Old 97’s, Beale Street Music Festival, Memphis, 5/6/12
Noted musicologist Dr. David Evans is also a first-rate blues performer, and on Sunday, he opened the Southern Comfort Blues Shack at the Beale Street Music Festival, along with Elmo Lee Thomas of Elmo and the Shades.
The Alexis P. Suter band performs at the FedEx Blues Tent during the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, 5/6/12
Beale Street Music Festival, Tom Lee Park, Memphis, 5/6/12
Memphis rap artist SP performs on the Memphis Light Gas & Water stage on Beale Street during the Beale Street Music Festival, 5/6/12
World-famous Beale Street, Memphis, 5/6/12
Jason Da Hater performs on the Memphis Light Gas & Water stage on Beale Street during the Beale Street Music Festival, Sunday, 5/6/12
Albert King Mural in Center Alley, Downtown Memphis
This really cool painting of Albert King can be found in Center Alley between Union Avenue and Monroe Avenue in downtown Memphis. Although there is no attribution on it, it looks like Lamar Sorrento’s work. #MemphisRising
The Center For Southern Folklore, Memphis
The Center For Southern Folklore is a cool blues venue and shop in downtown Memphis. It’s a great place to hear live blues, soul, jazz or gospel, enjoy a cold beverage or purchase books and CDs about Memphis music and history.
Memphis musicians performing on the stage in front of MLG&W during the Beale Street Music Festival, 5/5/12