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Blue Monday -- Junior Wells

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Some years back, Jay Sheffield was doing the booking for the first B.B. King's Club, on Beale Street in Memphis. I had just gotten a hold of a great compilation of Junior Wells' early recordings on the Chief label. I dropped by Jay's office, told him he ought to bring Junior in to B.B.'s, handed Jay the CD for proof, and took my leave. A week or so later I started hearing he was playing the thing

Life is a Highway...

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Somewhere, Loki the Calendar Trickster is laughing his bushy tail off. He's been preparing for this week for a while and I swear I didn't see it coming.

Where do I start? A very witty, very nice lady from an online community is coming to Nashville and wants to meet for drinks. Yay! She's coming this week. Boo!

Sleep Deprived Pageant Mom

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Several months ago, the lady who runs the Tennessee Twirlers organization told us at a parent meeting, “Like it or not, you are all pageant Moms now.”  That has such a negative connotation to me, but I look at it as part of the process for Melissa to be able to twirl. 

Walking in Memphis

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I'll be in Memphis all next week. ALL next week - like Sunday to Saturday.

I'll also have a lot of downtime, so if you're nearby, email me and we'll meet up. Maybe at the zoo. Or Beale Street. Or where Elvis died.

Raining on Memphis In May

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Once again, rain is spoiling at least part of Memphis In May's "Beale Street" Music Festival.

When are the region's non-"classical" music fans going to demand that the date for the Festival be switched with the later and more rain-free weekend for the Sunset Symphony, which attracts far fewer and mainly local attendees who do not pump up tourism coffers?

Tennessee Liberal Views

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The Sunday “oh, no he didn’t? or, it’s been an extra long leap week for the TN GOP” edition of the TennViews weekly blog roundup showcasing the best and brightest bloggers in Tennessee and what they are talking about…

• 55-40 Memphis: Second biggest fear, plus: Beale Street tribute hits a

Liberal Bloggers From One End Of Tennessee To The Other. Here We Are.

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Every week, Randy Neal from TennViews in Knoxville puts together the highlights from the liberal blogs from Memphis to Nashville to Chattanooga to Knoxville and every place in between.

For my readers around the country, please check out all the blogs, below. All of us are fighting the GOP in Tennessee, which I'm sure you've heard about quite a lot in the news, lately.

I hope you will support all of us in our efforts to turn Tennessee blue

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