Robert Gordon revisits his rollicking tale of a revolutionary musical city By David Wesley Williams, for Chapter16.org The title told it all, like some sci-fi…
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Memphis Mayhem is an insider’s history of the city’s sound By David Wesley Williams, for Chapter16.org Ah, Memphis, the Southern capital of sin and song —…
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A long-lost study of the Mississippi Delta reveals the source of the blues By Jonathan Frey, for Chapter16.org In the early 1940s, Fisk University scholars…
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APRIL 15, MEMPHIS, TN – Knox Phillips, son of Sun Studio founder and Memphis legend Sam Phillips, is dead at 74. TRIBUTES from Robert Gordon…
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