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Photos from Friday
The Beale Street Music Festival seems a little more cramped this year with the construction on the north end of Tom Lee Park. The Blues Tent is now the first to greet people walking up from the Beale Street entrance. As usual, there were the festival characters, and beer vendor Johnie Whorton is one of them. [...]
Continue reading...All American Rejects
2. May 2009
The All American Rejects closed down the Cellular South Stage Friday night with a well-attended performance. Those in the neighborhood, however, might have thought we were at the end of the month instead of the beginning as the band took the stage to the full recording of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture.” As locals know, it’s also the [...]
Continue reading...Day one: A retrospective
2. May 2009
The major rain held off until after festival hours Friday, but it came a crazy flood not too terribly long after midnight (complete with explosive lightning here in Midtown!) and hasn’t let up all that much, which means today (Saturday) is going to be mucky. (And, yes, Muck Sticky*.) I managed to catch at least a [...]
Continue reading...Music Fest headliners looking forward to hanging in Memphis
29. April 2009
In an interview with The Commercial Appeal, singer-songwriter Elvis Costello mentioned how excited he was to be sharing the Saturday night bill on the Sam’s Town Stage with friends and heroes like Los Lobos and Al Green. Costello also said he’ll be returning to the festival on Sunday to check out sets from friends like [...]
Continue reading...All Killer, No Filler
29. April 2009
As has become tradition, Sun Records great and rock and roll icon Jerry Lee Lewis will once again be taking the stage of the Beale Street Music Festival this weekend. Anyone who has caught the last two festival appearances from Lewis knows that, even at the age of 73, the Killer is as cantankerous as [...]
Continue reading...Sugar, Sugar
29. April 2009
One of the highlights of this weekend’s Beale Street Music Festival will be a performance from the always engaging Elvis Costello. Costello spoke to The Commercial Appeal in advance of the show (keep an eye out for that story on Friday). He did let drop that he’ll be playing with a special one-off festival band that [...]
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2. May 2009
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