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.
STAX TO THE MAX: A SOULSVILLE STREET FESTIVAL! 04/28/2012 12:00pm STAX TO THE MAX IS BACK! A SOULSVILLE STREET FESTIVAL TO CELEBRATE 11 YEARS OF THE …
William Bollinger – You Can lead Your Woman to The Altar (by spinning45s)
William Bollinger was THE soul star of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, frequently performing at places like the Purple Crackle Club in East Cape Girardeau, Illinois, but he did most of his recording in Memphis, usually at Sounds of Memphis, which today is known as the House of Blues. Aside from a mention in the book Tales of an All-Night Town, which was largely about his outlaw brother James Bollinger and the town of Brooklyn, Illinois, Willie Bollinger has been largely forgotten since his death in 2003. Some interest in him has been aroused more recently as a result of the Ace/Kent reissues of XL/Sound of Memphis material, but a full CD-length retrospective of Bollinger’s work has yet to appear.
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.
#88 Memphis Elite Drumline and Majorettes.MOV (by jdoggtn7)
The Memphis Elite drummers and majorettes perform at the Ole Skool Majorette and Drummer Jamboree in Memphis, 4/21/12
The Ole Skool Majorette and Drummer Jamboree was held Saturday night at the Cook Convention Center in downtown Memphis. Unlike many of the jamborees I have been to this year, this one was more like the good jamborees I remember from my youth, with the majorettes working out to drummers’ beats instead of compact discs. The event opened with Triggaman and Bugs Can Can (AKA The Showboys) leading everyone in gangsta walking to the old-school anthem “Triggaman.” 4/21/12 #MemphisRising
AutoZone Park was the home of Memphis Brewfest on Saturday, 4/21/12
Beale Street, Memphis TN, 4/21/12
The Millennium Madness majorettes and drummers were gathered on the grassy field beside Martin Luther King Jr Avenue rehearsing and performing during Africa in April in Memphis 4/21/12
Africa in April is held every year in Memphis’ Church Park just outside the Beale Street Historic District. It is a festival of vendors, food and live music celebrating a different African nation each year. 4/21/12
