Backroads of American Music

• Al Green's Full Gospel Tabernacle Church

  787 Hale Road Memphis, TN 38116 901-396-9192 After cementing countless encounters with a voice that speaks directly to the genitals, in 1976, Al Green found Jesus. While Green reports his conversion happened after a visit to Disneyland, local rumors link... Posted Sep 28 2007, 04:50 PM by The Millington Kid with | with 23 comment(s) Filed under: Venues, Memphis, Tennessee, Genres, Regions, Full Gospel Tabernacle, Gospel

• Gus Cannon's home and final resting place

  Gus Cannon's Memphis, 1331 Hyde Park Avenue, Memphis, and Oak Grove M.B. Church, Nesbit, Mississippi Gus Cannon [pictured left with Jim Stewart and Sam Phillips in one of the greatest Memphis music photos ever] is listed at this North Memphis address... Posted Sep 24 2007, 03:52 PM by Preston with | with no comments Filed under: Memphis, Tennessee, Regions, Sites, Mississippi, Hill Country, Banjo, Gus Cannon

• Jimmie Lunceford's Memphis

  Imagine the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown without Willie Mays, or the courtyard of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood without the imprints of Jimmy Durante's nose or Marilyn Monroe's hands. Our own walk of fame down on Beale Street... Posted Sep 24 2007, 03:46 PM by Preston with | with no comments Filed under: Memphis, Tennessee, Genres, Regions, Sites, Jazz, Jimmie Lunceford

• W.C. Handy Theatre

  2535 Park Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee The broke-down orange building at 2535 Park in Orange Mound is one of the silent witnesses to Memphis music history. It opened in 1946 as the W.C. Handy Theatre, with investors including Kemmons Wilson, to "showcase... Posted Sep 24 2007, 02:45 PM by Preston with | with no comments Filed under: Memphis, Tennessee, Regions, Sites, W.C. Handy Theatre, Dolemite

• The Hippodrome

  500 Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee An example of the nebulous, yet well-trafficked cliche that Memphis has forgotten more history than most cities have in the first place, 500 Beale has rocked like no other address in the city. In terms of word origins... Posted Sep 24 2007, 11:29 AM by Preston with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Memphis, Tennessee, Regions, Sites, Howlin' Wolf, The Hippodrome

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