Now this is a country record cover.
Little Richard
In case you’re not familiar with my friend Harlan T. Bobo and his records, I made a playlist of my favorite tracks. He lives in Europe now and rarely plays in Memphis, so I’m excited to be backing him up tonight at Otherlands.
Source: Spotify
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man by the jukebox, nyc, 1959
photo by dave heath
If I had a Datsun pickup truck, I would definitely sit on the tailgate playing an antigua Fender Coronado through a silverface Twin.
(via fuckyeahdatsun)
In what has become an annual event, we are re-posting “The SXSW Song (Everybody’s In Austin)” for all you folks not going. You can download it for free from SoundCloud all week. Hope you dig it.
Source: SoundCloud / John Paul Keith
If you suffer from insomnia, check out this interview I did recently at Rhodes College for their Echoes of Memphis project. Better than counting sheep! (Just kidding, folks - I was flattered to be asked to participate). Four parts in all; the rest can be watched here.
Jerry Lee Lewis sings Shakespeare, 1968
Picture Jerry Lee Lewis as Iago in the rock ‘n’ roll version of “Othello.” You’re just going to have to imagine it. Me, too. Because as far as I know,
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