No Depression dusted off this 2003 article today. There’s a pretty good history of Stax Records in the article, as well as descriptions of some of the best spots in town. What I really admire though, is the author’s attempt at writing about Memphis as a social phenomenon, or the city’s ”sense of place.” Many people struggle to capture the character [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘gospel’
December 11, 2008
OA Book of Great Music Writing
You know it, you love it, you wait for it every year in your mailbox…The Oxford American Music issue. Then every year some goose steals the magazine, or you leave it in a rental car, or the subscription your old boyfriend gave you runs out just before this issue. (That weasel.) Now [...]
December 9, 2008
Delta Dream Express
Key Surgery
Mr. Jackson Returns
Tootie’s Turn
Po’ Teddy and Betty Boop
Farm near Rolling Fork, Mississippi
Click here. And click on the first song. Then come back here.
Now click here.
Listen and look.
September 3, 2008
American Dream Safari
I think this sounds grand. American Dream Safari tours leave out of Memphis daily in a restored ‘55 Cadillac, and include: Delta Day Trip (“Highway 61 blues and blacktop”); Yards, Gardens, and Architecture (in Memphis); Juke Joint Full of Blues (good way to hit the town and cut loose, fee includes entrance to three clubs); Drive by [...]
