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
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Larry McCray live at the FedEx Blues Tent at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, 5/5/12
Traditional bluesman Blind Mississippi Morris performs on the Southern Comfort Blues Shack stage at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, 5/5/12
Memphis’ own Victor Wainwright (@WainwrightVic) opens the second day of Beale Street Music Festival at the FedEx Blues Tent. Keep up with tourdates and more at http://www.facebook.com/victorwainwright or http://www.facebook.com/victorwainwrightfanpage or http://www.wildrootsrecords.com/.
Opening the Beale Street Music Fest 2012 with the North Mississippi Allstars
Luther and Cody Dickinson are sons of legendary Memphis producer Jim Dickinson, and they are the driving force behind the North Mississippi All-Stars. The rich Hill Country Blues legacy of Junior Kimbrough and R. L. Burnside and the fife-and-drum band music of Otha Turner all have contributed heavily to the All-Stars sound, and while the band is very much a Mississippi entity, it is also a Memphis one, and there is no more appropriate act to open the Beale Street Music Festival.Â
Daddy Mack Blues Band Live at the Center for Southern Folklore, Memphis, 2012
The Daddy Mack Blues Band is one of Memphis’ most popular modern blues bands, performing around the city at places like the Center for Southern Folklore. They record for the Memphis-based Inside Sounds label, and released their most recent album Pay the Piper in March.Â
Rain disrupted the first day of Africa in April in downtown Memphis on Friday April 20, but there was still a small crowd in Handy Park listening to the usual blues band.Â
Roosevelt Robinson at DJ Hype’s Rhythm & Blues #jukejointfest 2012
I ended my Juke Joint Fest 2012 at DJ Hype’s Rhythm and Blues, a venue in North Clarksdale, far removed from the downtown area. The Roosevelt Robinson Blues Band from Jackson was on stage, performing for a small crowd that included some folks from Sweden.Â
Louis “Gearshifter” Youngblood at Club 2000 #jukejointfest 2012
Louis “Gearshifter” Youngblood performing at Club 2000, Juke Joint Festival, Clarksdale, MS, 4/14/12
Eddie C. Campbell Performing at #jukejointfest 2012
Eddie C. Campbell performing at The Bank, Juke Joint Festival, Clarksdale MS, 4/14/12