancing on Beale Street
A group of folks just start randomly dancing on the sidewalk on Beale Street in downtown Memphis on the final day of the International Blues …
International Blues Challenge Finals at the Orpheum, Memphis
Winter can slow things down in downtown Memphis, as it gets really cold here in January and February. February, however, brings the International Blues Challenge, …
Diva Time Community Steppers Jamboree at Elliston, 2/2/13
This Saturday I went to my first majorette jamboree of the new year, the Diva Time Community Steppers Memphis Sound Showcase at the Elliston Baptist …
Potomac River view, Harpers Ferry, WV
On the way back from Baltimore to Memphis, we passed through the little town of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, known primarily for John Brown’s raid …