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#2930 - Alice Hasen and the Blaze at Art on Fire

This week on Beale Street Caravan, we bring you Alice Hasen and the Blaze, recorded live at Art on Fire at Dixon Gallery & Gardens. Alice, a violinist based in Memphis, leads the fiddle-powered group, performing original compositions…
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May 14, 2025
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Weekly Show

#2929 - JD Warren and the Rudiment

This week's episode of Beale Street Caravan brings you an electrifying performance by JD Warren & The Rudiment, recorded live at the Green Room. Led by the husband-and-wife duo Jeremy and Dermel Warren, this NYC-based jazz group with…
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May 7, 2025
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#2928 - Chris Pitts and the Memphis Prime

This week on Beale Street Caravan, we return to the blues with Memphis' native son, Chris Pitts and The Memphis Prime, live from Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, MS.
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April 30, 2025
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Weekly Show

#2927 - Brian Owens and the Deacons of Soul

This week we have the highly anticipated Brian Owens & The Deacons of Soul in a live performance captured at the Levitt Shell. Brian Owens comes to us from his hometown of St Louis, our Mississippi River cousin to the north. Much like…
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April 23, 2025
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#2926 - Alexis Grace

bealestreetcaravan · #2840 - Alexis Grace This week on BSC we feature a performance by Bill Abel from the Mighty Mississippi Music Fest during Bridging the Blues. He's an accomplished potter and visual-artist, but most folks know him as an…
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April 16, 2025
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#2925 - Bill Abel

This week on BSC we feature a performance by Bill Abel from the Mighty Mississippi Music Fest during Bridging the Blues. He's an accomplished potter and visual-artist, but most folks know him as an omni-present force on the Delta festival…
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April 9, 2025
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#2924 - The Wilkins Sisters at the 2024 RiverBeat Music Festival

This week on Beale Street Caravan we feature the soulful sounds of The Wilkins Sisters live from the 2024 RiverBeat Music Festival. Sisters Tangela, Joyce, and Tawana are the daughters of the late gospel bluesman, Reverend John Wilkins,…
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April 2, 2025
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#2923 - MD's Tribute to McLemore Ave.

bealestreetcaravan · Beale Street Caravan - MD's Tribute to McLemore Avenue In early 1970, Booker T Jones was on sabbatical in California having grown disillusioned with confines of Stax Records and Memphis, when he heard the Beatles'…
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March 26, 2025
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I Listen To Memphis April 28, 2016 9:31 am

BSC is proud to introduce I Listen to Memphis. ILTM is about Memphis music today, the musicians who make it, and the places and culture that fuel it. We are here to inform, inspire, and share the best of Memphis music. 

Want a sneak peak at next week’s video before anyone else? Join ILTM. http://www.ilistentomemphis.com

Negro Terror, the brainchild of bassist and reggae frontman Omar Higgins, is an all American, all hardcore punk group that just happens to be all black. But the music that's played has no color, just the crimson red of pure aggression.
https://www.negroterror.com/

Al Town is Memphis Tn's D.I.Y. Skate park. Built by skaters for skaters. 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/237826679685907/

Director - Christian Walker
Produced by Waheed AlQawasmi "WA Films"
Cinematographer - Jordan Danelz
Camera Operator/Editor - Jared B. Callan

Special thanks to Pigeon Roost Collaborative and Inherent Media.

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#memphismusic #ilistentomemphis #iltm #bringyoursoul #bealestreetcaravan #hardcore #negroterror #altown #skatepark
#diy #afropunk #skater #voiceofmemphis

BSC is proud to introduce I Listen to Memphis. ILTM is about Memphis music today, the musicians who make it, and the places and culture that fuel it. We are here to inform, inspire, and share the best of Memphis music.

Want a sneak peak at next week’s video before anyone else? Join ILTM. http://www.ilistentomemphis.com

Negro Terror, the brainchild of bassist and reggae frontman Omar Higgins, is an all American, all hardcore punk group that just happens to be all black. But the music that's played has no color, just the crimson red of pure aggression.
https://www.negroterror.com/

Al Town is Memphis Tn's D.I.Y. Skate park. Built by skaters for skaters.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/237826679685907/

Director - Christian Walker
Produced by Waheed AlQawasmi "WA Films"
Cinematographer - Jordan Danelz
Camera Operator/Editor - Jared B. Callan

Special thanks to Pigeon Roost Collaborative and Inherent Media.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/9qpbgp-omar-higgins-beale-st-note-ceremony-celebration?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer&utm_term=undefined

#memphismusic #ilistentomemphis #iltm #bringyoursoul #bealestreetcaravan #hardcore #negroterror #altown #skatepark
#diy #afropunk #skater #voiceofmemphis

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Negro Terror - Voice of Memphis - Recorded Live @ Al Town Skate Park

I Listen To Memphis June 19, 2018 7:57 am

BSC is proud to introduce I Listen to Memphis. ILTM is about Memphis music today, the musicians who make it, and the places and culture that fuel it. We are here to inform, inspire, and share the best of Memphis music.  

Want an early look at next week’s video before anyone else? Join ILTM! http://www.ilistentomemphis.com

Cedric Burnside is one of the greatest drummers alive today.The Grammy-nominated artist is the living embodiment of the Hill Country blues, learning the music under the watchful ears and eyes of his grandfather, blues legend RL Burnside. http://www.cedricburnside.net

No place exudes as much Memphis mystique and vibe as Royal Studios. Established in 1956, this temple of sound is one of the oldest continuously operated music recording studios in the world. Producer Willie Mitchell, Architect of the Memphis Sound, crafted countless hits for Hi Records in the 60’s and 70’s, including seven, consecutive, gold records for Al Green. The studio carries on today under the talents of Grammy-winner Boo Mitchell and scored another chart-topper with Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk.” http://www.royalstudios.com/


Director - Christian Walker
Produced by Waheed AlQawasmi "WA Films"
Cinematographer - Jordan Danelz
Camera Operator/Editor - Jared B. Callan

Special thanks to Pigeon Roost Collaborative and Inherent Media.

BSC is proud to introduce I Listen to Memphis. ILTM is about Memphis music today, the musicians who make it, and the places and culture that fuel it. We are here to inform, inspire, and share the best of Memphis music.

Want an early look at next week’s video before anyone else? Join ILTM! http://www.ilistentomemphis.com

Cedric Burnside is one of the greatest drummers alive today.The Grammy-nominated artist is the living embodiment of the Hill Country blues, learning the music under the watchful ears and eyes of his grandfather, blues legend RL Burnside. http://www.cedricburnside.net

No place exudes as much Memphis mystique and vibe as Royal Studios. Established in 1956, this temple of sound is one of the oldest continuously operated music recording studios in the world. Producer Willie Mitchell, Architect of the Memphis Sound, crafted countless hits for Hi Records in the 60’s and 70’s, including seven, consecutive, gold records for Al Green. The studio carries on today under the talents of Grammy-winner Boo Mitchell and scored another chart-topper with Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk.” http://www.royalstudios.com/


Director - Christian Walker
Produced by Waheed AlQawasmi "WA Films"
Cinematographer - Jordan Danelz
Camera Operator/Editor - Jared B. Callan

Special thanks to Pigeon Roost Collaborative and Inherent Media.

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Cedric Burnside - Wash My Hands - Recorded Live @ Royal Studios

I Listen To Memphis May 14, 2018 10:56 am

BSC is proud to introduce I Listen to Memphis. ILTM is about Memphis music today, the musicians who make it, and the places and culture that fuel it. We are here to inform, inspire, and share the best of Memphis music. 

Want a sneak peak at next week’s video before anyone else? Join ILTM. http://www.ilistentomemphis.com

Don Bryant is Memphis music personified. Don was steeped in the musical traditions of the church and street corner jams growing up in South Memphis' talent-rich neighborhoods. He was fronting vocal groups for WLOK broadcasts when he was just a kid. As a teen, the musical phenom was singing lead for Willie Mitchell's band at night and writing hit songs for Mitchell at Royal Studios during the day. One of those hits, 1973's "I Can't Stand The Rain," he co-wrote with Hi Records' newest signee, Ann Peebles. The duo married the following year and Don's career as an artist took a backseat to behind-the-scenes production work and to supporting his wife's burgeoning career. But, Don never stopped singing and in 2017 he took to the studio and crafted his first record in almost 50 years, titled Don't Give Up On Love. 

https://www.fatpossum.com/artists/don-bryant/

Memphis’ music reputation was built on blues long before gospel or soul, so it's no surprise that real-deal blues is still the thing in  joints all throughout the Memphis area. Perhaps the most well known of these nightspots is Wild Bill’s, a long-standing, North Memphis institution that's been serving up hot music and cold, 40 oz. beers for decades. Some of the South's biggest blues artists have cut their teeth within these walls. Wild Bill's is a must for anyone looking for an authentic, Memphis blues experience.

http://wildbillsmemphis.com/

Director - Christian Walker
Produced by Waheed AlQawasmi "WA Films"
Cinematographer - Jordan Danelz
Camera Operator/Editor - Jared B. Callan

Special thanks to Pigeon Roost Collaborative and Inherent Media.

BSC is proud to introduce I Listen to Memphis. ILTM is about Memphis music today, the musicians who make it, and the places and culture that fuel it. We are here to inform, inspire, and share the best of Memphis music.

Want a sneak peak at next week’s video before anyone else? Join ILTM. http://www.ilistentomemphis.com

Don Bryant is Memphis music personified. Don was steeped in the musical traditions of the church and street corner jams growing up in South Memphis' talent-rich neighborhoods. He was fronting vocal groups for WLOK broadcasts when he was just a kid. As a teen, the musical phenom was singing lead for Willie Mitchell's band at night and writing hit songs for Mitchell at Royal Studios during the day. One of those hits, 1973's "I Can't Stand The Rain," he co-wrote with Hi Records' newest signee, Ann Peebles. The duo married the following year and Don's career as an artist took a backseat to behind-the-scenes production work and to supporting his wife's burgeoning career. But, Don never stopped singing and in 2017 he took to the studio and crafted his first record in almost 50 years, titled Don't Give Up On Love.

https://www.fatpossum.com/artists/don-bryant/

Memphis’ music reputation was built on blues long before gospel or soul, so it's no surprise that real-deal blues is still the thing in joints all throughout the Memphis area. Perhaps the most well known of these nightspots is Wild Bill’s, a long-standing, North Memphis institution that's been serving up hot music and cold, 40 oz. beers for decades. Some of the South's biggest blues artists have cut their teeth within these walls. Wild Bill's is a must for anyone looking for an authentic, Memphis blues experience.

http://wildbillsmemphis.com/

Director - Christian Walker
Produced by Waheed AlQawasmi "WA Films"
Cinematographer - Jordan Danelz
Camera Operator/Editor - Jared B. Callan

Special thanks to Pigeon Roost Collaborative and Inherent Media.

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Don Bryant & The Bo-Keys - Something About You - Recorded Live @ Wild Bill's

I Listen To Memphis July 16, 2018 12:08 pm

BSC is proud to introduce I Listen to Memphis. ILTM is about Memphis music today, the musicians who make it, and the places and culture that fuel it. We are here to inform, inspire, and share the best of Memphis music. 

On the final installment of I Listen To Memphis, Cedric Burnside returns for an encore performance at Royal Studios in Memphis, TN. Listen as he performs “Please Tell Me Baby”, a cut off his upcoming album, Benton County Relic, coming out on September 14th on Single Lock Records. And if you missed his previous performance, check it out right here:

https://youtu.be/7AkKVtDanU0

Thank you for your continued support of Beale Street Caravan and the I Listen To Memphis music video series! Be sure to subscribe to our Youtube channel for more exciting content and more of the best in Memphis music!

Director - Christian Walker
Produced by Waheed AlQawasmi "WA Films"
Cinematographer - Jordan Danelz
Camera Operator/Editor - Jared B. Callan

Special thanks to Pigeon Roost Collaborative and Inherent Media.

BSC is proud to introduce I Listen to Memphis. ILTM is about Memphis music today, the musicians who make it, and the places and culture that fuel it. We are here to inform, inspire, and share the best of Memphis music.

On the final installment of I Listen To Memphis, Cedric Burnside returns for an encore performance at Royal Studios in Memphis, TN. Listen as he performs “Please Tell Me Baby”, a cut off his upcoming album, Benton County Relic, coming out on September 14th on Single Lock Records. And if you missed his previous performance, check it out right here:

https://youtu.be/7AkKVtDanU0

Thank you for your continued support of Beale Street Caravan and the I Listen To Memphis music video series! Be sure to subscribe to our Youtube channel for more exciting content and more of the best in Memphis music!

Director - Christian Walker
Produced by Waheed AlQawasmi "WA Films"
Cinematographer - Jordan Danelz
Camera Operator/Editor - Jared B. Callan

Special thanks to Pigeon Roost Collaborative and Inherent Media.

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Cedric Burnside - Please Tell Me Baby - Recorded Live @ Royal Studios

I Listen To Memphis August 6, 2018 8:24 am

BSC is proud to introduce I Listen to Memphis. ILTM is about Memphis music today, the musicians who make it, and the places and culture that fuel it. We are here to inform, inspire, and share the best of Memphis music. 

Want a sneak peak at next week’s video before anyone else? Join ILTM. http://www.ilistentomemphis.com

Marcella Simien and Spooner Oldham are back with us for an incredible encore performance! If you missed their previous installment, check it out right here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgc63wa1CP0

This time, they perform the timeless Memphis hit, "I'm Your Puppet." Written by Spooner and Dan Penn, the song reached the top of the charts in 1966 as performed by James and Bobby Purify, earning them a Grammy nomination along the way. The following year, local garage band The Box Tops, led by a precocious, 16-year-old Alex Chilton, were working with Spooner and Penn at Chips Moman's American Sound Studios in Memphis. The group recorded their own timeless take on the song, including it on their debut album, Neon Rainbow/The Letter. 
 
http://www.marcellaandherlovers.com/
http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/spooner-oldham
http://pandhcafe.com/


Director - Christian Walker
Produced by Waheed AlQawasmi "WA Films"
Cinematographer - Jordan Danelz
Camera Operator/Editor - Jared B. Callan

Special thanks to Pigeon Roost Collaborative and Inherent Media.

BSC is proud to introduce I Listen to Memphis. ILTM is about Memphis music today, the musicians who make it, and the places and culture that fuel it. We are here to inform, inspire, and share the best of Memphis music.

Want a sneak peak at next week’s video before anyone else? Join ILTM. http://www.ilistentomemphis.com

Marcella Simien and Spooner Oldham are back with us for an incredible encore performance! If you missed their previous installment, check it out right here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgc63wa1CP0

This time, they perform the timeless Memphis hit, "I'm Your Puppet." Written by Spooner and Dan Penn, the song reached the top of the charts in 1966 as performed by James and Bobby Purify, earning them a Grammy nomination along the way. The following year, local garage band The Box Tops, led by a precocious, 16-year-old Alex Chilton, were working with Spooner and Penn at Chips Moman's American Sound Studios in Memphis. The group recorded their own timeless take on the song, including it on their debut album, Neon Rainbow/The Letter.

http://www.marcellaandherlovers.com/
http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/spooner-oldham
http://pandhcafe.com/


Director - Christian Walker
Produced by Waheed AlQawasmi "WA Films"
Cinematographer - Jordan Danelz
Camera Operator/Editor - Jared B. Callan

Special thanks to Pigeon Roost Collaborative and Inherent Media.

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Marcella and Her Lovers with Spooner Oldham - I'm Your Puppet - Recorded Live @ The P&H

I Listen To Memphis July 23, 2018 10:38 am

BSC is proud to introduce I Listen to Memphis. ILTM is about Memphis music today, the musicians who make it, and the places and culture that fuel it. We are here to inform, inspire, and share the best of Memphis music. 

Want a sneak peak at next week’s video before anyone else? Join ILTM. http://www.ilistentomemphis.com

Dirty Streets was birthed in DeSoto County, a suburb of Memphis that sits halfway between Beale St. and the North Mississippi hill country (good times are just a 10 minute drive in either direction). The band takes that Memphis sound into the Mississippi garage laboratory and they smash it with cranked guitars, pounding drums, and the far away sounds of FM radio. This tune, Loving Man, is on Dirty Streets' brand new record, dropping September 14th, titled "Distractions."

 https://dirtystreets.bandcamp.com/

Kelley Anderson,  of Crystal Shrine and founding darling of Those Darlins, purchased a double shotgun house surrounded by vacant lots right off of Crump Blvd. last year. The Beach House has a lowfi, rock show feel with each abandoned room thematically designed. 

https://www.facebook.com/TheBeachHouseMemphis/


Director - Christian Walker
Produced by Waheed AlQawasmi "WA Films"
Cinematographer - Jordan Danelz
Camera Operator/Editor - Jared B. Callan

Special thanks to Pigeon Roost Collaborative and Inherent Media.

Special thanks to Pigeon Roost Collaborative and Inherent Media.

BSC is proud to introduce I Listen to Memphis. ILTM is about Memphis music today, the musicians who make it, and the places and culture that fuel it. We are here to inform, inspire, and share the best of Memphis music.

Want a sneak peak at next week’s video before anyone else? Join ILTM. http://www.ilistentomemphis.com

Dirty Streets was birthed in DeSoto County, a suburb of Memphis that sits halfway between Beale St. and the North Mississippi hill country (good times are just a 10 minute drive in either direction). The band takes that Memphis sound into the Mississippi garage laboratory and they smash it with cranked guitars, pounding drums, and the far away sounds of FM radio. This tune, Loving Man, is on Dirty Streets' brand new record, dropping September 14th, titled "Distractions."

https://dirtystreets.bandcamp.com/

Kelley Anderson, of Crystal Shrine and founding darling of Those Darlins, purchased a double shotgun house surrounded by vacant lots right off of Crump Blvd. last year. The Beach House has a lowfi, rock show feel with each abandoned room thematically designed.

https://www.facebook.com/TheBeachHouseMemphis/


Director - Christian Walker
Produced by Waheed AlQawasmi "WA Films"
Cinematographer - Jordan Danelz
Camera Operator/Editor - Jared B. Callan

Special thanks to Pigeon Roost Collaborative and Inherent Media.

Special thanks to Pigeon Roost Collaborative and Inherent Media.

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Dirty Streets - Loving Man - Recorded Live @ The Beach House

I Listen To Memphis June 26, 2018 8:40 am

BSC is proud to introduce I Listen to Memphis. ILTM is about Memphis music today, the musicians who make it, and the places and culture that fuel it. We are here to inform, inspire, and share the best of Memphis music. 

Want a sneak peak at next week’s video before anyone else? Join ILTM. http://www.ilistentomemphis.com

Hunter's Chapel Church has ministered to the Como, MS community from this same spot for more than 175 years. On the headstones in the cemetery on it's southern side you'll see familiar names like Strickland, Turner, and Boyce - families synonymous with the sounds of the North Mississippi Hill Country going back generations. Music has been at the heart of the church's ministry since the beginning. The Hunter's Chapel Male Chorus recently celebrated a remarkable milestone - the group has been making a joyful noise for over a century. The Hunter's Chapel Singers sang with church member "Mississippi" Fred McDowell on his landmark gospel record, Amazing Grace, recorded in 1966. McDowell, Napolian Strickland, Otha Turner, Jesse Mae Hemphill, RL Boyce, and many more pioneers of the North Mississippi sound shared these pews on Sunday mornings.

The Wilkins family is a strong contender for being the "First Family" of Memphis music. Patriarch Rev. John Wilkins has served from the pulpit of Hunter's Chapel for over 3 decades. The family's talents branch throughout the Memphis gospel world. His daughters, Tangela, Joyce, and Tawana, his grandchildren, and even great grandchildren are all involved in the music ministry of local congregations. It should come as no surprise then to learn that Rev. Wilkins' father was Rev. Robert Wilkins, a first generation bluesman who, after witnessing a murder while performing on Beale Street in Memphis, gave up the secular world, became a minister, only recording sacred music from that day forward. Rev. Robert Wilkins became a favorite of young, white, blues musicians during the folk revival decades later. In 1962, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards named their band after one of Rev. Robert Wilkins' songs. And they paid tribute to Wilkins by recording his song, "Prodigal Son."

Director - Christian Walker
Produced by Waheed AlQawasmi "WA Films"
Cinematographer - Jordan Danelz
Camera Operator/Editor - Jared B. Callan

Special thanks to Pigeon Roost Collaborative and Inherent Media.

BSC is proud to introduce I Listen to Memphis. ILTM is about Memphis music today, the musicians who make it, and the places and culture that fuel it. We are here to inform, inspire, and share the best of Memphis music.

Want a sneak peak at next week’s video before anyone else? Join ILTM. http://www.ilistentomemphis.com

Hunter's Chapel Church has ministered to the Como, MS community from this same spot for more than 175 years. On the headstones in the cemetery on it's southern side you'll see familiar names like Strickland, Turner, and Boyce - families synonymous with the sounds of the North Mississippi Hill Country going back generations. Music has been at the heart of the church's ministry since the beginning. The Hunter's Chapel Male Chorus recently celebrated a remarkable milestone - the group has been making a joyful noise for over a century. The Hunter's Chapel Singers sang with church member "Mississippi" Fred McDowell on his landmark gospel record, Amazing Grace, recorded in 1966. McDowell, Napolian Strickland, Otha Turner, Jesse Mae Hemphill, RL Boyce, and many more pioneers of the North Mississippi sound shared these pews on Sunday mornings.

The Wilkins family is a strong contender for being the "First Family" of Memphis music. Patriarch Rev. John Wilkins has served from the pulpit of Hunter's Chapel for over 3 decades. The family's talents branch throughout the Memphis gospel world. His daughters, Tangela, Joyce, and Tawana, his grandchildren, and even great grandchildren are all involved in the music ministry of local congregations. It should come as no surprise then to learn that Rev. Wilkins' father was Rev. Robert Wilkins, a first generation bluesman who, after witnessing a murder while performing on Beale Street in Memphis, gave up the secular world, became a minister, only recording sacred music from that day forward. Rev. Robert Wilkins became a favorite of young, white, blues musicians during the folk revival decades later. In 1962, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards named their band after one of Rev. Robert Wilkins' songs. And they paid tribute to Wilkins by recording his song, "Prodigal Son."

Director - Christian Walker
Produced by Waheed AlQawasmi "WA Films"
Cinematographer - Jordan Danelz
Camera Operator/Editor - Jared B. Callan

Special thanks to Pigeon Roost Collaborative and Inherent Media.

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Rev John Wilkins with His 3 Daughters - Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Recorded Live @ Hunters Chapel

I Listen To Memphis July 30, 2018 8:32 am

BSC is proud to introduce I Listen to Memphis. ILTM is about Memphis music today, the musicians who make it, and the places and culture that fuel it. We are here to inform, inspire, and share the best of Memphis music. 

Want a sneak peak at next week’s video before anyone else? Join ILTM. http://www.ilistentomemphis.com

Memphis music is a melting pot. It’s a mashup of personalities and raw talent, stewed together in an environment that encourages pure self-expression. Fat Possum Records recording artist Liz Brasher was bound to call Memphis home one day. She found her way into the fold the old-fashioned way - she came to Memphis to make a record. Back home, her musical education consisted of singing in the church she grew up in - a Spanish-speaking, Southern Baptist congregation (her parents are first-generation immigrants from the Dominican Republic). Discovering rock and roll changed her life and her journey to Memphis began with everything that followed. With her blazing white Gibson SG, she evokes the sanctified power of Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Close your eyes and you may think you’re listening to Mahalia Jackson backed by Dick Dale and Pop Staples. Liz thrives here in her adopted home. Her most recent studio effort, Outcast, recorded and mixed here in Memphis, was just released this past April to critical acclaim.

http://www.lizbrasher.com/
http://www.fatpossum.com/

The setting for this video is tucked away amidst an old Memphis neighborhood set off of South Parkway. A community historically comprised of upper and middle class African-American families. But this home is a bit smaller than it’s more stately neighbors. Set back from the street and surrounded by a canopy of trees, no one would blame you if you’d never noticed it before. It’s a funky, quiet, little spot, concealing the fact that one of the greatest superstars of Memphis music once called this place home. A small, single-level home, with an open floor plan and a sunken living area. Wood panelling all around. It’s all still there, including the original, custom shelving built to accommodate hundreds of vinyl records. It just oozes cool. It’s the former home of Isaac Hayes, Stax Records staff songwriter, producer, and resident genius. If these walls could talk, imagine the stories they would tell.

#fender #pbass #precisionbass #gibson #sg #lespaul #isaachayes #blackmoses #shure #shure55 #rodgersdrums #midtownmemphis #fatpossum #rock #blues #soul #outcast #lizbrasher # #ilistentomemphis #memphismusic #bealestreetcaravan #hotbutteredsoul #meltingpot #memphis #bringyoursoul

Director – Christian Walker
Produced by Waheed AlQawasmi “WA Films”
Cinematographer – Jordan Danelz
Camera Operator/Editor – Jared B. Callan

Special thanks to Pigeon Roost Collaborative and Inherent Media.

BSC is proud to introduce I Listen to Memphis. ILTM is about Memphis music today, the musicians who make it, and the places and culture that fuel it. We are here to inform, inspire, and share the best of Memphis music.

Want a sneak peak at next week’s video before anyone else? Join ILTM. http://www.ilistentomemphis.com

Memphis music is a melting pot. It’s a mashup of personalities and raw talent, stewed together in an environment that encourages pure self-expression. Fat Possum Records recording artist Liz Brasher was bound to call Memphis home one day. She found her way into the fold the old-fashioned way - she came to Memphis to make a record. Back home, her musical education consisted of singing in the church she grew up in - a Spanish-speaking, Southern Baptist congregation (her parents are first-generation immigrants from the Dominican Republic). Discovering rock and roll changed her life and her journey to Memphis began with everything that followed. With her blazing white Gibson SG, she evokes the sanctified power of Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Close your eyes and you may think you’re listening to Mahalia Jackson backed by Dick Dale and Pop Staples. Liz thrives here in her adopted home. Her most recent studio effort, Outcast, recorded and mixed here in Memphis, was just released this past April to critical acclaim.

http://www.lizbrasher.com/
http://www.fatpossum.com/

The setting for this video is tucked away amidst an old Memphis neighborhood set off of South Parkway. A community historically comprised of upper and middle class African-American families. But this home is a bit smaller than it’s more stately neighbors. Set back from the street and surrounded by a canopy of trees, no one would blame you if you’d never noticed it before. It’s a funky, quiet, little spot, concealing the fact that one of the greatest superstars of Memphis music once called this place home. A small, single-level home, with an open floor plan and a sunken living area. Wood panelling all around. It’s all still there, including the original, custom shelving built to accommodate hundreds of vinyl records. It just oozes cool. It’s the former home of Isaac Hayes, Stax Records staff songwriter, producer, and resident genius. If these walls could talk, imagine the stories they would tell.

#fender #pbass #precisionbass #gibson #sg #lespaul #isaachayes #blackmoses #shure #shure55 #rodgersdrums #midtownmemphis #fatpossum #rock #blues #soul #outcast #lizbrasher # #ilistentomemphis #memphismusic #bealestreetcaravan #hotbutteredsoul #meltingpot #memphis #bringyoursoul

Director – Christian Walker
Produced by Waheed AlQawasmi “WA Films”
Cinematographer – Jordan Danelz
Camera Operator/Editor – Jared B. Callan

Special thanks to Pigeon Roost Collaborative and Inherent Media.

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Liz Brasher - Come My Way - Recorded Live @ Home of Isaac Hayes

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