my homie Omar singing “Police in Helicopter” (warming up) / Memphis, TN / Levitt Shell / BRISTERFEST 2012
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Memphis Jones (@theMemphisJones) performs Memphis standards for the crowd at Soulsville for the Stax to the Max street party in South Memphis, 4/28/12
At the Stax to the Max Soulsville Street Festival, Memphis TN, 4/28/12
Both of these blues legends recorded with Sam Phillips at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee back in the 50’s! Like I always say: I don’t care WHAT you’re into- WELCOME HOME, MUSIC LOVER!
Why don’tcha just take yourself a stone cold break and settle into a late 70’s groove with The Thrill Is Gone!
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#008 LeMoyne-Owen College Concert Choir-I’ve Been ‘Buked.MOV (by jdoggtn7)
The LeMoyne-Owen College Concert Choir opens the Stax to the Max Soulsville Street Festival in Memphis on Saturday 4/28/12
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#006 LeMoyne-Owen College Concert Choir-I’m Gonna Sing.MOV (by jdoggtn7)
The LeMoyne-Owen College Concert Choir opens the Stax to the Max Soulsville Street Festival in Memphis on Saturday 4/28/12
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#005 LeMoyne-Owen College Concert Choir.MOV (by jdoggtn7)
The LeMoyne-Owen College Concert Choir opens the Stax to the Max Soulsville Street Festival in Memphis on Saturday 4/28/12
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The Stax Museum of American Soul Music sponsored a Soulsville street festival on Saturday 4/28/12 called Stax to the Max, held on the parking lot behind the museum and Stax Music Academy in South Memphis. The event featured a live music stage, as well as kids’ activities, food and vendors’ booths, and got under way about noon with the LeMoyne-Owen College Concert Choir on the main stage.
Double Decker Arts Festival, Oxford MS, Friday, 4/27/12
Evening on the Square in Oxford, MS
On Friday, 4/27/12, I drove down to Oxford to pay a visit to the new End of All Music record store, and as it was the kickoff evening for the Double Decker Arts Festival, I parked near the square and hung around for awhile. The upstairs balconies that give the festival its name were full of people, as it was a lovely evening outside. Walking into Square Books, I found an interesting book by Elijah Wald about the history of the African-American verbal ritual the Dozens, and then I grabbed a dinner at Soulshine Pizza Factory before heading back to Memphis for my jazz gig at the Westin Hotel.