In town for the 51st anniversary of King’s death April 4, Jackson talked about his Stax experience from a booth at Blues City Café on Beale Street, less than a mile north of the Lorraine Motel and just over 2 miles northwest of where Stax Records once stood. The Daily Memphian’s Jared Boyd sits down
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On March 14, 2019, the Stax Museum hosted a historic event in which Rhodes College’s Dr. Charles Hughes and former Stax Records owner Al Bell played and discussed Isaac Hayes’ industry-changing album Hot Buttered Soul during the year of its 50th anniversary. The event was held in Memphis at Crosstown Arts in Crosstown Concourse and was
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PASSING THROUGH – THE FRIENDS OF DON NIX Now through April 30, 2019 For nearly two decades, Memphis’ own Don Nix lived an unparalleled musical life, helping build Stax Records from its earlier Satellite Records days as a member of the Mar-Keys. One of the creators of what came to be known as the Memphis
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