Posted by Jason Diamond Over at Impose, I wrote this thing about the collective obsession that the entire music nerd community has when it comes to “Kiwi Rock,” or more specifically anything released by the Flying Nun record label. Memphis is another place that makes people with large record collections break away from their roles as jaded connoisseurs. Stax, Big Star, and of course the Million Dollar Quartet are all staples of any American rock n’ roll diet, but it’s […]
Long Distance Information, Give me Memphis, Tennessee
Willie Mitchell passed away yesterday, making that two giants of Memphis music gone in less than one year, counting Jim Dickinson’s passing last August. I’ve always had something of an obsession with music from Memphis. How could you not? I truly believe that if you juxtaposed American music with the Old Testament, the golden age of Memphis could be looked at as Exodus, out of bondage and into the wild world at large. From Sun to Stax, I think no […]