Thumbing through a Rolling Stone the other day in the barber shop and ran across this year’s list of music festivals. Memphis is probably best known for the Beale Street Music Festival which kicks off Memphis in Mud May every year, but there 3 fine festivals close by that bring in music fans from all [...]
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Yesterday, with friends from Memphis’ Social Media Expedition, I participated in a road trip to visit the sites related to the murder of Emmett Till in 1955. Till’s death and the subsequent acquittal of his killers was a monumental event in the then young civil rights movement.The Emmett Till Memorial Commission of Tallahatchie County, MS [...]
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Blues lovers, please noteMemphis Author, Tom Graves, has just published a definitive book on Robert Johnson :Crossroads: The Life and Afterlife of Blues Legend Robert JohnsonAvailble locally or on Amazon.Check it out before your next trip down Hwy 61. Crossroads: The Life and Afterlife of Blues Legend Robert Johnson Facebook LinkedIn Twitter
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