All kinds of Memphis music was represented at the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival. Here an indie rock/jam band performs for a handful due to the continuing showers
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All kinds of Memphis music was represented at the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival. Here an indie rock/jam band performs for a handful due to the continuing showers
Rain from Tropical Storm Lee made the second day of the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival a wash-out, but there was some great music anyway. The kids from the Stax Music Academy were on the stage when I got there.
Rain from Tropical Storm Lee made the second day of the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival a wash-out, but there was some great music anyway. The kids from the Stax Music Academy were on the stage when I got there.
The Bell Singers are another Memphis gospel group which is always a crowd favorite at the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival.
Howard Grimes, Scott Bomar and Archie Turner at the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival, 2011
Scott Bomar of the Bo-Keys backstage with Archie Turner of Black Rock and legendary drummer Howard Grimes from Hi Rhythm, at the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival, September 3, 2011
I had not heard of the Anointed Cowan Sisters, but another festival-goer told me they were not to be missed, and he was right. African-American gospel music is at the root of both early rock-and-roll and Memphis soul, and the Anointed Cowan Sisters and their band are both outstanding.
I had not heard of the Anointed Cowan Sisters, but another festival-goer told me they were not to be missed, and he was right. African-American gospel music is at the root of both early rock-and-roll and Memphis soul, and the Anointed Cowan Sisters and their band are both outstanding.
I truthfully don’t know why this group is named the Plantation All-Stars, but they are well-known for performing on Beale Street and are a decent blues band, at least judging from yesterday’s performance at the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival.