by Joe Spake on September 8, 2009
What better way to close out Summer and move into Fall than the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival? Great Music! Great Food! and lots of fun had by all. I didn’t get to the outside stages much, as managing the Folklore Hall Stage kept me busy, but everyone who I talked with was awestruck by [...]
by Joe Spake on September 6, 2009
Oh, have I mentioned the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival? Today, Sunday 9/6 is the last day, but what a day it will be: Rockabilly, folk, funk, soul, hip-hop, mariachi, dance, food demos, and much, much more, and it’s free. Come on Downtown and check it out. Click here forPrintable 1-page schedule I started a [...]
by Joe Spake on September 4, 2009
Wondering what to do with your Labor Day Weekend in Memphis? If you follow this blog or my other social media posts, you know where I’ll be. If you are going to be in Memphis over the weekend DO NOT MISS the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival Downtown, the annual multi-cultural, multi-art form even produced [...]
by Joe Spake on August 31, 2009
Wondering what to do with your Labor Day Weekend in Memphis? If you follow this blog or my other social media posts, you know where I’ll be. If you are going to be in Memphis over the weekend DO NOT MISS the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival Downtown, the annual multi-cultural, multi-art form even produced [...]
by Joe Spake on August 27, 2009
So what’s this Memphis Music and Heritage Festival thing? It’s the Bo-Keys, Jason D. Williams, Bobby Rush, Amy LeVere, Giant Bear, Paul Taylor, Al Kapone, Eddie Bond, Joyce Cobb, Kate Campbell, Daddy Mack, Susan Marshall, and Gary Topper for starters. It’s been one of Memphis’ best kept secrets in the past, but there is really [...]
by Joe Spake on August 20, 2009
No other event represents the rich musical heritage of this region better than the Memphis Music & Heritage Festival. You’ll see and hear the Mid-South’s best singers and musicians performing traditional blues, rockabilly, country, bluegrass, klezmer, soul, jazz, gospel and that good old sweet soul music. But the Festival is much more than just a [...]
by Joe Spake on August 15, 2009
I am certainly unqualified to write any kind of eulogy for Jim Dickinson. I only knew him from the point of view of a fan. I learned “Louise” from his amazing 1972 Dixie Fried album, which is in my top 10 records of all time. I saw Mudboy and the Neutrons whenever I heard they [...]
by Joe Spake on July 11, 2009
I don’t know if there is another festival in the world that brings together the diversity of talent we experience every Labor Day weekend at the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival. The festival features big-name acts on multiple stages, all in a tight venue at South Main and Peabody Place. On September 5 and 6, [...]
by Joe Spake on July 8, 2009
All you traveling musicians should get a kick out of this video Seems that this song was based on an all too true story. – In the spring of 2008, Sons of Maxwell were traveling to Nebraska for a one-week tour and Dave’s Taylor guitar was witnessed being thrown by United Airlines… Read full story [...]
by Joe Spake on March 23, 2009
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