#2239 – From the Vault: Archived Interview and Performance with Rufus and Carla Thomas

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From the Caravan vault: We’re excited to feature the world’s oldest teenager, Rufus Thomas. Rufus is synonymous with Memphis and Beale Street, having began his career at 10 years old tap as a tap dancer on Beale. His prodigiousness was passed to his offspring, Carla, Marvell, and Vanese, who, with their father and on their own, crafted influential music careers.This week’s show captures Carla performing at BB Kings’ Blues Club on Beale Street back in 2001. A young Pat Mitchell is there and she sits down with Carla and her father for an interview that you absolutely must hear.

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

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Dirty Streets was birthed in DeSoto County, a suburb of Memphis that sits halfway between Beale St. and the North Mississippi hill country. Good schools, clean fast food restaurants, and churches on every corner and good times are just a 10 minute drive in either direction. The boys from the ‘burbs like to take that Memphis sound and that hill country sound, take them into their parents’ garages, mash it all together, combine what’s in the air around them with the far away sounds of FM Radio and who knows what else. Think: Big Star, The Box Tops, Moloch, etc. 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/TheBeachHous…

 

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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#2238 – Stax Museum’s 15th Anniversary and Reba Russell

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We have a lot in store for you this week on BSC! First we have The BoKeys performing in Studio A of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music. We sit down and talk with Floyd Newman, founding member of The Memphis Horns. Then we head to the Beale Street Music Fest and catch a set from BSC perennial, Reba Russell.

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

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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/23782…

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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#2237 – Love Light Orchestra

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It’s real-deal Memphis Blues… the kind of sophisticated blues and jazz sounds you would have heard floating from the windows of The Palace on Beale Street in the 40’s and 50’s. Keeping the flame burning bright is Memphis’ own Love Light Orchestra.

L​ove Light Orchestra features Blues Music Award-winner John Nemeth on vocals, Joe Restivo on guitar, Tim Goodwin on bass, Earl Lowe on drums, Gerald Stephens on keys, and a five piece horn section that includes Marc Franklin, Scott Thompson, Art Edmaiston, Jason Yasinksy, and Kirk Smothers. The band has recently signed to Blue Barrel Records and ​released a full-length record ​produced by Matt Ross-Spang.

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Marcella & Her Lovers with Spooner Oldham – “I’d Rather Go Blind” – Recorded Live @ The P&H Cafe

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

Marcella Simien’s parents say she was a restless creative from the start. As a child she captured daydreams in her journals, weaving pages into song, filling the spaces with accordion and piano. By the time she was a teen, Marcella was joining her father (a multiple, Grammy award-winning Cajun and Zydeco artist) on the road and stage on a regular basis. Marcella eventually moved to Memphis to attend art school and Memphians knew right away that we’d lucked up. We know soul around here and Marcella is the genuine article. http://www.marcellaandherlovers.com/

Serendipitously joining Marcella on the Wurlitzer piano in this performance is Spooner Oldham. Spooner is an icon of American music, having written many of soul music’s greatest hits and performing on countless others – including this song, I’d Rather Go Blind, originally recorded by Etta James in 1968. Spooner called Memphis home in the 60’s and was one of the principal forces behind American Studios’ legendary run at the top of the charts. https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/sp…

The P&H Cafe is a rite of passage for Memphis artists, filmmakers, actors, musicians, and comedians. It’s like a grittier Les Deux Magot for Memphians, if Les Deux served pitchers of domestic beer and unbelievably good patty melts. For multiple generations the P and H has provided an indispensable watering hole, a stage, a meeting place, and a home away from home for the Poor and Hungry of the Memphis scene. 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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#2236 – Members Only: A Tribute to Bobby Blue Bland

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This week on the Caravan we have Members Only: A Tribute to Bobby Blue Bland. Produced by Memphis musician Rodd Bland, son of the late blues icon, the tribute is held at B. B. King’s Blues Club on Beale Street during Blues Music Awards weekend. Special guests include Sugaray Rayford, Mike Ledbetter, Ashton Riker, Andy Duncanson, John Nemeth, and Tom Wurth.

BSC contributor Jim Spake also returns to continue his series, “Crazy About the Saxophone” on the legendary sidemen that played rock’s original lead instrument.

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Hippy SOUL – My Dojo – Recorded Live @ The HiTone Cafe

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Idi Aah Que and Teco Tate first discovered their lyrical chemistry in English class at East High School. The task before them was easy enough: draft original works of prose and recite them in front of the class. A pretty simple assignment for two, young, aspiring rappers. But it wasn’t just the mutual recognition of “Hey, I want to be a rapper. Hey, me too” that brought Que and Teco together to be Hippy SOUL. It was that the collaboration on this high school project uncovered a shared vision of an entirely different holistic approach to Memphis rap.

They had little use for the usual themes and imagery. Hippy SOUL redefines these norm by pulling from their own experiences and passions: local history, martial arts, anime superheroes, the near-yet-so-far legacy of Memphis music, their circle of comrades, and the formative experience of that high school English class from way back when.

But this is still Mtown and we do have a history to respect. Speaker-ripping low end, menacing synth melodies, and the trademark, staccato high hats are pulled straight from the Memphis rap playbook. My Dojo burst out of nowhere last year and put the rap world on notice. The studio version is represented by a killer video crafted by filmmaker Quentin Lamb. This installment to the I Listen To Memphis video series is a raw, visceral take on My Dojo performed live on stage at Memphis music institution, The HiTone Cafe, and features the additional energy of drummer Ra’id backing up Que and Teco.

For two decades The HiTone Cafe has been a dojo for Memphis musicians. It’s been the proving grounds for an entire generation (or two) of artists and bands. It’s where the North Mississippi All Stars played their earliest sellout shows. It’s been a Goner Fest destination since the beginning. Every Memphian has a different answer for the best show they ever saw at The HiTone. It’s good to have constants in an ever-evolving music scene.

 

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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