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Beale Street is a street in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee, which runs from the Mississippi River to East Street, a distance of approximately 1.8 miles (2.9 km). It is a significant location in the city's history, as well as in the history of blues music.
Renderings for the Blues Note Hotel in Downtown Memphis. The mixed-use development campus will include 191-room hotel, 65-unit apartment building and a boutique hotel. The site is located along Dr ...
WealthofGeeks, an organization focused on money, travel and entertainment news, recently released a list of "America's Most Underrated Nightlife Neighborhoods," and a Memphis neighborhood made it ...
The label is dedicated to blues music from the Mississippi Delta. Rooster Blues was co-founded by Jim O'Neal in Chicago, and initially released 14 albums by South Side blues musicians. In 1986, O'Neal moved the label to Clarksdale, Mississippi and began focusing on the area's Delta blues performers. [1]
Many great points of historical interest in Memphis reside in this area. One is the National Civil Rights Museum. The others include the Blues Hall of Fame and the historic restaurant the Arcade, located on the south corner of South Main and G.E. Patterson. It is the oldest coffee shop and one of the oldest family owned restaurants in Memphis.
A notable Downtown Memphis restaurant has quietly exited the scene.. Penny’s Nitty Gritty in the Westin Memphis Beale Street Hotel is changing concepts. The hotel is already transitioning into ...
In 2000, Gordon teamed up with blues guitarist Duke Robillard to release the album Memphis Tennessee. [15] In 2002, Gordon was invited by the filmmaker Richard Pearce to be included in a documentary film about several blues musicians returning to Memphis for a tribute to Sam Phillips in conjunction with the May 2002 W.C. Handy Awards.
The song is an autobiographical account of Cash's unpleasant childhood. Cash has attributed his inspiration for this song as Home of the Blues record shop on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, which operated from the late 1940's until the mid 1970's. He used to hang out there, buy records and meet other musicians including the owner Ruben Cherry.