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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MEMPHIS, TN, OCTOBER 2018 – Stax Museum of American Soul Music announced today that it has been named a winner in the inaugural TripSavvy Editors’ Choice Awards in the 2018 History and Specialty Museums category. The 2018 winners, sourced through a unique mix of machine-learning and TripSavvy editor testing, represent the best in travel, tourism,
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The 2018 Soulsville USA Festival takes place on Saturday, October 20th from 11am-6pm in the historic Soulsville USA district on College & McLemore. If you (or your parents) were in Memphis in the 60’s/70’s, you’re probably very familiar with the many contributions Stax Records has made to not only Memphis but to soul music overall.
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From The Daily Memphian: The main artifact for a new exhibition at Crosstown Arts is Isaac Hayes’ 14-foot-long, custom-made, red velvet office desk complete with white Formica top. Previously, the desk had been in storage for more than a year, after the Stax Museum of American Soul Music recovered it from the owner of East
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