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Poncho protection

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Heh: Snoop Dogg made sure to keep his Yankees jacket dry with one of those cheap $5 ponchos. — Lindsey

Bonnie Raitt, busting up the boys’ club

Sunday, May 3, 2009

My usual, predictable complaint about Beale Street Music Festival (and some other festivals) is that it’s usually pretty lean on acts fronted by or featuring women. This year’s fest boasted Katy Perry, Susan Tedeschi, the Reba Russell Band, and Bonnie Raitt. Assuming I haven’t completely overlooked someone (it’s possible, please comment if so), that’s four [...]

Preach to me, Al

Sunday, May 3, 2009

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Internet, I hope you will permit me a moment. A moment for a love letter of sorts. For some Memphians, Al Green may be old news. Or one of those local cultural staples that, like Elvis or Graceland or barbecue or the Peabody ducks, you just sort of eventually become immune to because of its [...]

A little more about the boys from Chile

Saturday, May 2, 2009

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Memphis crowds are notoriously stiff, even in the face of obvious awesomeness, but there were a few die-hard Chancho en Piedra fans in the crowd who were feeling the funk and getting down. And The CA’s own Kerry Crawford gets in on the action a little too. Click here for the video, which for some [...]

Day one: A retrospective

Saturday, May 2, 2009

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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 [...]

BSMF Faces: Biting the Bullet Edition

Saturday, May 2, 2009

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I was hunting for my lost shoe among the Sam’s Town Stage waste late Friday when I saw two stumbly young men eyeing the trash and picking up boxes of cigarettes like bits of gold from a disgusting beer can-strewn stream. They were nice enough to offer me a cigarette, which I declined. And then [...]

The party has begun

Friday, May 1, 2009

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I’m already a sweaty mess but my feet are clean, the air is thick with the smoke of a hundred different kinds of cooked meat, and the music has started pulsing through the speakers scattered throughout Tom Lee Park. No reason to stay inside. It’s time to explore. Catch up with me here until I [...]

Ready, steady, go

Thursday, April 30, 2009

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Festival first-timers and the chronically drunk would do well to review the official Stuff You Need to Know list put out by the fine Memphis in May folks. Some things especially worth remembering: >> Backpacks larger than 12 inches x 12 inches will not be allowed at this year’s Beale Street Music Festival. All purses, backpacks and [...]

Music Fest headliners looking forward to hanging in Memphis

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

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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 [...]

All Killer, No Filler

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

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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 [...]

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