In the 1960s, one “dynamite duo” helped put Stax Records on the map as one of the greatest soul music labels in the world: Sam & Dave, featuring Sam Moore and Dave Prater. Now they are being recognized this year with the highest honor the music industry bestows READ MORE HERE
Continue Reading nextThe Southern Weekend is a nationally syndicated television show that covers food, travel, and lifestyle at cities throughout the Southern United States. They recently paid a trip to the Stax Museum for a tour with executive director Jeff Kollath to learn about the fascinating history of Stax Records and highlight our exhibits that pay homage
Continue Reading nextC-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2018 LCV Cities Tour” at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis, Tennessee, from September 15-21, 2018, to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Comcast cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors,
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One of the longest working musicians in the Memphis scene, Bobby Manuel will be honored with a note in the Beale Street Brass Note Walk of Fame on Saturday, October 20, at 2 pm inside BB King’s Blues Club on Beale Street. What: Stax Records / Memphis Soul Icon Bobby Manuel gets Brass Note on
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