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Booker Teeeee? Yessireeee!
If you’re a Memphis soul fan (which is everyone I’m pretty sure..) here’s 2 records straight out of Soulsville South Memphis that you need to check out over the weekend.
First up is McLemore Ave. from 1970 on STAX
Booker T Jones was blown away by Abbey Road when it hit, so he convened the MG’s and cut this tribute. Maybe one of the best “redo’s” of some Beatles music you’ll ever hear!
Check out Kerry’s take on it from the I Love Memphis Blog
http://ilovememphisblog.com/2010/06/booker-t-s-mclemore-ave-is-a-memphis-classic/
Then there’s this little jewel..
Melting Pot from 1971 on STAX
Here’s BT & the MG’s finale record. VERY hip and groovin!
Got some longer cuts like the title Melting Pot and my favorite Chicken Pox.
Take a listen! Its incredible that this all came from South Memphis… BTW, you can still go see where all this was made. Go check out the Stax Museum of American Soul Music and tell ‘em Memphis sent ya!
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Elvis and Johnny Cash crash a Carl Perkins session and history gets MADE!
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THE late great Jay Blackfoot! What a privilege to spend even a few minutes with him hearing some great memories from Stax. Magic happened in those days!
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Music’s STILL going over at Sun Studios!
As if Rufus Thomas, BB King, Roy Orbison, and Elvis Presley weren’t enough, Sam Phillips’ Sun Studio is still rocking!
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Who’s the man that made it possible to build the Empire State Building so tall? Its Al Bell from STAX…
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The King and Wings!
Its cold and late…but you gotta know about this!
Two very different and amazing enterprises with the same address in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Estelle Axton’s son, Packy, has a new(ish) CD out called Late Late Party. Check out the cover! He’s standing out in front of STAX on McLemore Ave in Memphis, TN! Let me tell you why you want this CD for your very own!!!
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Sun Records founder Sam Phillips claimed that his greatest contribution to the catalog of artists in modern American music was not Elvis, but Howlin’ Wolf. Wanna see why?
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NYE at Hard Rock Beale… SHAZAM
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BOOM!
