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Mose Allison: The Way of The World

by James Calemine | Mar 28, 2019 | Music

By James Calemine At 82, Mose Allison stands as one of the hippest musicians in American music. His solid foundation...

By James Calemine Chris Darrow made two great albums–Chris Darrow and Under My Own Disguise–in 1973 and 1974. Now...

By James Calemine Isaac Hayes proves a pivotal figure in Memphis music. Hayes, a multi-instrumentalist, played sax...

by James Calemine | Mar 15, 2019 | Music

By James Calemine Born in Pontotoc, Mississippi, in 1937, Lee Gates moved to Milwaukee as a teenager where he’s been...

By James Calemine Charles “Packy” Axton–to some extent–was an unsung hero on the Memphis music scene during the late...

By James Calemine “He was the most vulgar and outrageous rockabilly character I’ve ever met in my life.” –Levon Helm...

By James Calemine This month the documentary--Show Me The Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall--will be showing in...

by James Calemine | Mar 10, 2019 | Music

By James Calemine This 21 song anthology contains Albany, Georgia, native Ray Charles’ most influential recordings for...

By James Calemine Born in Gainesville, Florida, Tom Petty became one of America’s most well-known songwriters in the...

By James Calemine Tom Petty wrote in the foreword of this book about writer Paul Zollo: “We met many times in 2004 to...

By James Calemine The quiet droning sound of Frank Edwards’ Chicken Raid resembles a blues mantra from a man who...

By James Calemine Dex Romweber and his sister Sara were in the Chapel Hill, North Carolina,...