Backroads of American Music

• 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

• Currie's Club Tropicana: Isaac Hayes' breakout gig

  1331 N. Thomas Street Memphis, Tennessee Memphis music geography centers on Beale Street downtown, but the sounds of blues, jazz, and soul have spilled out onto Thomas Street in the section of North Memphis called New Chicago since before WWII. It manages... Posted Sep 19 2007, 10:10 PM by Preston with | with no comments Filed under: Memphis, Tennessee, Regions, Sites, Howard Grimes, Thomas Street, Isaac Hayes, Currie's Club Tropicana

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