 Go to Memphis
 From the Waking Up series. The "Memphis Sound" is legendary -- the impact of two cultures (black and white) occupying the same space. Whether via radio waves (Dewey Phillip's Red Hot & Blue radio show), record labels (Sun and Stax), nightclubs (the legendary Plantation Inn, and more recently Wild Bill's), or the bands themselves like Booker T & the MGs. What makes Memphis music so lasting? Why have the blues become such an iconic form of expression? What makes a bluesman? How did country and blues music merge to form rockabilly and rock 'n' roll and was Elvis the first true exponent? How did a handful of open-minded blacks and whites revolutionize soul music in the Sixties? How will these traditional musical forms -- blues, rockabilly, and rock 'n' roll -- remain current in the 21st-century? Waking Up In Memphis answers these questions and provides a picture of the current scene, one accessible to anyone interested in Memphis music.  (4/03)
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