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Waiting for the Last Chance Elvis Tribute Artist Contest to start Saturday night at the Hard Rock Cafe was similar to waiting for a Tiger basketball game to start. There were a ton of people, many in some sort of Elvis-themed clothing. There was…
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If you were going to combine two unlikely art forms, such as, say, opera and hip hop, you could do worse than to hire the guy responsible for the rap tribute to the BBC's period costume drama "Downton Abbey". This is why I like Opera Memphis…
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Ed. Note: I'm happy to share with you this guest post by John Miller from the Memphis Music Foundation, who writes about today's Throwback Thursday music artist, Jim Dickinson. The late Jim Dickinson spent more than forty years in the music world…
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Memphis’ Sun Studio launched the recording careers of many music legends. Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, etc. all got their start recording in Sun’s famous one-room studio. Assignment #133 in the 365 Things to Do in Memphis is to…
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Memphis music didn't end when Stax stopped making records and Sun started offering tours and Elvis' house become a museum. While the local music scene remains rooted in our incredible past, it's nowhere near dead. It's so alive that the Memphis…
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Memphis is a city with a past - a big, messy, important, fascinating past. We've got a surplus of history here in the Bluff City, and for those wanting to know more, it can be a bit intimidating. That's why I love the Memphis and Shelby County…
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This is my office. It's the oldest commercial use building in Memphis. According to the Haunted Memphis tour I went on last weekend, it's also haunted. Apparently, the building was used as a military hospital to treat Union soldiers during the…
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The first few weeks of spring in Memphis are a glorious, glorious thing. The sun is shining and everyone in the city seems to be in a good mood. It's a wonderful little interim between cold and stiflingly hot. And the best part? There aren't any…
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What do you get the Tiger fan that has everything now that basketball season has started and the holidays are approaching? Try these handmade, U of M-themed gifts from Etsy: 1. A hand-sewn tissue box cover designed to look like a couch, $15, from…
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Andre Gibson, photographed at Bardog Tavern. By day, Andre works at Buckman Laboratories. By night (well, by day, really), he works to make Memphis a more sustainable place with Memphis City Beautiful. The former Memphis Flyer Hottie (2010 class)…