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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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Due to technical difficuties, we are way late on this news. We share the sad news that our collaborator and friend for the past 20+ years--author, historian, and music lover--Ron Hall has passed away peacefully with his family there in March, 2024. Ron was a savant in shining a light on what it meant to grow up in the middle of the post-war pop culture explosion in one of the most influential pop culture, music, and professional wrestling cities in the world. Ron’s three books, two cd compilations, documentary film, and Memphis music calendar solidified him into being one of the craziest chroniclers/fellow fanatic travelers of all that is wacky in Memphis’ creative cauldron of the ‘50s/’60s/’70s/’80s.
Ron was more than a collaborator. He was a friend and a dogged lover of history who could not sleep until he found the deeply hidden answers to his perpetual inquiries. His work will live long beyond his time on earth. We appreciate him! We thank him for his service! Rock on, Ron Hall! We heartily encourage everyone to play some Breakers in his memory.

Ron’s body of work includes Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Memphis Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 (along with 2 incredible cd compilations!); The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook; 2006 Memphis Music Calendar; Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ (Executive Producer); Memphis Rocks: A Concert History 1955-1985.
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled beyond words to announce the release of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' Original Soundtrack lp March 24, 2016! Lovingly recorded (with the exception of 1 bodacious track) just for the film, this record is destined to be one of the greatest wrasslin' documentary soundtracks of all-time! Pressed on 180 grams of twisted steel and sex appeal vinyl, the music was produced and recorded by one of the finest in the industry--Memphis' iconic all-around music master Doug Easley! Limited-edition pressed on blood-spattered vinyl and made from start to finish in Memphis, pre-order yours here!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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We are thrilled to announce the imminent release of Memphis author and pop culture historian Ron Hall's newest and finest work! Memphis Rocks: A Concert History, 1955-1985 comes out Rocktober 31, 2014.  While this book is a fun-filled visual feast featuring concert ads, flyers, programs, and posters as well as 100s of unpublished, crazy-cool photographs from Memphis concerts, its best feature is that it is the original source for documenting Memphis' rich concert history--from the birth of rock 'n roll in the Sun and Meteor days through the folk-blues revival in the early '60s through the Soul Explosion of the mid-'60s with Stax and Hi to the arena rock era of the the '70s and the oncoming new wave punk explosion of the late '70s and early '80s. If you have ears & eyes and ever attended a live music event, this book is for you!!!! Order today!
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Our 1st update in years on the incredibly popular Kreature Comforts Lowlife Guide to Memphis is ready! Find out why Kreature Comforts is the most popular professional travel guide from Memphis ever and why 20,000 Kreature Comforts fans cannot be wrong! 

We have included the hottest new tasty restaurants and shops in Memphis' increasingly awesome dining scene, added the hot new bands of today, and updated all of the must-know about openings and closings from the classic Kreature Comforts! Order your own digital pdf today (free with purchase of the classic Kreature Comforts pdf--still only $5.00--how do we do it???)  to stay on top of everything important in the crazy, rockin' Memphis world!
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Our 1st update in years on the incredibly popular Kreature Comforts Lowlife Guide to Memphis is ready! Find out why Kreature Comforts is the most popular professional travel guide from Memphis ever and why 20,000 Kreature Comforts fans cannot be wrong! 

We have included the hottest new tasty restaurants and shops in Memphis' increasingly awesome dining scene, added the hot new bands of today, and updated all of the must-know about openings and closings from the classic Kreature Comforts! Order your own digital pdf today (free with purchase of the classic Kreature Comforts pdf--still only $5.00--how do we do it???)  to stay on top of everything important in the crazy, rockin' Memphis world!
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Our 1st update in years on the incredibly popular Kreature Comforts Lowlife Guide to Memphis is ready! Find out why Kreature Comforts is the most popular professional travel guide from Memphis ever and why 20,000 Kreature Comforts fans cannot be wrong! 

We have included the hottest new tasty restaurants and shops in Memphis' increasingly awesome dining scene, added the hot new bands of today, and updated all of the must-know about openings and closings from the classic Kreature Comforts! Order your own digital pdf today (free with purchase of the classic Kreature Comforts pdf--still only $5.00--how do we do it???)  to stay on top of everything important in the crazy, rockin' Memphis world!
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Our 1st update in years on the incredibly popular Kreature Comforts Lowlife Guide to Memphis is ready! Find out why Kreature Comforts is the most popular professional travel guide from Memphis ever and why 20,000 Kreature Comforts fans cannot be wrong! 

We have included the hottest new tasty restaurants and shops in Memphis' increasingly awesome dining scene, added the hot new bands of today, and updated all of the must-know about openings and closings from the classic Kreature Comforts! Order your own digital pdf today (free with purchase of the classic Kreature Comforts pdf--still only $5.00--how do we do it???)  to stay on top of everything important in the crazy, rockin' Memphis world!
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Our 1st update in years on the incredibly popular Kreature Comforts Lowlife Guide to Memphis is ready! Find out why Kreature Comforts is the most popular professional travel guide from Memphis ever and why 20,000 Kreature Comforts fans cannot be wrong! 

We have included the hottest new tasty restaurants and shops in Memphis' increasingly awesome dining scene, added the hot new bands of today, and updated all of the must-know about openings and closings from the classic Kreature Comforts! Order your own digital pdf today (free with purchase of the classic Kreature Comforts pdf--still only $5.00--how do we do it???)  to stay on top of everything important in the crazy, rockin' Memphis world!
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Our 1st update in years on the incredibly popular Kreature Comforts Lowlife Guide to Memphis is ready! Find out why Kreature Comforts is the most popular professional travel guide from Memphis ever and why 20,000 Kreature Comforts fans cannot be wrong! 

We have included the hottest new tasty restaurants and shops in Memphis' increasingly awesome dining scene, added the hot new bands of today, and updated all of the must-know about openings and closings from the classic Kreature Comforts! Order your own digital pdf today (free with purchase of the classic Kreature Comforts pdf--still only $5.00--how do we do it???)  to stay on top of everything important in the crazy, rockin' Memphis world!
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Our 1st update in years on the incredibly popular Kreature Comforts Lowlife Guide to Memphis is ready! Find out why Kreature Comforts is the most popular professional travel guide from Memphis ever and why 20,000 Kreature Comforts fans cannot be wrong! 

We have included the hottest new tasty restaurants and shops in Memphis' increasingly awesome dining scene, added the hot new bands of today, and updated all of the must-know about openings and closings from the classic Kreature Comforts! Order your own digital pdf today (free with purchase of the classic Kreature Comforts pdf--still only $5.00--how do we do it???)  to stay on top of everything important in the crazy, rockin' Memphis world!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We are super excited to announce our latest collaboration with Memphis music historian and author Mr. Ron Hall--a coffee-table book history of Memphis music concerts from 1955-1985 tentatively titled Memphis: The Rock 'n Roll Years to be released in the fall of 2014.  We have created a Kickstarter account to raise funds and awareness of the project and have more information about the fascinating book project here.  Please feel free to check it out and find out more about becoming a Rock 'n Roll groupie on the front end!
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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We survived a wonderful 20th anniversary party, and the Grifters delivered the mighty goods like it was 1995 all over again. We hope everyone had as great time as we did! We have some kickin' extra One Sock Missing shirts leftover from the celebration that you may purchase here.
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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It's inconceivable, as they say in Princess' Bride!  25 freaking years old!! Come celebrate with us one more time at Minglewood Hall Saturday, November 30th.  The Grifters will be there! The Grifters will be there, one more time!  Our friends from Goner RecordsEx-Cult will be there.  A night to remember, after 25 years to remember!
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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There them Grifters go again: making videos celebrating over 20 years of the deliciousness of One Sock Missing.  This dual bonus rock 'n roll showpiece is out to coordinate with 2013's Rekkid Store Day.  Get you sum!!!  Special thanks to Grifters' partners in crime Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky for the bodacious video and stroll down memory lane.  Things was good then, huh. Yup. Yessir. Good day. 2013: the Year of the Grift.
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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It was 20 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play...well, not exactly. No one ever really taught the band how to play, and we are all better off for that.  But, 1993 was, indeed, a great time to be a Grifter's fan as One Sock Missing came out of the nowheresville at-the-time music scene of Mid-Town Memphis. The Grifters released one of the all-time great records recorded off Lamar Ave. on Deadrick St. in South Memphis at (the former home of) the great Easley-McCain recording studios as well as in the back room of the flower shop on Poplar, which after this record and all the great reviews came out, got upgraded to the fancy name of "the Shops of Ann Adler" (Everyone got a raise!)  It was an honor and a privilege to watch these guys work--through the long running cords, jamboxes, smoke, flowers, Doug & Davis jumping on & off of the control board--all members creating something special.  Night after night of good times, almost communal--Roy Berry was there twistin' knobs and what not; Jim Cole was there; even Robert Gordon dropped on by for the bonus track jam! They were exciting times, and it was the true beginning of Shangri-la Projects, trying to figure out this whole independent record business thing with no budgets. One Sock Missing didn't receive any local radio play then or thereafter (hasn't since!!!), and it barely got reviewed in the local papers, but, it busted the band out nationally and internationally.  Now, today, this 1st official video for "Bummer" comes out--20 years hence for Grifters' fans past, present, and future to behold and enjoy throughout the world.  Pop the champagne, enjoy the video, & hug a Grifter today! 
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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We can't believe it has been 25 years since we began making fanzines, flexi-discs, records, books, documentaries, & other Memphis music ephemera! Holy toledo, time flies when we were having fun.  A special shout-out to each & every one of you who ever bought one of our over 50 releases, went to one of our Memphis Pops concerts, took one of our rockin' Memphis music tours, or bought a comic book, vinyl record, or cd disc from our showroom hq!  It goes without saying that without you we could not have existed for so long.  Thank you so much.

Thanks also to Doug Easley & Davis McCain, Paul Ringger, Jr., Lee Swets, David Thompson, Ben Powers, Ron Hall, Eric Friedl, Andria Lisle, Scott Bomar, & all the amazing bands who have allowed us to put out their records over the past 25 years!

We have many cool surprises planned for this year's celebration so stay tuned here for more exciting Shangri-la Projects photo-bombs & here's hoping that we make it to 50!!!
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
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The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
Published on
The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
Published on
The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
Published on
The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
Published on
The Memphis Heat DVD has been receiving rave reviews throughout the world of cinema and wrestling.  Order it here.  It's 4 hour of amazing Memphis wrestling stories and action with a tasty Doug Easley soundtrack to boot.  Don't take our word for it.  Listen to what the critics are saying:
 
Pro Wrestling Torch: “It’s the best, most entertaining pro wrestling documentary I have ever seen.” 
Wrestlezone: “Memphis Heat is a must see.”
Surrender to the Void: “An extraordinary yet entertaining documentary.”
Camel Clutch Blog: “I can’t ever recall watching a documentary and waking up the next day and wanting to watch it again until Memphis Heat.”
Houston Sports Zone: “This documentary is a must watch of any wrestling fan.”
Flick Attack: “Memphis Heat emerges a winner.”
Jim Ross: “Awesome!”
Two Sheds: “Big thumbs up!”
Cinema Suicide: “Never boring, always on point, Memphis Heat is a love letter to sports entertainment.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: “Memphis Heat comes flying of the top turnbuckle and pins the story of this wild little world to the mat with style.”

Finally you can catch an interview with Jerry "the King" Lawler and director Chad Schaffler with Bob Edwards on the Bob Edwards Show Thursday, December 1st on Sirius/XM or download it here
Published on
So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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So, the film Memphis Heat:  The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'is complete.  It is truly amazing (see above)!  Memphis Heat will premiere on National Sputnik Monroe Day Thursday, March 24, 2011, at the Paradiso Theater in Memphis  7:00 & 9:00 p.m.  Then it will run for a week at Malco Studio on the Square in Memphis.  Do not miss this film, Pallie!  The blogosphere is calling it "the most important film of our time."  We could not agree more!

Join up with the film on Memphis Heat's  Facebook site to get all of the rockin' updates!
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Extremely good news here:

Strapping Fieldhands 2010 Fall Tour Dates
September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

Don’t miss this band. One of the all-time greats!
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Extremely good news here:

Strapping Fieldhands 2010 Fall Tour Dates
September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

Don’t miss this band. One of the all-time greats!
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Extremely good news here:

Strapping Fieldhands 2010 Fall Tour Dates
September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

Don’t miss this band. One of the all-time greats!
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Extremely good news here:

Strapping Fieldhands 2010 Fall Tour Dates
September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

Don’t miss this band. One of the all-time greats!
Published on
Extremely good news here:

Strapping Fieldhands 2010 Fall Tour Dates
September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

Don’t miss this band. One of the all-time greats!
Published on
Extremely good news here:

Strapping Fieldhands 2010 Fall Tour Dates
September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

Don’t miss this band. One of the all-time greats!
Published on
Extremely good news here:

Strapping Fieldhands 2010 Fall Tour Dates
September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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September 11th Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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September 12 Brooklyn, New York Bruar Fallss
September 17 Brooklyn, New York Secret Project Robot
September 20 Cleveland, Ohio Grog Shop
September 22 Columbus, Ohio Café Bourbon
September 24 Memphis, Tennessee GONERFEST HEADLINER
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia 529
September 26 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
September 27 Chapel Hill, NC The Nightlight
Rocktober 9 New York, New York The Cakeshop

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Only five days left! The finish line for Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is within site! We are almost to our goal of raising the final dollars to finish a fabulous film on Memphis Wrestling. Please consider climbing the ladder and reaching for the bullwhip right here so we can deliver the best film possible to the wrestling fans of the world.

Meanwhile, enjoy one final Memphis Heat sneak peek with"Superstar" Bill Dundee, one of our all-time favorite Memphis wrestlers!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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We've got 10 days left and a mere $5000 to raise to finish the editing ofthis important American cultural documentary! Thanks to the wrasslin' fans who have been so generous so far. Tell your neighbors! Tell your relatives! Tell your enemies! Tell your postman! They must get in onthis soon to be award-winning film!

Meanwhile, here's another Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' take on wrestling from one of the old-school sages of wrestling from the ''60s-'70s--Len Rossi!
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Hotter than July here in Memphis. They say it's the hottest summer since 1980. We say, "It's not the humidity; it's the Memphis Heat!" And it is coming on strong. Enjoy another tasty morsel sneak peek preview from Memphis Heat and wrestling legend Billy Wicks right here:
And if that's enough, catch an interview with Memphis Heat executive producer Sherman Willmott and New England Championship Wrestling owner Sheldon Goldberg on The Mouthpiece Radio Show out of Boston.
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
Published on
Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' documentary is humming along! Almost done and the hits just keep on coming! 

Don't forget to pre-order your dvd or become a special producer of this amazing film!

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the inside scoop from a very objective, fair man, Referee Jerry Calhoun with his perspective on the Jerry "the King" Lawler vs. Andy "I'm from Hollywood" Kaufman battles. The greatest ever!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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Check out a snippet of outtakes coming from Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'! This is sure to be on everyone's early Academy Award documentary list for the fall of 2010! Stay tuned!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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It's almost that time: Memphis Heat time! After a year and a half, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' is almost nigh.

Check out this nice little outtake from what is surely to be the film of the year at Cannes!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Well, my auspicious radio career began in January, 1985, as Sherman the Rock 'n Roll Gorilla (see photo above of guy in new wave glasses--no, not the guy wearing the Duckie Pretty in Pink costume--the guy wearing the hillbilly overalls trying to sell pumpkins) at KSPC Pomona College in January, 1985.  My ratings (competing with former Memphian Rick Dees, no less) on the West Coast were so high that I was instantly hired by WCFM Williamstown for a spell there in the mid-'80s.  I took summers off to host jazz shows at the now defunct WLYX Radio Rhodes (defunct thanks to a horrible decision by arts & music-hating/former industrial carpet salesman & President of Rhodes College James Daughdrill).  Word got around to Memphis InstitutionWEVL, who gave me a massive signing bonus and a 10 year contract in the '90s to handle "the night shift."  Apparently some of my legendary air-check tapes started making the rounds on the you tubes and my good friend Justin Bieber er, Justin Gage, hired me on as asidekick to his show on Sirius Aquarium Drunkard Radio Friday, June 11th at noon & at midnight.  I invited my good friend Doug EZ Easleyto sit in & talk about the good ole days with me.

Check it out and vote for your favorite moldie-oldies at Sirius/XM.  Thanks to all the little people who keep mailing in those requests.  It's what keeps me going down to the station.  You just can't keep a good d.j. down, right, Dewey!
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Here is a taste of the tail end of the glory era of Memphis music...the late '70s.  Check out this Billboard magazine from January 1978...it's got it all for Memphis music fans!  Quotes from Sam Phillips about Paul Ackerman; tons of hype & advertisements on power-pop should-have-beens the Scruffs and Power Play Records; a great mention about how Memphis vice-squad cops were checking out the Sex Pistols in Atlanta in advance of their Memphis show; tons of great articles on the burgeoning new wave scene, new wave bands, new wave records and imports (JEM!!!); but, most importantly, a great article on Memphis' best record chain of all time, Pop Tunes.  I think the photo in the article is from inside the Summer Ave. Pop Tunes, where I bought my 1st 45 around this time, C.W. McCall's "Convoy," and where I waited in line with various Raleigh/Frayser stoners for most of my teenage concert tickets (Cheap Trick/Kansas/Foghat/Aerosmith/etc).  Be sure to read the whole article about the ridiculous way customers had to purchase records at Pop Tunes.  Their methodology was similar to the way Service Merchandise sold vacuum cleaners or the way hard-working homesteaders bought sugar, meal, and other staples from Mr. Olson's Mercantile in Little House on the Prairie.

It's hard to believe Pop Tunes lasted as long as it did with this method--from 1945 to 2009.  It was sad to see this legendary Memphis record retailer/wholesaler whimper away so ignominiously in 2009, but at least the downtown Pop Tunes' sign is slated to end up in a museum unlike the gorgeous Summer Ave. sign, which was destroyed by morons who took over the property about 10 or so years after the damn thing wasrestored to its splendor for Pop Tune's 50th anniversary in 1995.

P.S. The Taliesyn Ballroom where the Sex Pistols played is now aTaco Bell & the original Shirley's Poplar Tunes, started in 1945, is soon to be a sandwich shop.  Yum. 

(Photo Jim Shearin, courtesy of the Commercial Appeal)
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Well, if I had a dollar for every time someone axed when the original Grifters were going to recreate those blissful early '90s glory days of rock 'n roll, I'd have 35 or 40 bucks right now.  As most of you fans know, the band has decamped into two distinct sections:  the rhythm, & the guitarists.  For reasons I do not fully comprehend & all Grifters' fans gnash their teeth at, all reonion requests have been rejected.

However, hardcore Grifters fans can dance nakedly around a mulberry bush to the news that one faction will be tributing the Grifters with a set at Steve McGhee's fundraiser the weekend of July 29-31!  It's just like the good ole days:  Grifters save the day for the Antenna Club rent fund!  
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Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
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Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
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Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
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Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
Published on
Spring is in the air & Shangri-la Projects Bands are Too!  Come on out, America, & keep this economy rolling along!  You work, you ride. Easy credit here.

Any area of the country has access to Shangri-la Projects goods this week:
East Coast:  Catch the Strapping Fieldhands at Fishtown Festival live (this looks like a free show) & pick up their newly reissued cdDiscus.  No regrets on this seminal record (remember those???)


Memphis area Shangri-la Projects fans can enjoy some tasty live music at the Westin Sole patio the next two Wednesdays (free music! beer & burgers specials!) with Good Luck Dark Star solo from cocktail hour til 9ish--in the heart of the Fedex Forum/Gibson Guitar area of Beale St.

Also, Griftersside-project Dragoon will play a record release party atBuccanneer Saturday night!! 

Sweet Home, Alabama folks can meet & greet author Ron Hall at Charlemagne Records in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday, April 24th from 1-3 p.m signing copies of Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling as well as Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 & the supremely ltd. edition The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook.  Tres cool stuff!  Come on out, Birmingham!

And those of you lucky enough to live in Austin, Texas, can check out our award-winning pop stars For Her And The Snow, who will be revisiting their former home base for the first time in years at Flipnotics Friday night!  Check out this excellent live show! 

Thanks for all your supports and keeping the economy bubbling upOver 21 years of kissin' ass & taking names!
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It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
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It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
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It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
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It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
Published on
It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
Published on
It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
Published on
It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
Published on
It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
Published on
It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
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It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
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It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
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It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
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It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
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It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
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It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
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It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
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It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
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It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
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It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
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It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
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It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
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It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
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It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
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It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
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It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
Published on
It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
Published on
It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
Published on
It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
Published on
It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
Published on
It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
Published on
It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
Published on
It is with sadness that we report that Memphis bluesman Will Roy Sanders, whose life story and band the Fieldstones were chronicled in Shangri-la Projects documentary Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman, passed away from complications of lung cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, from February 16th, 2010. 

Sanders is best known for 1st recording the song “Crosscut Saw” in the early 1960s with his band the Binghampton Blues Boys. The song was later made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, & any other blues guitar player who ever played in a bar band.

Sanders spent the 1970s, 1980s, & early 1990s playing with one of the toughest blues bands in the world—the inimitable Fieldstones, who played every fish fry, bbq, juke joint, & wedding in Memphis for almost 25 years. In the early ‘90s Sanders and his wife took over the legendary Green’s Lounge, the last great juke joint in Memphis and ran it until it burned down in 1997, acting as the house band every Friday and Saturday night. Green’s Lounge was the place for any blues fan or musician to visit in Memphis in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s to hear raw and excellent live blues music. Blues aficionados and musicians came to Green’s Lounge from all over the world to enjoy the good times blues of Will Roy Sanders and the Fieldstones.

Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. He will be buried at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery at 4000 Forest Hill-Irene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography:
Will Roy Sanders Live at Green's Lounge “Green’s Lounge Shuffle” 7" (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Soundtrack cd (Shangri-la Projects) 
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man Documentary VHS (Shangri-la Projects)
Will Roy Sanders The Last Living Blues Man interview book (Shangri-la Projects) 
Fieldstones Memphis Blues Today (High Water)
Fieldstones Mud Island Blues (High Water)
Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling is out now & getting amazing reviews!  You can purchase Ron Hall’s 4 year odyssey into the best of Memphis wrestling from the early 1950’s through the late 1970’s right now directly from us at our online store.  We take Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or you can mail us a check if you’d prefer.   Want to order by phone?  Holler at us at 901.359.3102.  Ordering from outside of the U.S.?  Shoot us an email and we can talk postage.

Or head down to your local retailer & pick one up:

Tennessee
Valle’s Italian Rebel 1636 Winchester Memphis
Shangri-La Records, 1916 Madison Ave., Memphis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 376 Perkins Ext., Memphis
Sun Studios, 706 Union Ave., Memphis
Tater Reds, 153 Beale Street, Memphis
Burke’s Books, 936 South Cooper, Memphis
Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum, 191 Beale Street, Memphis
Borders Books, 4552 Poplar, Memphis
Goner Records Cooper-Young, Memphis TN
Old Millington Winery 6748 Old Millington Rd., Millington TN
Hooked on Books, 747 W. Poplar Collierville TN
The Great Escape 5400 Charlotte Ave. West Nashville, TN
Len Rossi’s Health Food & Care Center 1605 Franklin Rd. Brentwood, TN (Get Mr. Rossi to autograph your copy when you buy it!)

Mississippi
Downtown Books, 515 Franklin Street, Corinth MS
Spice of Life Books, 1801 South Harper Rd., Corinth MS
Reed’s Books, 129 W. Main St., Tupelo MS
Lemuria Books, 4465 I-55 N # 202,  Jackson MS
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS

Arkansas
That Bookstore, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville AR

Florida
Sundog Books, 89 Central Square, Seaside FL

... and of course you can always find Sputnik on Amazon.com.

Watch our commercial (just 45 seconds or so) on YouTube and get a sneak peak of what’s inside the book!

The reviews are in!  Check ‘em out…

Bob Mehr in Memphis’ Commercial Appeal
Wrestling ruled: New book links Memphis grapplers, music and culture
“Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets” is a testament to one of the enduring traditions of Memphis pop culture, but Hall simply hopes the book is as entertaining for people to go through as it was for him put together. “I want people to feel the same thing,” says Hall, “to get that same charge that I did when I would first find these pictures and clippings. Hopefully it’ll be a fun, weird, enjoyable read for everyone.”

John Branston in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer
The King of Memphis Wrestling Books
Ron Hall’s new book Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling, is one of the best collections of black and white sports photos I’ve ever seen and a hell of a lot of fun.

Michael Finger in Memphis’ The Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis 2009
Best Local History Book of 2009 AND Best History Book Title of All Time. In Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets, Ron Hall has produced a photo album that documents the early days of Memphis wrestling, when men like Sputnik Monroe and Jackie Fargo were the rock stars of their day. Packed with wonderful images, it even includes a CD of songs performed by famous wrestlers from the 1960s. Well done, Mr. Hall.

Mike Mooneyham in The (Charleston) Post and Courier
Book Chronicles Memphis Mat Memories
Author Ron Hall and editor Sherman Willmott have done a terrific job putting together an attractive, coffee table-style volume that contains nearly 400 nostalgic black-and-white images from a bygone age in wrestling history in one of wrestling’s most enduring cities.

Mark Satrang in Pro Wrestling Examiner
‘Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets’ is a fun Memphis wrestling tour
Overall the book is just a fun piece of pure nostalgia for those who knew and remembered that time and place. And for other wrestling fans it is quick history lesson told through images that paint a vivid picture of a wrestling era from days gone by.


Bob Pomeroy on geminispacecraft.com
Thumbing through the wonders contained within the pages of Sputnik, one has to ask whether any greater collection of early wrestling photos, promo shots, clippings, wrestling cards, and records–actually, Sputnik comes with a CD of classics like Sputnik Monroe’s “Sputnik Hires a Band” and Jackie Fargo’s “Champ of Champs”–has ever been compiled.

Paul Ryburn on paulryburn.com
Definitely a book worth having if you’re into the rich history of Memphis wrestling. 

Gary Saunders on dixiedining.com
The pictures are a treat and the accompanying bonus CD is a hoot.

Be our Facebook friend and find out about our upcoming Sputnik events!

Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
Published on
After four years of research, Shangri-la Projects is thrilled to announce the release of the greatest book on  wrestling ever!  We give you Ron Hall’s Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets:  The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be released September, 2009!!!

Memphis music historian Ron Hall created a whole audience for the over-the-top Memphis garage rock scene of the ‘60s & early ‘70s with his two books: Playing for a Piece of the Door: A History of Garage & Frat Bands, 1960-1975 and The Memphis Garage Rock Yearbook as well as two compendium CD’s. The compilation CD’s gathered unbelievably rare lost 45 gems from many of the bands featured in the books. Not only did the books break all garage rock book sales records, they also revitalized the historic Memphis garage rock scene and helped many of the bands re-form 35 or 40 years later!

Now Hall has turned his attention to the also-amazing Memphis wrassling world — pre-cable, bleached hair, and steroids–with a new book Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling to be published by Shangri-La Projects in September, 2009.  Memphis wrassling WAS the roots and forerunner of the WWF and the WWE.  Many of the giants of the corporate cable wrestling world first wrestled in Memphis–including Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Lance “Banana Nose” Russell, and many others.  But before Lawler, in Memphis, there was Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, Don and Al Greene, Tojo Yamamoto, and Plowboy Frazier. Why do you think Andy Kaufman put his multi-million dollar career as a comedian and actor on hold? To come be a part of the greatest wrassling territory in the U.S., of course (and to wrestle Memphis women as well!)
Hall’s book captures the insanity of the ring and the outrageous costumes and get-ups of the wildest and most original wrestling era. The book contains over 400 images of wrestlers, programs, advertisements, and other Memphis wrassling ephemera. Any professional wrestling fan must own this book!

If that is not enough, the King of Memphis, Jerry “The King” Lawler adds his thoughts about early Memphis wrestling in the book’s introduction!  But, wait, there’s more…
Additionally, Hall’s book includes some of the most amazing early 1950s never-before-published live action Memphis wrestling photos from the Robert Dye, Sr. collection.

And, like all crazy releases from Shangri-la Projects, this book comes with still even more:  a cd of rare recorded gems from Sputnik Monroe, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, & Len Rossi–among others!!!!
This book is a must-have for any & all wrestling fans.  Read more about it at Ron Hall’s Early Memphis Wrestling Blog.

Available September, 2009!  Order yours now & it will ship before your neighbors get it!
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Memphis Goons’ long-awaited Peppo release is now available on itunes!  Call up your friends at Apple, ask for the Memphis Goons newest & greatest, & download away!
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Memphis Goons’ long-awaited Peppo release is now available on itunes!  Call up your friends at Apple, ask for the Memphis Goons newest & greatest, & download away!
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Memphis Goons’ long-awaited Peppo release is now available on itunes!  Call up your friends at Apple, ask for the Memphis Goons newest & greatest, & download away!
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Memphis Goons’ long-awaited Peppo release is now available on itunes!  Call up your friends at Apple, ask for the Memphis Goons newest & greatest, & download away!
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Memphis Goons’ long-awaited Peppo release is now available on itunes!  Call up your friends at Apple, ask for the Memphis Goons newest & greatest, & download away!
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Memphis Goons’ long-awaited Peppo release is now available on itunes!  Call up your friends at Apple, ask for the Memphis Goons newest & greatest, & download away!
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Memphis Goons’ long-awaited Peppo release is now available on itunes!  Call up your friends at Apple, ask for the Memphis Goons newest & greatest, & download away!
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Memphis Goons’ long-awaited Peppo release is now available on itunes!  Call up your friends at Apple, ask for the Memphis Goons newest & greatest, & download away!
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Memphis Goons’ long-awaited Peppo release is now available on itunes!  Call up your friends at Apple, ask for the Memphis Goons newest & greatest, & download away!
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Memphis Goons’ long-awaited Peppo release is now available on itunes!  Call up your friends at Apple, ask for the Memphis Goons newest & greatest, & download away!
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Memphis Goons’ long-awaited Peppo release is now available on itunes!  Call up your friends at Apple, ask for the Memphis Goons newest & greatest, & download away!
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Memphis Goons’ long-awaited Peppo release is now available on itunes!  Call up your friends at Apple, ask for the Memphis Goons newest & greatest, & download away!
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Memphis Goons’ long-awaited Peppo release is now available on itunes!  Call up your friends at Apple, ask for the Memphis Goons newest & greatest, & download away!
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Memphis Goons’ long-awaited Peppo release is now available on itunes!  Call up your friends at Apple, ask for the Memphis Goons newest & greatest, & download away!
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Memphis Goons’ long-awaited Peppo release is now available on itunes!  Call up your friends at Apple, ask for the Memphis Goons newest & greatest, & download away!
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Memphis Goons’ long-awaited Peppo release is now available on itunes!  Call up your friends at Apple, ask for the Memphis Goons newest & greatest, & download away!
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Memphis Goons’ long-awaited Peppo release is now available on itunes!  Call up your friends at Apple, ask for the Memphis Goons newest & greatest, & download away!
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Memphis Goons’ long-awaited Peppo release is now available on itunes!  Call up your friends at Apple, ask for the Memphis Goons newest & greatest, & download away!
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Memphis Goons’ long-awaited Peppo release is now available on itunes!  Call up your friends at Apple, ask for the Memphis Goons newest & greatest, & download away!
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Memphis Goons’ long-awaited Peppo release is now available on itunes!  Call up your friends at Apple, ask for the Memphis Goons newest & greatest, & download away!
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Memphis Goons’ long-awaited Peppo release is now available on itunes!  Call up your friends at Apple, ask for the Memphis Goons newest & greatest, & download away!
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Memphis Goons’ long-awaited Peppo release is now available on itunes!  Call up your friends at Apple, ask for the Memphis Goons newest & greatest, & download away!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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So, Nashon Benford is one of my favorite Memphis musicians.  He really rounds out and completes the sounds of many Memphis bands, delivering them a sweet, high-pitched pleasantness from his trumpet. Two Way RadioSnowglobeJeffrey James & the Haul…to name a few.  But you can really hear him on this delicious gem we released last year…

Check out Nashon in this week’s $5 Cover Amplified!
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Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
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Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
Well, the $5 Cover bomb landed all around Shangri-la Projects last night!  Twas Craig Brewer’s best production to date, shot in mid-town/downtown Memphis last summer, weaving Memphis musicians’ soap opera lifestyles throughout their day jobs, live gigs, & personal daily lives.  The “acting” was surprisingly very good in most cases for what most would agree were acting debuts by Memphis musicians (Granted every one of the musicians have “performed” in public before this so they are not new to showbiz, but only a couple of times during the series did things fall off into cheesy dialogue/bad indie film acting territory).  Memphis looked great visually and sounded tasty musically.  Overall, $5 is a massive improvement over the very disappointing, unfortunately cast/written/directed/acted and farcicalBlack Snake Moan (although the rootsy soundtrack saved the day for that flick!) and better than the interesting and edgy Hustle and Flow.Standouts are Al Kapone, who comes off larger-than-life on the big screen; Packy, the erstwhile dope-smoking scene keeper of the flame recording engineer played by Jeff PopePatti Pistol, who plays the bitchy boss foil to Amy LaVere (ironically, in real life, they work together at Sun Studio!); & Claude, Packy’s curmudgeonly tough-talking landlord turned Memphis music mogul.

Enough movie critiquing, let’s move some units, to paraphraseStephen Colbert.  Let’s laser in on the Shangri-la Projects’ connections in this mini-series debuting nationally tonight on MTV and playing for the next month.  Let’s start with producer Scott Bomar, who wasShangri-la Records’ employee of the month June, 1996, as part of the crack crew that set sales records that still stand on the books today.  Bomar has become quite the producer and studio maven working with Brewer on all of his successes since the P& H days.  In addition to producing the series, Bomar composed, performed, and selected many of the tracks.  (If there was a small flaw with this show, perhaps givingMuck Sticky three songs was at least one too many…).

Roy Berry makes many appearances in $5 Cover playing himself, drummer for Lucero and looking more and more like Animal all the time.  Most Lucero fans—and there are tons of them and many more to come with their new tour and recently cut record at Ardent coming out soon—do not know that before the massive success of Lucero, Roy produced and recorded some of the best indie rock in Memphis in the early ‘90s.  Specifically Berry recorded the 1st groundbreaking record by the GriftersSo Happy Together, (“a brilliant pastiche of noise”) at the now infamous Shops of Ann Adler where Dave Shouse and Stan Gallimore worked and the band practiced and recorded at night (as well as drove their flowershop van all over the country on tour!).  In addition Roy produced and drummed for the Simple Ones Worth the Weightand 2 Cups for a Tale.  Both have  genius pop moments throughout and Worth the Weight is like a greatest hits of the first few years of this very popular early ‘90s indie rock group.  Kudos to Roy, and the Roy Army,  for all his silver screen success.  Lucero fans:  start stocking up on Simple Ones downloads, 45s, & cds today at your neighborhood Apple download center!  Let the buying begin!

As a corollary to the Roy Berry story, many of the $5 scenes were shot across the street from Shangri-la Records at Rakapolis where legions of Memphis musicians including Jeff Evans
Nick El Diablo, Roy Berry, Tripp Lamkins, Jack Yarber, & Brent Shrewsbury (“Nic”) have lived and recorded—including 2 Cups for a Tale as well as friend of the label Jeff Evans‘ late ‘90s yet to be released Memphis garage bonanza compilation.

Former Shangri-la Records co-conspirator and ordering guru Eric Friedl’s Goner Records was feted with many t-shirt and sticker sightings as well as label stars like Harlan T. Bobo featured.  There was even one obscure Oblivians t-shirt appearance!

Cody Dickinson (as well as $5 Cover drummer/lover Paul Taylor), featured on Gutbucket’s “Where’s the Man with the Jive”–one of the rarest 7”s manufactured & distributed by Shangri-la Projects, has a small role as a musician/engineer trying to implore the voluptuous & flirtatious Clare to “be sexy” on a record.

The biggest surprise to Shangri-la Projects’ fans (present company included!) was the amount of screen time given to Antenna Shoesstar Tim Regan, who was wearing an Antenna Shoes shirt on-screen.  The Antenna Shoes also received an on-screen recommendation for Antenna Shoes’ drummer Paul Taylor to hook up with Amy LaVere in the plot.  Antenna Shoes’  Nashon, Luke, & Steve Selvidge were also given massive airtime on stage with Amy LaVere, Two Way Radio, and my favorite joke of the whole series.. Snowballs, er, Snowglobe.  In fact, Snowglobe, which is basically the non-touring version of Antenna Shoes, played and starred in the climactic final episode scene.  Millions of $5 Cover fans can now discover the majesty of the great Antenna Shoes Generous Gambler.  Ladies & gentleman, let the downloading begin now!

All in all, $5 Cover is a great promotion for many of these bands, Memphis, & Shangri-la Projects’ artists!  Thanks to Craig Brewer and Scott Bomar for helping Shangri-la Projects get these musicians the recognition and sales they deserve.  MTV & MTV fans, time to enjoy some down-home Memphis music!

P.S. I went out to two live Mid-Town clubs to catch some great Memphis music after the world premiere–one was $7 cover and the other was $10 cover.  $5 cover is ancient history!!!!
Published on
We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
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We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
Published on
We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
Published on
We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
Published on
We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
Published on
We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
Published on
We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
Published on
We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
Published on
We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
Published on
We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
Published on
We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
Published on
We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
Published on
We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
Published on
We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
Published on
We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
Published on
We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
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We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
Published on
We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
Published on
We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
Published on
We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
Published on
We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
Published on
We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
Published on
We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
Published on
We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
Published on
We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
Published on
We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
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We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
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We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
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We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
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We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
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We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
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We are so excited about You’ll Need This new release coming out by Good Luck Dark Star!!!  It is yet another masterpiece coming from the vaults of Memphis recording studios!  Part Beach Boys, part Todd Rundgren, part Flaming Lips–just overall awesome rock ‘n roll.  Try a taste here and don’t just take our word for it–see what the nice people at Blurt had to say about it.  You do need it!  Available at local download stores May 5th–along with the Memphis Goons’ Peppo!
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 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
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 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
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 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
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 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
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 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
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 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
Published on
 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
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 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
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 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
Published on
 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
Published on
 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
Published on
 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
Published on
 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
Published on
 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
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 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
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 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
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 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
Published on
 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
Published on
 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
Published on
 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
Published on
 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
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 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
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 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
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 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
Published on
 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
Published on
 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
Published on
 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
Published on
 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
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 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
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 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
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 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
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 You can’t keep a good band down!  The Memphis Goons, who never really went away, are returning for their first album in 10 years, and their last album from 30 years ago!  Peppo!


The Memphis Goons came of age 10 years after the U.S. garage-rock phenomenon and 20 years before grunge.  Recording between 1968 and 1974, the Memphis Goons were largely ignored by their fellow Memphs musicians, and likewise the Goons ignored their neighborly influences of the time–ElvisAl GreenAlex Chilton.  They were indeed a clump of crabgrass sprouting in America’s rich musical soil.
The Memphis Goons recorded in the garages and basements of its members—Xavier Tarpit, Wally Moth [Vanilla Frog], Jackass Thompson, and Rover Rollover—literally one mile from Graceland.  (After “successful” recording sessions, the band members would often frolic at the entrance of Elvis’ humble abode to piss on its gates).  The Memphis Goons managed to ingest all that went down in the ‘60s and subsequently infuse it with the nervous propensity of a youth culture run amuck.  Influenced by great garage groups such as The Stooges,The Seeds, and Grand Funk, the Goons piled the rawness of pre-punk on top of replicas inspired by Trout Mask to achieve a noisy synthesis unlike anything in popular music up till then.

The Memphis Goons named themselves after the British radio comedy team, the Goons, as well as Alice the Goon from Popeye comics.  Their initials are a tribute to the MG’s of Booker T. fame. The band came from the Memphis suburb of Whitehaven.  Every day after school, the group members would gather to create recording projects they were convinced would attract the attention of the music business beyond Shelby County.

That day did occur in 1969 when founder Xavier Tarpit received a personal letter from Frank Zappa on Straight label stationary, praising the recent reel of tape the band had submitted.  With this inspiration, the Goons floundered forward, their dream of suburban escape nearing closer with every revolution of the tape reel.

The nut of the the Goons’ musical genius is the so-called ecstatic monkey wrench.  Just when a song seems so out-of-tune or so chaotic that it is about to collapse, it comes together in an epiphany of adolescent abandonment.  There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of these documented songs, with many of them only now surfacing and reaching the light.

The Goons’ projected output of albums were all sequenced, arranged, and packaged as if they were destined to be major releases, including intricate liner notes and surrealistic scrawling.  In the fall of 1996 the brave Memphis label, Shangri-la Projects, Memphis’ most beloved record label, released the Memphis Goons’ first full-length CD Teenage BBQ from this treasure trove of material–a kind of “greatest hits.”  The album became an instant underground success with over 50 positive reviews in online and print publications all over the world.  Rolling Stone’s Alt-Rock-A-Rama called it “One of the greatest garage recordings of the 20th century!” Thurston Moore said of the Goons:  “The Memphis Goons are this fantastic American rock ‘n roll story.” Fans of the then-current lo-fi sound loved the Memphis Goons and recognized their clear sense of purpose and astounding commitment to the garage sensibility.  Suddenly it was apparent that the Memphis Goons were the missing link between garage-rock and the Sex Pistols’ brand of punk.  Indeed.

Although the Memphis Goons practiced and recorded constantly, they never got a chance to play live, except once when they were pelted with rocks and bottles by neighborhood kids in their backyard. Therefore, Shangri-la Projects gave them that opportunity on the first day of spring in Memphis in 1998 at the 10 year anniversary of theShangri-la Record store.  There, they gave a highly successful performance, and although the members were 25 years older, the band’s aural madness moved garage rawness to an even further edge.  From that moment, the Goons developed a strong base of loyal fans that continues to this day.

So, get your paypal accounts out and get ready to download some digital Peppo, as the Memphis Goons’ reissue series begins May 5th, 2009, in your favorite corner digital download store all over the world.  It’s been a great year for the recording industry: 1st Bruce Springsteen, then U2, &, finally now, the long-awaited return of the Memphis Goons to save the music biz!

This Memphis Goons reissue series is dedicated to Rover Rollover, the Goons’ longtime manager & confidant extraordinaire, who passed away in January, 2009.  Rover Rollover, wherever you are, the Goons miss you a whole lot!
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So, about a year ago, I stumbled along this show & invested almost 250$ in a ticket to the 3 day event.  Meat Puppets II? Check!  Built to Spill Perfect From Now On? Check! Difficult-to-catch-live Mercury Rev? Check!  My Bloody Valentine 1st appearance in years?  Check!  My brother having a fishing cabin within 1/2 hour of the festival clinched the deal.  So, I headed up to the Catskills (no Rip Von Winkle jokes, please) & actually spent the whole weekend in an area of New York I had only previously driven through on the way to somewhere else. The weather was unbelievably beautiful that late September weekend and the ATP folks caught it just right.  The fishing cabin was in the quietest spot I have ever been around in the U.S.  I headed over to the show Friday afternoon & drove through herds of bearded Hasidic Jews who, according to local legend, took over the Catskills some time in the last 20 years and walk in the middle of the roads like a flock of sheep in Greece just like individual African-Americans do in Memphis–paying no attention to who or what cars might be driving right down the road towards them.

After about 45 minutes, I arrived at Kutschers “Resort,” which was a cross between the Shining and what you would expect from a ’60s era Borscht-Belt hotel that had not been invested in for over 40 years.  It looked cool at first with its kitschy sign out front, but after a few minutes, it was obvious this spot had been moth-balled in the ’80s and probably should have been torn down about 15 or 20 years ago.  Most of the comedians performing later that evening used the hotel & its shabby, creepy environs as the bulk of their material–good stuff, but an easy target all around. Memo to ATP: if you are charging such ginormous ticket prices–easily the most I have ever paid for a concert or weekend of concerts–and you do not mail the tickets to the customer–instead of making the customers wait in a 1/2 hour line to pick up their tickets once they arrive at the venue, you should have a butler at the door of the hotel handing over the tickets in a gold-leafed envelope with a small mound of cocaine to share with Kevin Shields in the back of a limo, or, at the very least, less than 5 minute waiting lines.  After waiting for 1/2 hour line to pick up my ticket, I then had to get in a line to get a bracelet to buy drinks.  By then the Meat Puppets had already begun their 6:00 set.  Poor planning, indeed!

However, once the music started, things went much smoother and the fun began.  The Meat Puppets were awesome, and it was particularly funny hearing them play songs they had either never played live or hadn’t played live in over 20 years.

But they did a great job and then played a couple of encores. I then bounced over to hear some great comedy at the smaller ballroom–shows ran remarkably on time at this fest, with the exception of the headliner Sunday night/Monday morning.  I caught funnyman Joe DeRosa, who started things off pretty well but, surprisingly, toldMcDonald’s jokes, which I would not have expected with this transplanted batch of Williamsburg hipsters (I think I was one of the oldest there and definitely one of the few not wearing unbelievably tight jeans and all black) making the bulk of the audience with a few Europeans mixed in.  Then Eugene Mirman, who I had not noticed as landlord in Flight of the Conchords, followed.  He was really good but seemed to have not done a lot of live comedy–so far so good.  (At this point, I was skipping Tortoise, who are super-duper incredibly boring live–kind of like watching their cd spin in a cd player–as well asThurston Moore’s playing of Psychic Hearts, which would have been nice to hear, but good live comedy is so hard to encounter these days so I rolled with that).  Maria Bamford followed and she was the equivalent of a female Emo Phillips to me.  Most of her humor bordered on the uncomfortably neurotic for my tastes, but I’m sure she has her fans.  Patton Oswalt headlined this great evening of comedy & really killed with plenty of sweaty, fat jokes about himself as well as numerous jabs at the hotel and its unique ambiance.  I was not familiar with his work, but I am definitely a fan now.

Then most folks headed over to catch a stellar set of Built to Spill and, as usual, they were amazing and high energy.

So, the 1st night I had a blast and caught 4 1/2 great acts in one night.  I headed back to the cabin and spent Saturday with my brother and his family.  I was surprised how much fun the Catskills were, all jokes aside.  Saturday’s line-up didn’t do too much for me–lots of noize–Lightning Bolt/Shellac (yawn!); a few bands I always liked but have seen before & weren’t must-sees like Polvo & Low, but most were bands/acts I’d heard nothing about–(plus I didn’t get to play poker with legendary music biz curmudgeon Steve Albini, bummer!).

So, I passed on Saturday, and Sunday was very excitement, as Boratwould say.  (By the way, these festivals that begin at noon and end at 2:00 a.m. the next day require some planning in terms of energy, beverages, & food.  The food at this festival sucked donkey dicks.  They had some mediocre Mexican food and really shitty dorm burgersfor sale outside by what looked like the local cheerleader fundraising group or possibly the local shriners–yep, the kind you get for weekend cookouts from the college cafeteria–and hotdogs that had been cooked a couple hours earlier and wrapped in tinfoil.  This quality level of food at a festival that is so isolated and expensive was really poorly planned and totally unacceptable). I didn’t get there in time for Gemma Hayes, who sounded fine on myspace, but I started with EPMD, who had a high energy but fairly rote performance with maximum hip-hop cliches.  They were pimpin’ a new album and might as well have been at a high school dance for their lack of awareness of where they were playing.  I think they even gave a shout out to being in Albany (! No shit!), which was about an hour and a half away.  The much-anticipated Mercury Rev followed.  This is a band I have been a fan of since Rough Tradewent out of business in 1991 and Grasshopper and David Baker were going cross country selling their lps and dropped by Shangri-la Recordsand sold us a few colored vinyl copies of Yerself is Steam.  Since they rarely tour the deep South, this was my first chance to see them.  Well, most of the folks who created their early ’90s gems I love are no longer in this outfit, and they were the cat’s ass.  Total suckage.  The few songs I endured would have been more appropriate in a Broadway musical and the lead guy should have joined the Smiths for all his artsy-fartsy movements.  “Mercury Rev” was the biggest disappointment of the weekend, especially since they were the local boys done good from just around the corner.  Oh, well.

Yo La Tengo was running late because of airline difficulties and played their unsettling, hurried set as if they had to catch a flight.  Ira’s rushing through the set was uncomfortable to watch & hard to enjoy. Not their best day.  Bob Mould was playing in the comedy ballroom so I checked that out.  The irony of the weekend was that Bob Mould’s band Husker Du had really trailblazed the music world and set the stage for many of these bands playing ATP25 years earlier, but most of them had bypassed Mould in their use of noise and modern effects to squeeze the best, edgiest sounds from guitars & pedals & computers.  Watching Mould play through his set of his solo stuff (with Jon from Superchunk on drums) as well as Sugar songs was like watching a band that time had passed by in slow motion.  These new bands had supplanted the groundbreaking work he had done 25 years earlier with far more vivacious efforts.  Such is life.

The lately omnipresent Dinosaur Jr. was cranking up their sound in the big room so I caught a couple of their really loud songs.  I’ve seen them a couple times lately so even though Lou actually looked like he was having fun on this occasion, I left them to check out Brian Jonestown Massacre’s set in the smaller room.  Having seen Dig! a couple years back, I knew that this Anton from BJM came off as a self-absorbed, drug-addled asshole, and his band, who has some great songs on record, could be really bad or really good.  Suffice to say that their set was the best of the weekend.  The only way I can describe it would be if you were really high around 1982 and caught the Dream Syndicate in a small club for one of their perfect shows.  All three guitars meshed perfectly and Anton was nowhere near a douchebag.  Much success.  This band was awesome and the definitely the highlight of the weekend.  In fact, their performance is the raison d’etre for this post. You, dear reader, have the chance to catch them thisSaturday night, April 11th, at the Hi Tone here in Memphis.  I would encourage music fans to attend.

Ending up the ATP weekend several hours later, My Bloody Valentine was set to hit the stage to much anticipation around midnight.  Pretty much the whole crowd was there to see them by 11:30 p.m. & 1500 gathered in the big room to hear this band.  Every other band ran on time this weekend except MBV so it was really unusual for everyone to wait until about 12:35 Monday morning for them to finally come on stage.  Most people had been waiting in that room for over an hour.  They finally began and were excrutiatingly loud.  Even with earplugs.  All five of the songs I heard sounded the same since they were all so loud.  The wierdest thing was that Kevin Shields has been out of rock ‘n roll for so long that he had to have a roadie come out after each song and step on his effects pedals to reset them.  What a total wanker!  Can’t even press his own foot pedals.  I left after 5 songs, fully sated with the Brian Jonestown Massacre and totally disappointed by MBV.

(If you plan on going to this year’s ATP, do not stay at Kutscher’s as all of the hotel rooms had nasty, roach-infested Motel Hell like experiences.  Most of the people staying there went to Wal-Mart to buy something like a sleeping bag or rubber raft to put on the beds in order to sleep in that hotel.  Also, bring your own food and plan on cooking out as there are few restaurants around there you would want to eat in.  Camping is definitely cheaper and more convenient and most likely a better experience than the hotel).  Kudos to ATP for an outstanding line-up, but, ATP, work on the food & hotel location!  It can definitely be improved &, for that much money, the experience should have been much better.
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So, about a year ago, I stumbled along this show & invested almost 250$ in a ticket to the 3 day event.  Meat Puppets II? Check!  Built to Spill Perfect From Now On? Check! Difficult-to-catch-live Mercury Rev? Check!  My Bloody Valentine 1st appearance in years?  Check!  My brother having a fishing cabin within 1/2 hour of the festival clinched the deal.  So, I headed up to the Catskills (no Rip Von Winkle jokes, please) & actually spent the whole weekend in an area of New York I had only previously driven through on the way to somewhere else. The weather was unbelievably beautiful that late September weekend and the ATP folks caught it just right.  The fishing cabin was in the quietest spot I have ever been around in the U.S.  I headed over to the show Friday afternoon & drove through herds of bearded Hasidic Jews who, according to local legend, took over the Catskills some time in the last 20 years and walk in the middle of the roads like a flock of sheep in Greece just like individual African-Americans do in Memphis–paying no attention to who or what cars might be driving right down the road towards them.

After about 45 minutes, I arrived at Kutschers “Resort,” which was a cross between the Shining and what you would expect from a ’60s era Borscht-Belt hotel that had not been invested in for over 40 years.  It looked cool at first with its kitschy sign out front, but after a few minutes, it was obvious this spot had been moth-balled in the ’80s and probably should have been torn down about 15 or 20 years ago.  Most of the comedians performing later that evening used the hotel & its shabby, creepy environs as the bulk of their material–good stuff, but an easy target all around. Memo to ATP: if you are charging such ginormous ticket prices–easily the most I have ever paid for a concert or weekend of concerts–and you do not mail the tickets to the customer–instead of making the customers wait in a 1/2 hour line to pick up their tickets once they arrive at the venue, you should have a butler at the door of the hotel handing over the tickets in a gold-leafed envelope with a small mound of cocaine to share with Kevin Shields in the back of a limo, or, at the very least, less than 5 minute waiting lines.  After waiting for 1/2 hour line to pick up my ticket, I then had to get in a line to get a bracelet to buy drinks.  By then the Meat Puppets had already begun their 6:00 set.  Poor planning, indeed!

However, once the music started, things went much smoother and the fun began.  The Meat Puppets were awesome, and it was particularly funny hearing them play songs they had either never played live or hadn’t played live in over 20 years.

But they did a great job and then played a couple of encores. I then bounced over to hear some great comedy at the smaller ballroom–shows ran remarkably on time at this fest, with the exception of the headliner Sunday night/Monday morning.  I caught funnyman Joe DeRosa, who started things off pretty well but, surprisingly, toldMcDonald’s jokes, which I would not have expected with this transplanted batch of Williamsburg hipsters (I think I was one of the oldest there and definitely one of the few not wearing unbelievably tight jeans and all black) making the bulk of the audience with a few Europeans mixed in.  Then Eugene Mirman, who I had not noticed as landlord in Flight of the Conchords, followed.  He was really good but seemed to have not done a lot of live comedy–so far so good.  (At this point, I was skipping Tortoise, who are super-duper incredibly boring live–kind of like watching their cd spin in a cd player–as well asThurston Moore’s playing of Psychic Hearts, which would have been nice to hear, but good live comedy is so hard to encounter these days so I rolled with that).  Maria Bamford followed and she was the equivalent of a female Emo Phillips to me.  Most of her humor bordered on the uncomfortably neurotic for my tastes, but I’m sure she has her fans.  Patton Oswalt headlined this great evening of comedy & really killed with plenty of sweaty, fat jokes about himself as well as numerous jabs at the hotel and its unique ambiance.  I was not familiar with his work, but I am definitely a fan now.

Then most folks headed over to catch a stellar set of Built to Spill and, as usual, they were amazing and high energy.

So, the 1st night I had a blast and caught 4 1/2 great acts in one night.  I headed back to the cabin and spent Saturday with my brother and his family.  I was surprised how much fun the Catskills were, all jokes aside.  Saturday’s line-up didn’t do too much for me–lots of noize–Lightning Bolt/Shellac (yawn!); a few bands I always liked but have seen before & weren’t must-sees like Polvo & Low, but most were bands/acts I’d heard nothing about–(plus I didn’t get to play poker with legendary music biz curmudgeon Steve Albini, bummer!).

So, I passed on Saturday, and Sunday was very excitement, as Boratwould say.  (By the way, these festivals that begin at noon and end at 2:00 a.m. the next day require some planning in terms of energy, beverages, & food.  The food at this festival sucked donkey dicks.  They had some mediocre Mexican food and really shitty dorm burgersfor sale outside by what looked like the local cheerleader fundraising group or possibly the local shriners–yep, the kind you get for weekend cookouts from the college cafeteria–and hotdogs that had been cooked a couple hours earlier and wrapped in tinfoil.  This quality level of food at a festival that is so isolated and expensive was really poorly planned and totally unacceptable). I didn’t get there in time for Gemma Hayes, who sounded fine on myspace, but I started with EPMD, who had a high energy but fairly rote performance with maximum hip-hop cliches.  They were pimpin’ a new album and might as well have been at a high school dance for their lack of awareness of where they were playing.  I think they even gave a shout out to being in Albany (! No shit!), which was about an hour and a half away.  The much-anticipated Mercury Rev followed.  This is a band I have been a fan of since Rough Tradewent out of business in 1991 and Grasshopper and David Baker were going cross country selling their lps and dropped by Shangri-la Recordsand sold us a few colored vinyl copies of Yerself is Steam.  Since they rarely tour the deep South, this was my first chance to see them.  Well, most of the folks who created their early ’90s gems I love are no longer in this outfit, and they were the cat’s ass.  Total suckage.  The few songs I endured would have been more appropriate in a Broadway musical and the lead guy should have joined the Smiths for all his artsy-fartsy movements.  “Mercury Rev” was the biggest disappointment of the weekend, especially since they were the local boys done good from just around the corner.  Oh, well.

Yo La Tengo was running late because of airline difficulties and played their unsettling, hurried set as if they had to catch a flight.  Ira’s rushing through the set was uncomfortable to watch & hard to enjoy. Not their best day.  Bob Mould was playing in the comedy ballroom so I checked that out.  The irony of the weekend was that Bob Mould’s band Husker Du had really trailblazed the music world and set the stage for many of these bands playing ATP25 years earlier, but most of them had bypassed Mould in their use of noise and modern effects to squeeze the best, edgiest sounds from guitars & pedals & computers.  Watching Mould play through his set of his solo stuff (with Jon from Superchunk on drums) as well as Sugar songs was like watching a band that time had passed by in slow motion.  These new bands had supplanted the groundbreaking work he had done 25 years earlier with far more vivacious efforts.  Such is life.

The lately omnipresent Dinosaur Jr. was cranking up their sound in the big room so I caught a couple of their really loud songs.  I’ve seen them a couple times lately so even though Lou actually looked like he was having fun on this occasion, I left them to check out Brian Jonestown Massacre’s set in the smaller room.  Having seen Dig! a couple years back, I knew that this Anton from BJM came off as a self-absorbed, drug-addled asshole, and his band, who has some great songs on record, could be really bad or really good.  Suffice to say that their set was the best of the weekend.  The only way I can describe it would be if you were really high around 1982 and caught the Dream Syndicate in a small club for one of their perfect shows.  All three guitars meshed perfectly and Anton was nowhere near a douchebag.  Much success.  This band was awesome and the definitely the highlight of the weekend.  In fact, their performance is the raison d’etre for this post. You, dear reader, have the chance to catch them thisSaturday night, April 11th, at the Hi Tone here in Memphis.  I would encourage music fans to attend.

Ending up the ATP weekend several hours later, My Bloody Valentine was set to hit the stage to much anticipation around midnight.  Pretty much the whole crowd was there to see them by 11:30 p.m. & 1500 gathered in the big room to hear this band.  Every other band ran on time this weekend except MBV so it was really unusual for everyone to wait until about 12:35 Monday morning for them to finally come on stage.  Most people had been waiting in that room for over an hour.  They finally began and were excrutiatingly loud.  Even with earplugs.  All five of the songs I heard sounded the same since they were all so loud.  The wierdest thing was that Kevin Shields has been out of rock ‘n roll for so long that he had to have a roadie come out after each song and step on his effects pedals to reset them.  What a total wanker!  Can’t even press his own foot pedals.  I left after 5 songs, fully sated with the Brian Jonestown Massacre and totally disappointed by MBV.

(If you plan on going to this year’s ATP, do not stay at Kutscher’s as all of the hotel rooms had nasty, roach-infested Motel Hell like experiences.  Most of the people staying there went to Wal-Mart to buy something like a sleeping bag or rubber raft to put on the beds in order to sleep in that hotel.  Also, bring your own food and plan on cooking out as there are few restaurants around there you would want to eat in.  Camping is definitely cheaper and more convenient and most likely a better experience than the hotel).  Kudos to ATP for an outstanding line-up, but, ATP, work on the food & hotel location!  It can definitely be improved &, for that much money, the experience should have been much better.
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So, about a year ago, I stumbled along this show & invested almost 250$ in a ticket to the 3 day event.  Meat Puppets II? Check!  Built to Spill Perfect From Now On? Check! Difficult-to-catch-live Mercury Rev? Check!  My Bloody Valentine 1st appearance in years?  Check!  My brother having a fishing cabin within 1/2 hour of the festival clinched the deal.  So, I headed up to the Catskills (no Rip Von Winkle jokes, please) & actually spent the whole weekend in an area of New York I had only previously driven through on the way to somewhere else. The weather was unbelievably beautiful that late September weekend and the ATP folks caught it just right.  The fishing cabin was in the quietest spot I have ever been around in the U.S.  I headed over to the show Friday afternoon & drove through herds of bearded Hasidic Jews who, according to local legend, took over the Catskills some time in the last 20 years and walk in the middle of the roads like a flock of sheep in Greece just like individual African-Americans do in Memphis–paying no attention to who or what cars might be driving right down the road towards them.

After about 45 minutes, I arrived at Kutschers “Resort,” which was a cross between the Shining and what you would expect from a ’60s era Borscht-Belt hotel that had not been invested in for over 40 years.  It looked cool at first with its kitschy sign out front, but after a few minutes, it was obvious this spot had been moth-balled in the ’80s and probably should have been torn down about 15 or 20 years ago.  Most of the comedians performing later that evening used the hotel & its shabby, creepy environs as the bulk of their material–good stuff, but an easy target all around. Memo to ATP: if you are charging such ginormous ticket prices–easily the most I have ever paid for a concert or weekend of concerts–and you do not mail the tickets to the customer–instead of making the customers wait in a 1/2 hour line to pick up their tickets once they arrive at the venue, you should have a butler at the door of the hotel handing over the tickets in a gold-leafed envelope with a small mound of cocaine to share with Kevin Shields in the back of a limo, or, at the very least, less than 5 minute waiting lines.  After waiting for 1/2 hour line to pick up my ticket, I then had to get in a line to get a bracelet to buy drinks.  By then the Meat Puppets had already begun their 6:00 set.  Poor planning, indeed!

However, once the music started, things went much smoother and the fun began.  The Meat Puppets were awesome, and it was particularly funny hearing them play songs they had either never played live or hadn’t played live in over 20 years.

But they did a great job and then played a couple of encores. I then bounced over to hear some great comedy at the smaller ballroom–shows ran remarkably on time at this fest, with the exception of the headliner Sunday night/Monday morning.  I caught funnyman Joe DeRosa, who started things off pretty well but, surprisingly, toldMcDonald’s jokes, which I would not have expected with this transplanted batch of Williamsburg hipsters (I think I was one of the oldest there and definitely one of the few not wearing unbelievably tight jeans and all black) making the bulk of the audience with a few Europeans mixed in.  Then Eugene Mirman, who I had not noticed as landlord in Flight of the Conchords, followed.  He was really good but seemed to have not done a lot of live comedy–so far so good.  (At this point, I was skipping Tortoise, who are super-duper incredibly boring live–kind of like watching their cd spin in a cd player–as well asThurston Moore’s playing of Psychic Hearts, which would have been nice to hear, but good live comedy is so hard to encounter these days so I rolled with that).  Maria Bamford followed and she was the equivalent of a female Emo Phillips to me.  Most of her humor bordered on the uncomfortably neurotic for my tastes, but I’m sure she has her fans.  Patton Oswalt headlined this great evening of comedy & really killed with plenty of sweaty, fat jokes about himself as well as numerous jabs at the hotel and its unique ambiance.  I was not familiar with his work, but I am definitely a fan now.

Then most folks headed over to catch a stellar set of Built to Spill and, as usual, they were amazing and high energy.

So, the 1st night I had a blast and caught 4 1/2 great acts in one night.  I headed back to the cabin and spent Saturday with my brother and his family.  I was surprised how much fun the Catskills were, all jokes aside.  Saturday’s line-up didn’t do too much for me–lots of noize–Lightning Bolt/Shellac (yawn!); a few bands I always liked but have seen before & weren’t must-sees like Polvo & Low, but most were bands/acts I’d heard nothing about–(plus I didn’t get to play poker with legendary music biz curmudgeon Steve Albini, bummer!).

So, I passed on Saturday, and Sunday was very excitement, as Boratwould say.  (By the way, these festivals that begin at noon and end at 2:00 a.m. the next day require some planning in terms of energy, beverages, & food.  The food at this festival sucked donkey dicks.  They had some mediocre Mexican food and really shitty dorm burgersfor sale outside by what looked like the local cheerleader fundraising group or possibly the local shriners–yep, the kind you get for weekend cookouts from the college cafeteria–and hotdogs that had been cooked a couple hours earlier and wrapped in tinfoil.  This quality level of food at a festival that is so isolated and expensive was really poorly planned and totally unacceptable). I didn’t get there in time for Gemma Hayes, who sounded fine on myspace, but I started with EPMD, who had a high energy but fairly rote performance with maximum hip-hop cliches.  They were pimpin’ a new album and might as well have been at a high school dance for their lack of awareness of where they were playing.  I think they even gave a shout out to being in Albany (! No shit!), which was about an hour and a half away.  The much-anticipated Mercury Rev followed.  This is a band I have been a fan of since Rough Tradewent out of business in 1991 and Grasshopper and David Baker were going cross country selling their lps and dropped by Shangri-la Recordsand sold us a few colored vinyl copies of Yerself is Steam.  Since they rarely tour the deep South, this was my first chance to see them.  Well, most of the folks who created their early ’90s gems I love are no longer in this outfit, and they were the cat’s ass.  Total suckage.  The few songs I endured would have been more appropriate in a Broadway musical and the lead guy should have joined the Smiths for all his artsy-fartsy movements.  “Mercury Rev” was the biggest disappointment of the weekend, especially since they were the local boys done good from just around the corner.  Oh, well.

Yo La Tengo was running late because of airline difficulties and played their unsettling, hurried set as if they had to catch a flight.  Ira’s rushing through the set was uncomfortable to watch & hard to enjoy. Not their best day.  Bob Mould was playing in the comedy ballroom so I checked that out.  The irony of the weekend was that Bob Mould’s band Husker Du had really trailblazed the music world and set the stage for many of these bands playing ATP25 years earlier, but most of them had bypassed Mould in their use of noise and modern effects to squeeze the best, edgiest sounds from guitars & pedals & computers.  Watching Mould play through his set of his solo stuff (with Jon from Superchunk on drums) as well as Sugar songs was like watching a band that time had passed by in slow motion.  These new bands had supplanted the groundbreaking work he had done 25 years earlier with far more vivacious efforts.  Such is life.

The lately omnipresent Dinosaur Jr. was cranking up their sound in the big room so I caught a couple of their really loud songs.  I’ve seen them a couple times lately so even though Lou actually looked like he was having fun on this occasion, I left them to check out Brian Jonestown Massacre’s set in the smaller room.  Having seen Dig! a couple years back, I knew that this Anton from BJM came off as a self-absorbed, drug-addled asshole, and his band, who has some great songs on record, could be really bad or really good.  Suffice to say that their set was the best of the weekend.  The only way I can describe it would be if you were really high around 1982 and caught the Dream Syndicate in a small club for one of their perfect shows.  All three guitars meshed perfectly and Anton was nowhere near a douchebag.  Much success.  This band was awesome and the definitely the highlight of the weekend.  In fact, their performance is the raison d’etre for this post. You, dear reader, have the chance to catch them thisSaturday night, April 11th, at the Hi Tone here in Memphis.  I would encourage music fans to attend.

Ending up the ATP weekend several hours later, My Bloody Valentine was set to hit the stage to much anticipation around midnight.  Pretty much the whole crowd was there to see them by 11:30 p.m. & 1500 gathered in the big room to hear this band.  Every other band ran on time this weekend except MBV so it was really unusual for everyone to wait until about 12:35 Monday morning for them to finally come on stage.  Most people had been waiting in that room for over an hour.  They finally began and were excrutiatingly loud.  Even with earplugs.  All five of the songs I heard sounded the same since they were all so loud.  The wierdest thing was that Kevin Shields has been out of rock ‘n roll for so long that he had to have a roadie come out after each song and step on his effects pedals to reset them.  What a total wanker!  Can’t even press his own foot pedals.  I left after 5 songs, fully sated with the Brian Jonestown Massacre and totally disappointed by MBV.

(If you plan on going to this year’s ATP, do not stay at Kutscher’s as all of the hotel rooms had nasty, roach-infested Motel Hell like experiences.  Most of the people staying there went to Wal-Mart to buy something like a sleeping bag or rubber raft to put on the beds in order to sleep in that hotel.  Also, bring your own food and plan on cooking out as there are few restaurants around there you would want to eat in.  Camping is definitely cheaper and more convenient and most likely a better experience than the hotel).  Kudos to ATP for an outstanding line-up, but, ATP, work on the food & hotel location!  It can definitely be improved &, for that much money, the experience should have been much better.
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So, about a year ago, I stumbled along this show & invested almost 250$ in a ticket to the 3 day event.  Meat Puppets II? Check!  Built to Spill Perfect From Now On? Check! Difficult-to-catch-live Mercury Rev? Check!  My Bloody Valentine 1st appearance in years?  Check!  My brother having a fishing cabin within 1/2 hour of the festival clinched the deal.  So, I headed up to the Catskills (no Rip Von Winkle jokes, please) & actually spent the whole weekend in an area of New York I had only previously driven through on the way to somewhere else. The weather was unbelievably beautiful that late September weekend and the ATP folks caught it just right.  The fishing cabin was in the quietest spot I have ever been around in the U.S.  I headed over to the show Friday afternoon & drove through herds of bearded Hasidic Jews who, according to local legend, took over the Catskills some time in the last 20 years and walk in the middle of the roads like a flock of sheep in Greece just like individual African-Americans do in Memphis–paying no attention to who or what cars might be driving right down the road towards them.

After about 45 minutes, I arrived at Kutschers “Resort,” which was a cross between the Shining and what you would expect from a ’60s era Borscht-Belt hotel that had not been invested in for over 40 years.  It looked cool at first with its kitschy sign out front, but after a few minutes, it was obvious this spot had been moth-balled in the ’80s and probably should have been torn down about 15 or 20 years ago.  Most of the comedians performing later that evening used the hotel & its shabby, creepy environs as the bulk of their material–good stuff, but an easy target all around. Memo to ATP: if you are charging such ginormous ticket prices–easily the most I have ever paid for a concert or weekend of concerts–and you do not mail the tickets to the customer–instead of making the customers wait in a 1/2 hour line to pick up their tickets once they arrive at the venue, you should have a butler at the door of the hotel handing over the tickets in a gold-leafed envelope with a small mound of cocaine to share with Kevin Shields in the back of a limo, or, at the very least, less than 5 minute waiting lines.  After waiting for 1/2 hour line to pick up my ticket, I then had to get in a line to get a bracelet to buy drinks.  By then the Meat Puppets had already begun their 6:00 set.  Poor planning, indeed!

However, once the music started, things went much smoother and the fun began.  The Meat Puppets were awesome, and it was particularly funny hearing them play songs they had either never played live or hadn’t played live in over 20 years.

But they did a great job and then played a couple of encores. I then bounced over to hear some great comedy at the smaller ballroom–shows ran remarkably on time at this fest, with the exception of the headliner Sunday night/Monday morning.  I caught funnyman Joe DeRosa, who started things off pretty well but, surprisingly, toldMcDonald’s jokes, which I would not have expected with this transplanted batch of Williamsburg hipsters (I think I was one of the oldest there and definitely one of the few not wearing unbelievably tight jeans and all black) making the bulk of the audience with a few Europeans mixed in.  Then Eugene Mirman, who I had not noticed as landlord in Flight of the Conchords, followed.  He was really good but seemed to have not done a lot of live comedy–so far so good.  (At this point, I was skipping Tortoise, who are super-duper incredibly boring live–kind of like watching their cd spin in a cd player–as well asThurston Moore’s playing of Psychic Hearts, which would have been nice to hear, but good live comedy is so hard to encounter these days so I rolled with that).  Maria Bamford followed and she was the equivalent of a female Emo Phillips to me.  Most of her humor bordered on the uncomfortably neurotic for my tastes, but I’m sure she has her fans.  Patton Oswalt headlined this great evening of comedy & really killed with plenty of sweaty, fat jokes about himself as well as numerous jabs at the hotel and its unique ambiance.  I was not familiar with his work, but I am definitely a fan now.

Then most folks headed over to catch a stellar set of Built to Spill and, as usual, they were amazing and high energy.

So, the 1st night I had a blast and caught 4 1/2 great acts in one night.  I headed back to the cabin and spent Saturday with my brother and his family.  I was surprised how much fun the Catskills were, all jokes aside.  Saturday’s line-up didn’t do too much for me–lots of noize–Lightning Bolt/Shellac (yawn!); a few bands I always liked but have seen before & weren’t must-sees like Polvo & Low, but most were bands/acts I’d heard nothing about–(plus I didn’t get to play poker with legendary music biz curmudgeon Steve Albini, bummer!).

So, I passed on Saturday, and Sunday was very excitement, as Boratwould say.  (By the way, these festivals that begin at noon and end at 2:00 a.m. the next day require some planning in terms of energy, beverages, & food.  The food at this festival sucked donkey dicks.  They had some mediocre Mexican food and really shitty dorm burgersfor sale outside by what looked like the local cheerleader fundraising group or possibly the local shriners–yep, the kind you get for weekend cookouts from the college cafeteria–and hotdogs that had been cooked a couple hours earlier and wrapped in tinfoil.  This quality level of food at a festival that is so isolated and expensive was really poorly planned and totally unacceptable). I didn’t get there in time for Gemma Hayes, who sounded fine on myspace, but I started with EPMD, who had a high energy but fairly rote performance with maximum hip-hop cliches.  They were pimpin’ a new album and might as well have been at a high school dance for their lack of awareness of where they were playing.  I think they even gave a shout out to being in Albany (! No shit!), which was about an hour and a half away.  The much-anticipated Mercury Rev followed.  This is a band I have been a fan of since Rough Tradewent out of business in 1991 and Grasshopper and David Baker were going cross country selling their lps and dropped by Shangri-la Recordsand sold us a few colored vinyl copies of Yerself is Steam.  Since they rarely tour the deep South, this was my first chance to see them.  Well, most of the folks who created their early ’90s gems I love are no longer in this outfit, and they were the cat’s ass.  Total suckage.  The few songs I endured would have been more appropriate in a Broadway musical and the lead guy should have joined the Smiths for all his artsy-fartsy movements.  “Mercury Rev” was the biggest disappointment of the weekend, especially since they were the local boys done good from just around the corner.  Oh, well.

Yo La Tengo was running late because of airline difficulties and played their unsettling, hurried set as if they had to catch a flight.  Ira’s rushing through the set was uncomfortable to watch & hard to enjoy. Not their best day.  Bob Mould was playing in the comedy ballroom so I checked that out.  The irony of the weekend was that Bob Mould’s band Husker Du had really trailblazed the music world and set the stage for many of these bands playing ATP25 years earlier, but most of them had bypassed Mould in their use of noise and modern effects to squeeze the best, edgiest sounds from guitars & pedals & computers.  Watching Mould play through his set of his solo stuff (with Jon from Superchunk on drums) as well as Sugar songs was like watching a band that time had passed by in slow motion.  These new bands had supplanted the groundbreaking work he had done 25 years earlier with far more vivacious efforts.  Such is life.

The lately omnipresent Dinosaur Jr. was cranking up their sound in the big room so I caught a couple of their really loud songs.  I’ve seen them a couple times lately so even though Lou actually looked like he was having fun on this occasion, I left them to check out Brian Jonestown Massacre’s set in the smaller room.  Having seen Dig! a couple years back, I knew that this Anton from BJM came off as a self-absorbed, drug-addled asshole, and his band, who has some great songs on record, could be really bad or really good.  Suffice to say that their set was the best of the weekend.  The only way I can describe it would be if you were really high around 1982 and caught the Dream Syndicate in a small club for one of their perfect shows.  All three guitars meshed perfectly and Anton was nowhere near a douchebag.  Much success.  This band was awesome and the definitely the highlight of the weekend.  In fact, their performance is the raison d’etre for this post. You, dear reader, have the chance to catch them thisSaturday night, April 11th, at the Hi Tone here in Memphis.  I would encourage music fans to attend.

Ending up the ATP weekend several hours later, My Bloody Valentine was set to hit the stage to much anticipation around midnight.  Pretty much the whole crowd was there to see them by 11:30 p.m. & 1500 gathered in the big room to hear this band.  Every other band ran on time this weekend except MBV so it was really unusual for everyone to wait until about 12:35 Monday morning for them to finally come on stage.  Most people had been waiting in that room for over an hour.  They finally began and were excrutiatingly loud.  Even with earplugs.  All five of the songs I heard sounded the same since they were all so loud.  The wierdest thing was that Kevin Shields has been out of rock ‘n roll for so long that he had to have a roadie come out after each song and step on his effects pedals to reset them.  What a total wanker!  Can’t even press his own foot pedals.  I left after 5 songs, fully sated with the Brian Jonestown Massacre and totally disappointed by MBV.

(If you plan on going to this year’s ATP, do not stay at Kutscher’s as all of the hotel rooms had nasty, roach-infested Motel Hell like experiences.  Most of the people staying there went to Wal-Mart to buy something like a sleeping bag or rubber raft to put on the beds in order to sleep in that hotel.  Also, bring your own food and plan on cooking out as there are few restaurants around there you would want to eat in.  Camping is definitely cheaper and more convenient and most likely a better experience than the hotel).  Kudos to ATP for an outstanding line-up, but, ATP, work on the food & hotel location!  It can definitely be improved &, for that much money, the experience should have been much better.
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So, about a year ago, I stumbled along this show & invested almost 250$ in a ticket to the 3 day event.  Meat Puppets II? Check!  Built to Spill Perfect From Now On? Check! Difficult-to-catch-live Mercury Rev? Check!  My Bloody Valentine 1st appearance in years?  Check!  My brother having a fishing cabin within 1/2 hour of the festival clinched the deal.  So, I headed up to the Catskills (no Rip Von Winkle jokes, please) & actually spent the whole weekend in an area of New York I had only previously driven through on the way to somewhere else. The weather was unbelievably beautiful that late September weekend and the ATP folks caught it just right.  The fishing cabin was in the quietest spot I have ever been around in the U.S.  I headed over to the show Friday afternoon & drove through herds of bearded Hasidic Jews who, according to local legend, took over the Catskills some time in the last 20 years and walk in the middle of the roads like a flock of sheep in Greece just like individual African-Americans do in Memphis–paying no attention to who or what cars might be driving right down the road towards them.

After about 45 minutes, I arrived at Kutschers “Resort,” which was a cross between the Shining and what you would expect from a ’60s era Borscht-Belt hotel that had not been invested in for over 40 years.  It looked cool at first with its kitschy sign out front, but after a few minutes, it was obvious this spot had been moth-balled in the ’80s and probably should have been torn down about 15 or 20 years ago.  Most of the comedians performing later that evening used the hotel & its shabby, creepy environs as the bulk of their material–good stuff, but an easy target all around. Memo to ATP: if you are charging such ginormous ticket prices–easily the most I have ever paid for a concert or weekend of concerts–and you do not mail the tickets to the customer–instead of making the customers wait in a 1/2 hour line to pick up their tickets once they arrive at the venue, you should have a butler at the door of the hotel handing over the tickets in a gold-leafed envelope with a small mound of cocaine to share with Kevin Shields in the back of a limo, or, at the very least, less than 5 minute waiting lines.  After waiting for 1/2 hour line to pick up my ticket, I then had to get in a line to get a bracelet to buy drinks.  By then the Meat Puppets had already begun their 6:00 set.  Poor planning, indeed!

However, once the music started, things went much smoother and the fun began.  The Meat Puppets were awesome, and it was particularly funny hearing them play songs they had either never played live or hadn’t played live in over 20 years.

But they did a great job and then played a couple of encores. I then bounced over to hear some great comedy at the smaller ballroom–shows ran remarkably on time at this fest, with the exception of the headliner Sunday night/Monday morning.  I caught funnyman Joe DeRosa, who started things off pretty well but, surprisingly, toldMcDonald’s jokes, which I would not have expected with this transplanted batch of Williamsburg hipsters (I think I was one of the oldest there and definitely one of the few not wearing unbelievably tight jeans and all black) making the bulk of the audience with a few Europeans mixed in.  Then Eugene Mirman, who I had not noticed as landlord in Flight of the Conchords, followed.  He was really good but seemed to have not done a lot of live comedy–so far so good.  (At this point, I was skipping Tortoise, who are super-duper incredibly boring live–kind of like watching their cd spin in a cd player–as well asThurston Moore’s playing of Psychic Hearts, which would have been nice to hear, but good live comedy is so hard to encounter these days so I rolled with that).  Maria Bamford followed and she was the equivalent of a female Emo Phillips to me.  Most of her humor bordered on the uncomfortably neurotic for my tastes, but I’m sure she has her fans.  Patton Oswalt headlined this great evening of comedy & really killed with plenty of sweaty, fat jokes about himself as well as numerous jabs at the hotel and its unique ambiance.  I was not familiar with his work, but I am definitely a fan now.

Then most folks headed over to catch a stellar set of Built to Spill and, as usual, they were amazing and high energy.

So, the 1st night I had a blast and caught 4 1/2 great acts in one night.  I headed back to the cabin and spent Saturday with my brother and his family.  I was surprised how much fun the Catskills were, all jokes aside.  Saturday’s line-up didn’t do too much for me–lots of noize–Lightning Bolt/Shellac (yawn!); a few bands I always liked but have seen before & weren’t must-sees like Polvo & Low, but most were bands/acts I’d heard nothing about–(plus I didn’t get to play poker with legendary music biz curmudgeon Steve Albini, bummer!).

So, I passed on Saturday, and Sunday was very excitement, as Boratwould say.  (By the way, these festivals that begin at noon and end at 2:00 a.m. the next day require some planning in terms of energy, beverages, & food.  The food at this festival sucked donkey dicks.  They had some mediocre Mexican food and really shitty dorm burgersfor sale outside by what looked like the local cheerleader fundraising group or possibly the local shriners–yep, the kind you get for weekend cookouts from the college cafeteria–and hotdogs that had been cooked a couple hours earlier and wrapped in tinfoil.  This quality level of food at a festival that is so isolated and expensive was really poorly planned and totally unacceptable). I didn’t get there in time for Gemma Hayes, who sounded fine on myspace, but I started with EPMD, who had a high energy but fairly rote performance with maximum hip-hop cliches.  They were pimpin’ a new album and might as well have been at a high school dance for their lack of awareness of where they were playing.  I think they even gave a shout out to being in Albany (! No shit!), which was about an hour and a half away.  The much-anticipated Mercury Rev followed.  This is a band I have been a fan of since Rough Tradewent out of business in 1991 and Grasshopper and David Baker were going cross country selling their lps and dropped by Shangri-la Recordsand sold us a few colored vinyl copies of Yerself is Steam.  Since they rarely tour the deep South, this was my first chance to see them.  Well, most of the folks who created their early ’90s gems I love are no longer in this outfit, and they were the cat’s ass.  Total suckage.  The few songs I endured would have been more appropriate in a Broadway musical and the lead guy should have joined the Smiths for all his artsy-fartsy movements.  “Mercury Rev” was the biggest disappointment of the weekend, especially since they were the local boys done good from just around the corner.  Oh, well.

Yo La Tengo was running late because of airline difficulties and played their unsettling, hurried set as if they had to catch a flight.  Ira’s rushing through the set was uncomfortable to watch & hard to enjoy. Not their best day.  Bob Mould was playing in the comedy ballroom so I checked that out.  The irony of the weekend was that Bob Mould’s band Husker Du had really trailblazed the music world and set the stage for many of these bands playing ATP25 years earlier, but most of them had bypassed Mould in their use of noise and modern effects to squeeze the best, edgiest sounds from guitars & pedals & computers.  Watching Mould play through his set of his solo stuff (with Jon from Superchunk on drums) as well as Sugar songs was like watching a band that time had passed by in slow motion.  These new bands had supplanted the groundbreaking work he had done 25 years earlier with far more vivacious efforts.  Such is life.

The lately omnipresent Dinosaur Jr. was cranking up their sound in the big room so I caught a couple of their really loud songs.  I’ve seen them a couple times lately so even though Lou actually looked like he was having fun on this occasion, I left them to check out Brian Jonestown Massacre’s set in the smaller room.  Having seen Dig! a couple years back, I knew that this Anton from BJM came off as a self-absorbed, drug-addled asshole, and his band, who has some great songs on record, could be really bad or really good.  Suffice to say that their set was the best of the weekend.  The only way I can describe it would be if you were really high around 1982 and caught the Dream Syndicate in a small club for one of their perfect shows.  All three guitars meshed perfectly and Anton was nowhere near a douchebag.  Much success.  This band was awesome and the definitely the highlight of the weekend.  In fact, their performance is the raison d’etre for this post. You, dear reader, have the chance to catch them thisSaturday night, April 11th, at the Hi Tone here in Memphis.  I would encourage music fans to attend.

Ending up the ATP weekend several hours later, My Bloody Valentine was set to hit the stage to much anticipation around midnight.  Pretty much the whole crowd was there to see them by 11:30 p.m. & 1500 gathered in the big room to hear this band.  Every other band ran on time this weekend except MBV so it was really unusual for everyone to wait until about 12:35 Monday morning for them to finally come on stage.  Most people had been waiting in that room for over an hour.  They finally began and were excrutiatingly loud.  Even with earplugs.  All five of the songs I heard sounded the same since they were all so loud.  The wierdest thing was that Kevin Shields has been out of rock ‘n roll for so long that he had to have a roadie come out after each song and step on his effects pedals to reset them.  What a total wanker!  Can’t even press his own foot pedals.  I left after 5 songs, fully sated with the Brian Jonestown Massacre and totally disappointed by MBV.

(If you plan on going to this year’s ATP, do not stay at Kutscher’s as all of the hotel rooms had nasty, roach-infested Motel Hell like experiences.  Most of the people staying there went to Wal-Mart to buy something like a sleeping bag or rubber raft to put on the beds in order to sleep in that hotel.  Also, bring your own food and plan on cooking out as there are few restaurants around there you would want to eat in.  Camping is definitely cheaper and more convenient and most likely a better experience than the hotel).  Kudos to ATP for an outstanding line-up, but, ATP, work on the food & hotel location!  It can definitely be improved &, for that much money, the experience should have been much better.
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So, about a year ago, I stumbled along this show & invested almost 250$ in a ticket to the 3 day event.  Meat Puppets II? Check!  Built to Spill Perfect From Now On? Check! Difficult-to-catch-live Mercury Rev? Check!  My Bloody Valentine 1st appearance in years?  Check!  My brother having a fishing cabin within 1/2 hour of the festival clinched the deal.  So, I headed up to the Catskills (no Rip Von Winkle jokes, please) & actually spent the whole weekend in an area of New York I had only previously driven through on the way to somewhere else. The weather was unbelievably beautiful that late September weekend and the ATP folks caught it just right.  The fishing cabin was in the quietest spot I have ever been around in the U.S.  I headed over to the show Friday afternoon & drove through herds of bearded Hasidic Jews who, according to local legend, took over the Catskills some time in the last 20 years and walk in the middle of the roads like a flock of sheep in Greece just like individual African-Americans do in Memphis–paying no attention to who or what cars might be driving right down the road towards them.

After about 45 minutes, I arrived at Kutschers “Resort,” which was a cross between the Shining and what you would expect from a ’60s era Borscht-Belt hotel that had not been invested in for over 40 years.  It looked cool at first with its kitschy sign out front, but after a few minutes, it was obvious this spot had been moth-balled in the ’80s and probably should have been torn down about 15 or 20 years ago.  Most of the comedians performing later that evening used the hotel & its shabby, creepy environs as the bulk of their material–good stuff, but an easy target all around. Memo to ATP: if you are charging such ginormous ticket prices–easily the most I have ever paid for a concert or weekend of concerts–and you do not mail the tickets to the customer–instead of making the customers wait in a 1/2 hour line to pick up their tickets once they arrive at the venue, you should have a butler at the door of the hotel handing over the tickets in a gold-leafed envelope with a small mound of cocaine to share with Kevin Shields in the back of a limo, or, at the very least, less than 5 minute waiting lines.  After waiting for 1/2 hour line to pick up my ticket, I then had to get in a line to get a bracelet to buy drinks.  By then the Meat Puppets had already begun their 6:00 set.  Poor planning, indeed!

However, once the music started, things went much smoother and the fun began.  The Meat Puppets were awesome, and it was particularly funny hearing them play songs they had either never played live or hadn’t played live in over 20 years.

But they did a great job and then played a couple of encores. I then bounced over to hear some great comedy at the smaller ballroom–shows ran remarkably on time at this fest, with the exception of the headliner Sunday night/Monday morning.  I caught funnyman Joe DeRosa, who started things off pretty well but, surprisingly, toldMcDonald’s jokes, which I would not have expected with this transplanted batch of Williamsburg hipsters (I think I was one of the oldest there and definitely one of the few not wearing unbelievably tight jeans and all black) making the bulk of the audience with a few Europeans mixed in.  Then Eugene Mirman, who I had not noticed as landlord in Flight of the Conchords, followed.  He was really good but seemed to have not done a lot of live comedy–so far so good.  (At this point, I was skipping Tortoise, who are super-duper incredibly boring live–kind of like watching their cd spin in a cd player–as well asThurston Moore’s playing of Psychic Hearts, which would have been nice to hear, but good live comedy is so hard to encounter these days so I rolled with that).  Maria Bamford followed and she was the equivalent of a female Emo Phillips to me.  Most of her humor bordered on the uncomfortably neurotic for my tastes, but I’m sure she has her fans.  Patton Oswalt headlined this great evening of comedy & really killed with plenty of sweaty, fat jokes about himself as well as numerous jabs at the hotel and its unique ambiance.  I was not familiar with his work, but I am definitely a fan now.

Then most folks headed over to catch a stellar set of Built to Spill and, as usual, they were amazing and high energy.

So, the 1st night I had a blast and caught 4 1/2 great acts in one night.  I headed back to the cabin and spent Saturday with my brother and his family.  I was surprised how much fun the Catskills were, all jokes aside.  Saturday’s line-up didn’t do too much for me–lots of noize–Lightning Bolt/Shellac (yawn!); a few bands I always liked but have seen before & weren’t must-sees like Polvo & Low, but most were bands/acts I’d heard nothing about–(plus I didn’t get to play poker with legendary music biz curmudgeon Steve Albini, bummer!).

So, I passed on Saturday, and Sunday was very excitement, as Boratwould say.  (By the way, these festivals that begin at noon and end at 2:00 a.m. the next day require some planning in terms of energy, beverages, & food.  The food at this festival sucked donkey dicks.  They had some mediocre Mexican food and really shitty dorm burgersfor sale outside by what looked like the local cheerleader fundraising group or possibly the local shriners–yep, the kind you get for weekend cookouts from the college cafeteria–and hotdogs that had been cooked a couple hours earlier and wrapped in tinfoil.  This quality level of food at a festival that is so isolated and expensive was really poorly planned and totally unacceptable). I didn’t get there in time for Gemma Hayes, who sounded fine on myspace, but I started with EPMD, who had a high energy but fairly rote performance with maximum hip-hop cliches.  They were pimpin’ a new album and might as well have been at a high school dance for their lack of awareness of where they were playing.  I think they even gave a shout out to being in Albany (! No shit!), which was about an hour and a half away.  The much-anticipated Mercury Rev followed.  This is a band I have been a fan of since Rough Tradewent out of business in 1991 and Grasshopper and David Baker were going cross country selling their lps and dropped by Shangri-la Recordsand sold us a few colored vinyl copies of Yerself is Steam.  Since they rarely tour the deep South, this was my first chance to see them.  Well, most of the folks who created their early ’90s gems I love are no longer in this outfit, and they were the cat’s ass.  Total suckage.  The few songs I endured would have been more appropriate in a Broadway musical and the lead guy should have joined the Smiths for all his artsy-fartsy movements.  “Mercury Rev” was the biggest disappointment of the weekend, especially since they were the local boys done good from just around the corner.  Oh, well.

Yo La Tengo was running late because of airline difficulties and played their unsettling, hurried set as if they had to catch a flight.  Ira’s rushing through the set was uncomfortable to watch & hard to enjoy. Not their best day.  Bob Mould was playing in the comedy ballroom so I checked that out.  The irony of the weekend was that Bob Mould’s band Husker Du had really trailblazed the music world and set the stage for many of these bands playing ATP25 years earlier, but most of them had bypassed Mould in their use of noise and modern effects to squeeze the best, edgiest sounds from guitars & pedals & computers.  Watching Mould play through his set of his solo stuff (with Jon from Superchunk on drums) as well as Sugar songs was like watching a band that time had passed by in slow motion.  These new bands had supplanted the groundbreaking work he had done 25 years earlier with far more vivacious efforts.  Such is life.

The lately omnipresent Dinosaur Jr. was cranking up their sound in the big room so I caught a couple of their really loud songs.  I’ve seen them a couple times lately so even though Lou actually looked like he was having fun on this occasion, I left them to check out Brian Jonestown Massacre’s set in the smaller room.  Having seen Dig! a couple years back, I knew that this Anton from BJM came off as a self-absorbed, drug-addled asshole, and his band, who has some great songs on record, could be really bad or really good.  Suffice to say that their set was the best of the weekend.  The only way I can describe it would be if you were really high around 1982 and caught the Dream Syndicate in a small club for one of their perfect shows.  All three guitars meshed perfectly and Anton was nowhere near a douchebag.  Much success.  This band was awesome and the definitely the highlight of the weekend.  In fact, their performance is the raison d’etre for this post. You, dear reader, have the chance to catch them thisSaturday night, April 11th, at the Hi Tone here in Memphis.  I would encourage music fans to attend.

Ending up the ATP weekend several hours later, My Bloody Valentine was set to hit the stage to much anticipation around midnight.  Pretty much the whole crowd was there to see them by 11:30 p.m. & 1500 gathered in the big room to hear this band.  Every other band ran on time this weekend except MBV so it was really unusual for everyone to wait until about 12:35 Monday morning for them to finally come on stage.  Most people had been waiting in that room for over an hour.  They finally began and were excrutiatingly loud.  Even with earplugs.  All five of the songs I heard sounded the same since they were all so loud.  The wierdest thing was that Kevin Shields has been out of rock ‘n roll for so long that he had to have a roadie come out after each song and step on his effects pedals to reset them.  What a total wanker!  Can’t even press his own foot pedals.  I left after 5 songs, fully sated with the Brian Jonestown Massacre and totally disappointed by MBV.

(If you plan on going to this year’s ATP, do not stay at Kutscher’s as all of the hotel rooms had nasty, roach-infested Motel Hell like experiences.  Most of the people staying there went to Wal-Mart to buy something like a sleeping bag or rubber raft to put on the beds in order to sleep in that hotel.  Also, bring your own food and plan on cooking out as there are few restaurants around there you would want to eat in.  Camping is definitely cheaper and more convenient and most likely a better experience than the hotel).  Kudos to ATP for an outstanding line-up, but, ATP, work on the food & hotel location!  It can definitely be improved &, for that much money, the experience should have been much better.
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So, about a year ago, I stumbled along this show & invested almost 250$ in a ticket to the 3 day event.  Meat Puppets II? Check!  Built to Spill Perfect From Now On? Check! Difficult-to-catch-live Mercury Rev? Check!  My Bloody Valentine 1st appearance in years?  Check!  My brother having a fishing cabin within 1/2 hour of the festival clinched the deal.  So, I headed up to the Catskills (no Rip Von Winkle jokes, please) & actually spent the whole weekend in an area of New York I had only previously driven through on the way to somewhere else. The weather was unbelievably beautiful that late September weekend and the ATP folks caught it just right.  The fishing cabin was in the quietest spot I have ever been around in the U.S.  I headed over to the show Friday afternoon & drove through herds of bearded Hasidic Jews who, according to local legend, took over the Catskills some time in the last 20 years and walk in the middle of the roads like a flock of sheep in Greece just like individual African-Americans do in Memphis–paying no attention to who or what cars might be driving right down the road towards them.

After about 45 minutes, I arrived at Kutschers “Resort,” which was a cross between the Shining and what you would expect from a ’60s era Borscht-Belt hotel that had not been invested in for over 40 years.  It looked cool at first with its kitschy sign out front, but after a few minutes, it was obvious this spot had been moth-balled in the ’80s and probably should have been torn down about 15 or 20 years ago.  Most of the comedians performing later that evening used the hotel & its shabby, creepy environs as the bulk of their material–good stuff, but an easy target all around. Memo to ATP: if you are charging such ginormous ticket prices–easily the most I have ever paid for a concert or weekend of concerts–and you do not mail the tickets to the customer–instead of making the customers wait in a 1/2 hour line to pick up their tickets once they arrive at the venue, you should have a butler at the door of the hotel handing over the tickets in a gold-leafed envelope with a small mound of cocaine to share with Kevin Shields in the back of a limo, or, at the very least, less than 5 minute waiting lines.  After waiting for 1/2 hour line to pick up my ticket, I then had to get in a line to get a bracelet to buy drinks.  By then the Meat Puppets had already begun their 6:00 set.  Poor planning, indeed!

However, once the music started, things went much smoother and the fun began.  The Meat Puppets were awesome, and it was particularly funny hearing them play songs they had either never played live or hadn’t played live in over 20 years.

But they did a great job and then played a couple of encores. I then bounced over to hear some great comedy at the smaller ballroom–shows ran remarkably on time at this fest, with the exception of the headliner Sunday night/Monday morning.  I caught funnyman Joe DeRosa, who started things off pretty well but, surprisingly, toldMcDonald’s jokes, which I would not have expected with this transplanted batch of Williamsburg hipsters (I think I was one of the oldest there and definitely one of the few not wearing unbelievably tight jeans and all black) making the bulk of the audience with a few Europeans mixed in.  Then Eugene Mirman, who I had not noticed as landlord in Flight of the Conchords, followed.  He was really good but seemed to have not done a lot of live comedy–so far so good.  (At this point, I was skipping Tortoise, who are super-duper incredibly boring live–kind of like watching their cd spin in a cd player–as well asThurston Moore’s playing of Psychic Hearts, which would have been nice to hear, but good live comedy is so hard to encounter these days so I rolled with that).  Maria Bamford followed and she was the equivalent of a female Emo Phillips to me.  Most of her humor bordered on the uncomfortably neurotic for my tastes, but I’m sure she has her fans.  Patton Oswalt headlined this great evening of comedy & really killed with plenty of sweaty, fat jokes about himself as well as numerous jabs at the hotel and its unique ambiance.  I was not familiar with his work, but I am definitely a fan now.

Then most folks headed over to catch a stellar set of Built to Spill and, as usual, they were amazing and high energy.

So, the 1st night I had a blast and caught 4 1/2 great acts in one night.  I headed back to the cabin and spent Saturday with my brother and his family.  I was surprised how much fun the Catskills were, all jokes aside.  Saturday’s line-up didn’t do too much for me–lots of noize–Lightning Bolt/Shellac (yawn!); a few bands I always liked but have seen before & weren’t must-sees like Polvo & Low, but most were bands/acts I’d heard nothing about–(plus I didn’t get to play poker with legendary music biz curmudgeon Steve Albini, bummer!).

So, I passed on Saturday, and Sunday was very excitement, as Boratwould say.  (By the way, these festivals that begin at noon and end at 2:00 a.m. the next day require some planning in terms of energy, beverages, & food.  The food at this festival sucked donkey dicks.  They had some mediocre Mexican food and really shitty dorm burgersfor sale outside by what looked like the local cheerleader fundraising group or possibly the local shriners–yep, the kind you get for weekend cookouts from the college cafeteria–and hotdogs that had been cooked a couple hours earlier and wrapped in tinfoil.  This quality level of food at a festival that is so isolated and expensive was really poorly planned and totally unacceptable). I didn’t get there in time for Gemma Hayes, who sounded fine on myspace, but I started with EPMD, who had a high energy but fairly rote performance with maximum hip-hop cliches.  They were pimpin’ a new album and might as well have been at a high school dance for their lack of awareness of where they were playing.  I think they even gave a shout out to being in Albany (! No shit!), which was about an hour and a half away.  The much-anticipated Mercury Rev followed.  This is a band I have been a fan of since Rough Tradewent out of business in 1991 and Grasshopper and David Baker were going cross country selling their lps and dropped by Shangri-la Recordsand sold us a few colored vinyl copies of Yerself is Steam.  Since they rarely tour the deep South, this was my first chance to see them.  Well, most of the folks who created their early ’90s gems I love are no longer in this outfit, and they were the cat’s ass.  Total suckage.  The few songs I endured would have been more appropriate in a Broadway musical and the lead guy should have joined the Smiths for all his artsy-fartsy movements.  “Mercury Rev” was the biggest disappointment of the weekend, especially since they were the local boys done good from just around the corner.  Oh, well.

Yo La Tengo was running late because of airline difficulties and played their unsettling, hurried set as if they had to catch a flight.  Ira’s rushing through the set was uncomfortable to watch & hard to enjoy. Not their best day.  Bob Mould was playing in the comedy ballroom so I checked that out.  The irony of the weekend was that Bob Mould’s band Husker Du had really trailblazed the music world and set the stage for many of these bands playing ATP25 years earlier, but most of them had bypassed Mould in their use of noise and modern effects to squeeze the best, edgiest sounds from guitars & pedals & computers.  Watching Mould play through his set of his solo stuff (with Jon from Superchunk on drums) as well as Sugar songs was like watching a band that time had passed by in slow motion.  These new bands had supplanted the groundbreaking work he had done 25 years earlier with far more vivacious efforts.  Such is life.

The lately omnipresent Dinosaur Jr. was cranking up their sound in the big room so I caught a couple of their really loud songs.  I’ve seen them a couple times lately so even though Lou actually looked like he was having fun on this occasion, I left them to check out Brian Jonestown Massacre’s set in the smaller room.  Having seen Dig! a couple years back, I knew that this Anton from BJM came off as a self-absorbed, drug-addled asshole, and his band, who has some great songs on record, could be really bad or really good.  Suffice to say that their set was the best of the weekend.  The only way I can describe it would be if you were really high around 1982 and caught the Dream Syndicate in a small club for one of their perfect shows.  All three guitars meshed perfectly and Anton was nowhere near a douchebag.  Much success.  This band was awesome and the definitely the highlight of the weekend.  In fact, their performance is the raison d’etre for this post. You, dear reader, have the chance to catch them thisSaturday night, April 11th, at the Hi Tone here in Memphis.  I would encourage music fans to attend.

Ending up the ATP weekend several hours later, My Bloody Valentine was set to hit the stage to much anticipation around midnight.  Pretty much the whole crowd was there to see them by 11:30 p.m. & 1500 gathered in the big room to hear this band.  Every other band ran on time this weekend except MBV so it was really unusual for everyone to wait until about 12:35 Monday morning for them to finally come on stage.  Most people had been waiting in that room for over an hour.  They finally began and were excrutiatingly loud.  Even with earplugs.  All five of the songs I heard sounded the same since they were all so loud.  The wierdest thing was that Kevin Shields has been out of rock ‘n roll for so long that he had to have a roadie come out after each song and step on his effects pedals to reset them.  What a total wanker!  Can’t even press his own foot pedals.  I left after 5 songs, fully sated with the Brian Jonestown Massacre and totally disappointed by MBV.

(If you plan on going to this year’s ATP, do not stay at Kutscher’s as all of the hotel rooms had nasty, roach-infested Motel Hell like experiences.  Most of the people staying there went to Wal-Mart to buy something like a sleeping bag or rubber raft to put on the beds in order to sleep in that hotel.  Also, bring your own food and plan on cooking out as there are few restaurants around there you would want to eat in.  Camping is definitely cheaper and more convenient and most likely a better experience than the hotel).  Kudos to ATP for an outstanding line-up, but, ATP, work on the food & hotel location!  It can definitely be improved &, for that much money, the experience should have been much better.
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So, about a year ago, I stumbled along this show & invested almost 250$ in a ticket to the 3 day event.  Meat Puppets II? Check!  Built to Spill Perfect From Now On? Check! Difficult-to-catch-live Mercury Rev? Check!  My Bloody Valentine 1st appearance in years?  Check!  My brother having a fishing cabin within 1/2 hour of the festival clinched the deal.  So, I headed up to the Catskills (no Rip Von Winkle jokes, please) & actually spent the whole weekend in an area of New York I had only previously driven through on the way to somewhere else. The weather was unbelievably beautiful that late September weekend and the ATP folks caught it just right.  The fishing cabin was in the quietest spot I have ever been around in the U.S.  I headed over to the show Friday afternoon & drove through herds of bearded Hasidic Jews who, according to local legend, took over the Catskills some time in the last 20 years and walk in the middle of the roads like a flock of sheep in Greece just like individual African-Americans do in Memphis–paying no attention to who or what cars might be driving right down the road towards them.

After about 45 minutes, I arrived at Kutschers “Resort,” which was a cross between the Shining and what you would expect from a ’60s era Borscht-Belt hotel that had not been invested in for over 40 years.  It looked cool at first with its kitschy sign out front, but after a few minutes, it was obvious this spot had been moth-balled in the ’80s and probably should have been torn down about 15 or 20 years ago.  Most of the comedians performing later that evening used the hotel & its shabby, creepy environs as the bulk of their material–good stuff, but an easy target all around. Memo to ATP: if you are charging such ginormous ticket prices–easily the most I have ever paid for a concert or weekend of concerts–and you do not mail the tickets to the customer–instead of making the customers wait in a 1/2 hour line to pick up their tickets once they arrive at the venue, you should have a butler at the door of the hotel handing over the tickets in a gold-leafed envelope with a small mound of cocaine to share with Kevin Shields in the back of a limo, or, at the very least, less than 5 minute waiting lines.  After waiting for 1/2 hour line to pick up my ticket, I then had to get in a line to get a bracelet to buy drinks.  By then the Meat Puppets had already begun their 6:00 set.  Poor planning, indeed!

However, once the music started, things went much smoother and the fun began.  The Meat Puppets were awesome, and it was particularly funny hearing them play songs they had either never played live or hadn’t played live in over 20 years.

But they did a great job and then played a couple of encores. I then bounced over to hear some great comedy at the smaller ballroom–shows ran remarkably on time at this fest, with the exception of the headliner Sunday night/Monday morning.  I caught funnyman Joe DeRosa, who started things off pretty well but, surprisingly, toldMcDonald’s jokes, which I would not have expected with this transplanted batch of Williamsburg hipsters (I think I was one of the oldest there and definitely one of the few not wearing unbelievably tight jeans and all black) making the bulk of the audience with a few Europeans mixed in.  Then Eugene Mirman, who I had not noticed as landlord in Flight of the Conchords, followed.  He was really good but seemed to have not done a lot of live comedy–so far so good.  (At this point, I was skipping Tortoise, who are super-duper incredibly boring live–kind of like watching their cd spin in a cd player–as well asThurston Moore’s playing of Psychic Hearts, which would have been nice to hear, but good live comedy is so hard to encounter these days so I rolled with that).  Maria Bamford followed and she was the equivalent of a female Emo Phillips to me.  Most of her humor bordered on the uncomfortably neurotic for my tastes, but I’m sure she has her fans.  Patton Oswalt headlined this great evening of comedy & really killed with plenty of sweaty, fat jokes about himself as well as numerous jabs at the hotel and its unique ambiance.  I was not familiar with his work, but I am definitely a fan now.

Then most folks headed over to catch a stellar set of Built to Spill and, as usual, they were amazing and high energy.

So, the 1st night I had a blast and caught 4 1/2 great acts in one night.  I headed back to the cabin and spent Saturday with my brother and his family.  I was surprised how much fun the Catskills were, all jokes aside.  Saturday’s line-up didn’t do too much for me–lots of noize–Lightning Bolt/Shellac (yawn!); a few bands I always liked but have seen before & weren’t must-sees like Polvo & Low, but most were bands/acts I’d heard nothing about–(plus I didn’t get to play poker with legendary music biz curmudgeon Steve Albini, bummer!).

So, I passed on Saturday, and Sunday was very excitement, as Boratwould say.  (By the way, these festivals that begin at noon and end at 2:00 a.m. the next day require some planning in terms of energy, beverages, & food.  The food at this festival sucked donkey dicks.  They had some mediocre Mexican food and really shitty dorm burgersfor sale outside by what looked like the local cheerleader fundraising group or possibly the local shriners–yep, the kind you get for weekend cookouts from the college cafeteria–and hotdogs that had been cooked a couple hours earlier and wrapped in tinfoil.  This quality level of food at a festival that is so isolated and expensive was really poorly planned and totally unacceptable). I didn’t get there in time for Gemma Hayes, who sounded fine on myspace, but I started with EPMD, who had a high energy but fairly rote performance with maximum hip-hop cliches.  They were pimpin’ a new album and might as well have been at a high school dance for their lack of awareness of where they were playing.  I think they even gave a shout out to being in Albany (! No shit!), which was about an hour and a half away.  The much-anticipated Mercury Rev followed.  This is a band I have been a fan of since Rough Tradewent out of business in 1991 and Grasshopper and David Baker were going cross country selling their lps and dropped by Shangri-la Recordsand sold us a few colored vinyl copies of Yerself is Steam.  Since they rarely tour the deep South, this was my first chance to see them.  Well, most of the folks who created their early ’90s gems I love are no longer in this outfit, and they were the cat’s ass.  Total suckage.  The few songs I endured would have been more appropriate in a Broadway musical and the lead guy should have joined the Smiths for all his artsy-fartsy movements.  “Mercury Rev” was the biggest disappointment of the weekend, especially since they were the local boys done good from just around the corner.  Oh, well.

Yo La Tengo was running late because of airline difficulties and played their unsettling, hurried set as if they had to catch a flight.  Ira’s rushing through the set was uncomfortable to watch & hard to enjoy. Not their best day.  Bob Mould was playing in the comedy ballroom so I checked that out.  The irony of the weekend was that Bob Mould’s band Husker Du had really trailblazed the music world and set the stage for many of these bands playing ATP25 years earlier, but most of them had bypassed Mould in their use of noise and modern effects to squeeze the best, edgiest sounds from guitars & pedals & computers.  Watching Mould play through his set of his solo stuff (with Jon from Superchunk on drums) as well as Sugar songs was like watching a band that time had passed by in slow motion.  These new bands had supplanted the groundbreaking work he had done 25 years earlier with far more vivacious efforts.  Such is life.

The lately omnipresent Dinosaur Jr. was cranking up their sound in the big room so I caught a couple of their really loud songs.  I’ve seen them a couple times lately so even though Lou actually looked like he was having fun on this occasion, I left them to check out Brian Jonestown Massacre’s set in the smaller room.  Having seen Dig! a couple years back, I knew that this Anton from BJM came off as a self-absorbed, drug-addled asshole, and his band, who has some great songs on record, could be really bad or really good.  Suffice to say that their set was the best of the weekend.  The only way I can describe it would be if you were really high around 1982 and caught the Dream Syndicate in a small club for one of their perfect shows.  All three guitars meshed perfectly and Anton was nowhere near a douchebag.  Much success.  This band was awesome and the definitely the highlight of the weekend.  In fact, their performance is the raison d’etre for this post. You, dear reader, have the chance to catch them thisSaturday night, April 11th, at the Hi Tone here in Memphis.  I would encourage music fans to attend.

Ending up the ATP weekend several hours later, My Bloody Valentine was set to hit the stage to much anticipation around midnight.  Pretty much the whole crowd was there to see them by 11:30 p.m. & 1500 gathered in the big room to hear this band.  Every other band ran on time this weekend except MBV so it was really unusual for everyone to wait until about 12:35 Monday morning for them to finally come on stage.  Most people had been waiting in that room for over an hour.  They finally began and were excrutiatingly loud.  Even with earplugs.  All five of the songs I heard sounded the same since they were all so loud.  The wierdest thing was that Kevin Shields has been out of rock ‘n roll for so long that he had to have a roadie come out after each song and step on his effects pedals to reset them.  What a total wanker!  Can’t even press his own foot pedals.  I left after 5 songs, fully sated with the Brian Jonestown Massacre and totally disappointed by MBV.

(If you plan on going to this year’s ATP, do not stay at Kutscher’s as all of the hotel rooms had nasty, roach-infested Motel Hell like experiences.  Most of the people staying there went to Wal-Mart to buy something like a sleeping bag or rubber raft to put on the beds in order to sleep in that hotel.  Also, bring your own food and plan on cooking out as there are few restaurants around there you would want to eat in.  Camping is definitely cheaper and more convenient and most likely a better experience than the hotel).  Kudos to ATP for an outstanding line-up, but, ATP, work on the food & hotel location!  It can definitely be improved &, for that much money, the experience should have been much better.
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So, about a year ago, I stumbled along this show & invested almost 250$ in a ticket to the 3 day event.  Meat Puppets II? Check!  Built to Spill Perfect From Now On? Check! Difficult-to-catch-live Mercury Rev? Check!  My Bloody Valentine 1st appearance in years?  Check!  My brother having a fishing cabin within 1/2 hour of the festival clinched the deal.  So, I headed up to the Catskills (no Rip Von Winkle jokes, please) & actually spent the whole weekend in an area of New York I had only previously driven through on the way to somewhere else. The weather was unbelievably beautiful that late September weekend and the ATP folks caught it just right.  The fishing cabin was in the quietest spot I have ever been around in the U.S.  I headed over to the show Friday afternoon & drove through herds of bearded Hasidic Jews who, according to local legend, took over the Catskills some time in the last 20 years and walk in the middle of the roads like a flock of sheep in Greece just like individual African-Americans do in Memphis–paying no attention to who or what cars might be driving right down the road towards them.

After about 45 minutes, I arrived at Kutschers “Resort,” which was a cross between the Shining and what you would expect from a ’60s era Borscht-Belt hotel that had not been invested in for over 40 years.  It looked cool at first with its kitschy sign out front, but after a few minutes, it was obvious this spot had been moth-balled in the ’80s and probably should have been torn down about 15 or 20 years ago.  Most of the comedians performing later that evening used the hotel & its shabby, creepy environs as the bulk of their material–good stuff, but an easy target all around. Memo to ATP: if you are charging such ginormous ticket prices–easily the most I have ever paid for a concert or weekend of concerts–and you do not mail the tickets to the customer–instead of making the customers wait in a 1/2 hour line to pick up their tickets once they arrive at the venue, you should have a butler at the door of the hotel handing over the tickets in a gold-leafed envelope with a small mound of cocaine to share with Kevin Shields in the back of a limo, or, at the very least, less than 5 minute waiting lines.  After waiting for 1/2 hour line to pick up my ticket, I then had to get in a line to get a bracelet to buy drinks.  By then the Meat Puppets had already begun their 6:00 set.  Poor planning, indeed!

However, once the music started, things went much smoother and the fun began.  The Meat Puppets were awesome, and it was particularly funny hearing them play songs they had either never played live or hadn’t played live in over 20 years.

But they did a great job and then played a couple of encores. I then bounced over to hear some great comedy at the smaller ballroom–shows ran remarkably on time at this fest, with the exception of the headliner Sunday night/Monday morning.  I caught funnyman Joe DeRosa, who started things off pretty well but, surprisingly, toldMcDonald’s jokes, which I would not have expected with this transplanted batch of Williamsburg hipsters (I think I was one of the oldest there and definitely one of the few not wearing unbelievably tight jeans and all black) making the bulk of the audience with a few Europeans mixed in.  Then Eugene Mirman, who I had not noticed as landlord in Flight of the Conchords, followed.  He was really good but seemed to have not done a lot of live comedy–so far so good.  (At this point, I was skipping Tortoise, who are super-duper incredibly boring live–kind of like watching their cd spin in a cd player–as well asThurston Moore’s playing of Psychic Hearts, which would have been nice to hear, but good live comedy is so hard to encounter these days so I rolled with that).  Maria Bamford followed and she was the equivalent of a female Emo Phillips to me.  Most of her humor bordered on the uncomfortably neurotic for my tastes, but I’m sure she has her fans.  Patton Oswalt headlined this great evening of comedy & really killed with plenty of sweaty, fat jokes about himself as well as numerous jabs at the hotel and its unique ambiance.  I was not familiar with his work, but I am definitely a fan now.

Then most folks headed over to catch a stellar set of Built to Spill and, as usual, they were amazing and high energy.

So, the 1st night I had a blast and caught 4 1/2 great acts in one night.  I headed back to the cabin and spent Saturday with my brother and his family.  I was surprised how much fun the Catskills were, all jokes aside.  Saturday’s line-up didn’t do too much for me–lots of noize–Lightning Bolt/Shellac (yawn!); a few bands I always liked but have seen before & weren’t must-sees like Polvo & Low, but most were bands/acts I’d heard nothing about–(plus I didn’t get to play poker with legendary music biz curmudgeon Steve Albini, bummer!).

So, I passed on Saturday, and Sunday was very excitement, as Boratwould say.  (By the way, these festivals that begin at noon and end at 2:00 a.m. the next day require some planning in terms of energy, beverages, & food.  The food at this festival sucked donkey dicks.  They had some mediocre Mexican food and really shitty dorm burgersfor sale outside by what looked like the local cheerleader fundraising group or possibly the local shriners–yep, the kind you get for weekend cookouts from the college cafeteria–and hotdogs that had been cooked a couple hours earlier and wrapped in tinfoil.  This quality level of food at a festival that is so isolated and expensive was really poorly planned and totally unacceptable). I didn’t get there in time for Gemma Hayes, who sounded fine on myspace, but I started with EPMD, who had a high energy but fairly rote performance with maximum hip-hop cliches.  They were pimpin’ a new album and might as well have been at a high school dance for their lack of awareness of where they were playing.  I think they even gave a shout out to being in Albany (! No shit!), which was about an hour and a half away.  The much-anticipated Mercury Rev followed.  This is a band I have been a fan of since Rough Tradewent out of business in 1991 and Grasshopper and David Baker were going cross country selling their lps and dropped by Shangri-la Recordsand sold us a few colored vinyl copies of Yerself is Steam.  Since they rarely tour the deep South, this was my first chance to see them.  Well, most of the folks who created their early ’90s gems I love are no longer in this outfit, and they were the cat’s ass.  Total suckage.  The few songs I endured would have been more appropriate in a Broadway musical and the lead guy should have joined the Smiths for all his artsy-fartsy movements.  “Mercury Rev” was the biggest disappointment of the weekend, especially since they were the local boys done good from just around the corner.  Oh, well.

Yo La Tengo was running late because of airline difficulties and played their unsettling, hurried set as if they had to catch a flight.  Ira’s rushing through the set was uncomfortable to watch & hard to enjoy. Not their best day.  Bob Mould was playing in the comedy ballroom so I checked that out.  The irony of the weekend was that Bob Mould’s band Husker Du had really trailblazed the music world and set the stage for many of these bands playing ATP25 years earlier, but most of them had bypassed Mould in their use of noise and modern effects to squeeze the best, edgiest sounds from guitars & pedals & computers.  Watching Mould play through his set of his solo stuff (with Jon from Superchunk on drums) as well as Sugar songs was like watching a band that time had passed by in slow motion.  These new bands had supplanted the groundbreaking work he had done 25 years earlier with far more vivacious efforts.  Such is life.

The lately omnipresent Dinosaur Jr. was cranking up their sound in the big room so I caught a couple of their really loud songs.  I’ve seen them a couple times lately so even though Lou actually looked like he was having fun on this occasion, I left them to check out Brian Jonestown Massacre’s set in the smaller room.  Having seen Dig! a couple years back, I knew that this Anton from BJM came off as a self-absorbed, drug-addled asshole, and his band, who has some great songs on record, could be really bad or really good.  Suffice to say that their set was the best of the weekend.  The only way I can describe it would be if you were really high around 1982 and caught the Dream Syndicate in a small club for one of their perfect shows.  All three guitars meshed perfectly and Anton was nowhere near a douchebag.  Much success.  This band was awesome and the definitely the highlight of the weekend.  In fact, their performance is the raison d’etre for this post. You, dear reader, have the chance to catch them thisSaturday night, April 11th, at the Hi Tone here in Memphis.  I would encourage music fans to attend.

Ending up the ATP weekend several hours later, My Bloody Valentine was set to hit the stage to much anticipation around midnight.  Pretty much the whole crowd was there to see them by 11:30 p.m. & 1500 gathered in the big room to hear this band.  Every other band ran on time this weekend except MBV so it was really unusual for everyone to wait until about 12:35 Monday morning for them to finally come on stage.  Most people had been waiting in that room for over an hour.  They finally began and were excrutiatingly loud.  Even with earplugs.  All five of the songs I heard sounded the same since they were all so loud.  The wierdest thing was that Kevin Shields has been out of rock ‘n roll for so long that he had to have a roadie come out after each song and step on his effects pedals to reset them.  What a total wanker!  Can’t even press his own foot pedals.  I left after 5 songs, fully sated with the Brian Jonestown Massacre and totally disappointed by MBV.

(If you plan on going to this year’s ATP, do not stay at Kutscher’s as all of the hotel rooms had nasty, roach-infested Motel Hell like experiences.  Most of the people staying there went to Wal-Mart to buy something like a sleeping bag or rubber raft to put on the beds in order to sleep in that hotel.  Also, bring your own food and plan on cooking out as there are few restaurants around there you would want to eat in.  Camping is definitely cheaper and more convenient and most likely a better experience than the hotel).  Kudos to ATP for an outstanding line-up, but, ATP, work on the food & hotel location!  It can definitely be improved &, for that much money, the experience should have been much better.
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So, about a year ago, I stumbled along this show & invested almost 250$ in a ticket to the 3 day event.  Meat Puppets II? Check!  Built to Spill Perfect From Now On? Check! Difficult-to-catch-live Mercury Rev? Check!  My Bloody Valentine 1st appearance in years?  Check!  My brother having a fishing cabin within 1/2 hour of the festival clinched the deal.  So, I headed up to the Catskills (no Rip Von Winkle jokes, please) & actually spent the whole weekend in an area of New York I had only previously driven through on the way to somewhere else. The weather was unbelievably beautiful that late September weekend and the ATP folks caught it just right.  The fishing cabin was in the quietest spot I have ever been around in the U.S.  I headed over to the show Friday afternoon & drove through herds of bearded Hasidic Jews who, according to local legend, took over the Catskills some time in the last 20 years and walk in the middle of the roads like a flock of sheep in Greece just like individual African-Americans do in Memphis–paying no attention to who or what cars might be driving right down the road towards them.

After about 45 minutes, I arrived at Kutschers “Resort,” which was a cross between the Shining and what you would expect from a ’60s era Borscht-Belt hotel that had not been invested in for over 40 years.  It looked cool at first with its kitschy sign out front, but after a few minutes, it was obvious this spot had been moth-balled in the ’80s and probably should have been torn down about 15 or 20 years ago.  Most of the comedians performing later that evening used the hotel & its shabby, creepy environs as the bulk of their material–good stuff, but an easy target all around. Memo to ATP: if you are charging such ginormous ticket prices–easily the most I have ever paid for a concert or weekend of concerts–and you do not mail the tickets to the customer–instead of making the customers wait in a 1/2 hour line to pick up their tickets once they arrive at the venue, you should have a butler at the door of the hotel handing over the tickets in a gold-leafed envelope with a small mound of cocaine to share with Kevin Shields in the back of a limo, or, at the very least, less than 5 minute waiting lines.  After waiting for 1/2 hour line to pick up my ticket, I then had to get in a line to get a bracelet to buy drinks.  By then the Meat Puppets had already begun their 6:00 set.  Poor planning, indeed!

However, once the music started, things went much smoother and the fun began.  The Meat Puppets were awesome, and it was particularly funny hearing them play songs they had either never played live or hadn’t played live in over 20 years.

But they did a great job and then played a couple of encores. I then bounced over to hear some great comedy at the smaller ballroom–shows ran remarkably on time at this fest, with the exception of the headliner Sunday night/Monday morning.  I caught funnyman Joe DeRosa, who started things off pretty well but, surprisingly, toldMcDonald’s jokes, which I would not have expected with this transplanted batch of Williamsburg hipsters (I think I was one of the oldest there and definitely one of the few not wearing unbelievably tight jeans and all black) making the bulk of the audience with a few Europeans mixed in.  Then Eugene Mirman, who I had not noticed as landlord in Flight of the Conchords, followed.  He was really good but seemed to have not done a lot of live comedy–so far so good.  (At this point, I was skipping Tortoise, who are super-duper incredibly boring live–kind of like watching their cd spin in a cd player–as well asThurston Moore’s playing of Psychic Hearts, which would have been nice to hear, but good live comedy is so hard to encounter these days so I rolled with that).  Maria Bamford followed and she was the equivalent of a female Emo Phillips to me.  Most of her humor bordered on the uncomfortably neurotic for my tastes, but I’m sure she has her fans.  Patton Oswalt headlined this great evening of comedy & really killed with plenty of sweaty, fat jokes about himself as well as numerous jabs at the hotel and its unique ambiance.  I was not familiar with his work, but I am definitely a fan now.

Then most folks headed over to catch a stellar set of Built to Spill and, as usual, they were amazing and high energy.

So, the 1st night I had a blast and caught 4 1/2 great acts in one night.  I headed back to the cabin and spent Saturday with my brother and his family.  I was surprised how much fun the Catskills were, all jokes aside.  Saturday’s line-up didn’t do too much for me–lots of noize–Lightning Bolt/Shellac (yawn!); a few bands I always liked but have seen before & weren’t must-sees like Polvo & Low, but most were bands/acts I’d heard nothing about–(plus I didn’t get to play poker with legendary music biz curmudgeon Steve Albini, bummer!).

So, I passed on Saturday, and Sunday was very excitement, as Boratwould say.  (By the way, these festivals that begin at noon and end at 2:00 a.m. the next day require some planning in terms of energy, beverages, & food.  The food at this festival sucked donkey dicks.  They had some mediocre Mexican food and really shitty dorm burgersfor sale outside by what looked like the local cheerleader fundraising group or possibly the local shriners–yep, the kind you get for weekend cookouts from the college cafeteria–and hotdogs that had been cooked a couple hours earlier and wrapped in tinfoil.  This quality level of food at a festival that is so isolated and expensive was really poorly planned and totally unacceptable). I didn’t get there in time for Gemma Hayes, who sounded fine on myspace, but I started with EPMD, who had a high energy but fairly rote performance with maximum hip-hop cliches.  They were pimpin’ a new album and might as well have been at a high school dance for their lack of awareness of where they were playing.  I think they even gave a shout out to being in Albany (! No shit!), which was about an hour and a half away.  The much-anticipated Mercury Rev followed.  This is a band I have been a fan of since Rough Tradewent out of business in 1991 and Grasshopper and David Baker were going cross country selling their lps and dropped by Shangri-la Recordsand sold us a few colored vinyl copies of Yerself is Steam.  Since they rarely tour the deep South, this was my first chance to see them.  Well, most of the folks who created their early ’90s gems I love are no longer in this outfit, and they were the cat’s ass.  Total suckage.  The few songs I endured would have been more appropriate in a Broadway musical and the lead guy should have joined the Smiths for all his artsy-fartsy movements.  “Mercury Rev” was the biggest disappointment of the weekend, especially since they were the local boys done good from just around the corner.  Oh, well.

Yo La Tengo was running late because of airline difficulties and played their unsettling, hurried set as if they had to catch a flight.  Ira’s rushing through the set was uncomfortable to watch & hard to enjoy. Not their best day.  Bob Mould was playing in the comedy ballroom so I checked that out.  The irony of the weekend was that Bob Mould’s band Husker Du had really trailblazed the music world and set the stage for many of these bands playing ATP25 years earlier, but most of them had bypassed Mould in their use of noise and modern effects to squeeze the best, edgiest sounds from guitars & pedals & computers.  Watching Mould play through his set of his solo stuff (with Jon from Superchunk on drums) as well as Sugar songs was like watching a band that time had passed by in slow motion.  These new bands had supplanted the groundbreaking work he had done 25 years earlier with far more vivacious efforts.  Such is life.

The lately omnipresent Dinosaur Jr. was cranking up their sound in the big room so I caught a couple of their really loud songs.  I’ve seen them a couple times lately so even though Lou actually looked like he was having fun on this occasion, I left them to check out Brian Jonestown Massacre’s set in the smaller room.  Having seen Dig! a couple years back, I knew that this Anton from BJM came off as a self-absorbed, drug-addled asshole, and his band, who has some great songs on record, could be really bad or really good.  Suffice to say that their set was the best of the weekend.  The only way I can describe it would be if you were really high around 1982 and caught the Dream Syndicate in a small club for one of their perfect shows.  All three guitars meshed perfectly and Anton was nowhere near a douchebag.  Much success.  This band was awesome and the definitely the highlight of the weekend.  In fact, their performance is the raison d’etre for this post. You, dear reader, have the chance to catch them thisSaturday night, April 11th, at the Hi Tone here in Memphis.  I would encourage music fans to attend.

Ending up the ATP weekend several hours later, My Bloody Valentine was set to hit the stage to much anticipation around midnight.  Pretty much the whole crowd was there to see them by 11:30 p.m. & 1500 gathered in the big room to hear this band.  Every other band ran on time this weekend except MBV so it was really unusual for everyone to wait until about 12:35 Monday morning for them to finally come on stage.  Most people had been waiting in that room for over an hour.  They finally began and were excrutiatingly loud.  Even with earplugs.  All five of the songs I heard sounded the same since they were all so loud.  The wierdest thing was that Kevin Shields has been out of rock ‘n roll for so long that he had to have a roadie come out after each song and step on his effects pedals to reset them.  What a total wanker!  Can’t even press his own foot pedals.  I left after 5 songs, fully sated with the Brian Jonestown Massacre and totally disappointed by MBV.

(If you plan on going to this year’s ATP, do not stay at Kutscher’s as all of the hotel rooms had nasty, roach-infested Motel Hell like experiences.  Most of the people staying there went to Wal-Mart to buy something like a sleeping bag or rubber raft to put on the beds in order to sleep in that hotel.  Also, bring your own food and plan on cooking out as there are few restaurants around there you would want to eat in.  Camping is definitely cheaper and more convenient and most likely a better experience than the hotel).  Kudos to ATP for an outstanding line-up, but, ATP, work on the food & hotel location!  It can definitely be improved &, for that much money, the experience should have been much better.
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So, about a year ago, I stumbled along this show & invested almost 250$ in a ticket to the 3 day event.  Meat Puppets II? Check!  Built to Spill Perfect From Now On? Check! Difficult-to-catch-live Mercury Rev? Check!  My Bloody Valentine 1st appearance in years?  Check!  My brother having a fishing cabin within 1/2 hour of the festival clinched the deal.  So, I headed up to the Catskills (no Rip Von Winkle jokes, please) & actually spent the whole weekend in an area of New York I had only previously driven through on the way to somewhere else. The weather was unbelievably beautiful that late September weekend and the ATP folks caught it just right.  The fishing cabin was in the quietest spot I have ever been around in the U.S.  I headed over to the show Friday afternoon & drove through herds of bearded Hasidic Jews who, according to local legend, took over the Catskills some time in the last 20 years and walk in the middle of the roads like a flock of sheep in Greece just like individual African-Americans do in Memphis–paying no attention to who or what cars might be driving right down the road towards them.

After about 45 minutes, I arrived at Kutschers “Resort,” which was a cross between the Shining and what you would expect from a ’60s era Borscht-Belt hotel that had not been invested in for over 40 years.  It looked cool at first with its kitschy sign out front, but after a few minutes, it was obvious this spot had been moth-balled in the ’80s and probably should have been torn down about 15 or 20 years ago.  Most of the comedians performing later that evening used the hotel & its shabby, creepy environs as the bulk of their material–good stuff, but an easy target all around. Memo to ATP: if you are charging such ginormous ticket prices–easily the most I have ever paid for a concert or weekend of concerts–and you do not mail the tickets to the customer–instead of making the customers wait in a 1/2 hour line to pick up their tickets once they arrive at the venue, you should have a butler at the door of the hotel handing over the tickets in a gold-leafed envelope with a small mound of cocaine to share with Kevin Shields in the back of a limo, or, at the very least, less than 5 minute waiting lines.  After waiting for 1/2 hour line to pick up my ticket, I then had to get in a line to get a bracelet to buy drinks.  By then the Meat Puppets had already begun their 6:00 set.  Poor planning, indeed!

However, once the music started, things went much smoother and the fun began.  The Meat Puppets were awesome, and it was particularly funny hearing them play songs they had either never played live or hadn’t played live in over 20 years.

But they did a great job and then played a couple of encores. I then bounced over to hear some great comedy at the smaller ballroom–shows ran remarkably on time at this fest, with the exception of the headliner Sunday night/Monday morning.  I caught funnyman Joe DeRosa, who started things off pretty well but, surprisingly, toldMcDonald’s jokes, which I would not have expected with this transplanted batch of Williamsburg hipsters (I think I was one of the oldest there and definitely one of the few not wearing unbelievably tight jeans and all black) making the bulk of the audience with a few Europeans mixed in.  Then Eugene Mirman, who I had not noticed as landlord in Flight of the Conchords, followed.  He was really good but seemed to have not done a lot of live comedy–so far so good.  (At this point, I was skipping Tortoise, who are super-duper incredibly boring live–kind of like watching their cd spin in a cd player–as well asThurston Moore’s playing of Psychic Hearts, which would have been nice to hear, but good live comedy is so hard to encounter these days so I rolled with that).  Maria Bamford followed and she was the equivalent of a female Emo Phillips to me.  Most of her humor bordered on the uncomfortably neurotic for my tastes, but I’m sure she has her fans.  Patton Oswalt headlined this great evening of comedy & really killed with plenty of sweaty, fat jokes about himself as well as numerous jabs at the hotel and its unique ambiance.  I was not familiar with his work, but I am definitely a fan now.

Then most folks headed over to catch a stellar set of Built to Spill and, as usual, they were amazing and high energy.

So, the 1st night I had a blast and caught 4 1/2 great acts in one night.  I headed back to the cabin and spent Saturday with my brother and his family.  I was surprised how much fun the Catskills were, all jokes aside.  Saturday’s line-up didn’t do too much for me–lots of noize–Lightning Bolt/Shellac (yawn!); a few bands I always liked but have seen before & weren’t must-sees like Polvo & Low, but most were bands/acts I’d heard nothing about–(plus I didn’t get to play poker with legendary music biz curmudgeon Steve Albini, bummer!).

So, I passed on Saturday, and Sunday was very excitement, as Boratwould say.  (By the way, these festivals that begin at noon and end at 2:00 a.m. the next day require some planning in terms of energy, beverages, & food.  The food at this festival sucked donkey dicks.  They had some mediocre Mexican food and really shitty dorm burgersfor sale outside by what looked like the local cheerleader fundraising group or possibly the local shriners–yep, the kind you get for weekend cookouts from the college cafeteria–and hotdogs that had been cooked a couple hours earlier and wrapped in tinfoil.  This quality level of food at a festival that is so isolated and expensive was really poorly planned and totally unacceptable). I didn’t get there in time for Gemma Hayes, who sounded fine on myspace, but I started with EPMD, who had a high energy but fairly rote performance with maximum hip-hop cliches.  They were pimpin’ a new album and might as well have been at a high school dance for their lack of awareness of where they were playing.  I think they even gave a shout out to being in Albany (! No shit!), which was about an hour and a half away.  The much-anticipated Mercury Rev followed.  This is a band I have been a fan of since Rough Tradewent out of business in 1991 and Grasshopper and David Baker were going cross country selling their lps and dropped by Shangri-la Recordsand sold us a few colored vinyl copies of Yerself is Steam.  Since they rarely tour the deep South, this was my first chance to see them.  Well, most of the folks who created their early ’90s gems I love are no longer in this outfit, and they were the cat’s ass.  Total suckage.  The few songs I endured would have been more appropriate in a Broadway musical and the lead guy should have joined the Smiths for all his artsy-fartsy movements.  “Mercury Rev” was the biggest disappointment of the weekend, especially since they were the local boys done good from just around the corner.  Oh, well.

Yo La Tengo was running late because of airline difficulties and played their unsettling, hurried set as if they had to catch a flight.  Ira’s rushing through the set was uncomfortable to watch & hard to enjoy. Not their best day.  Bob Mould was playing in the comedy ballroom so I checked that out.  The irony of the weekend was that Bob Mould’s band Husker Du had really trailblazed the music world and set the stage for many of these bands playing ATP25 years earlier, but most of them had bypassed Mould in their use of noise and modern effects to squeeze the best, edgiest sounds from guitars & pedals & computers.  Watching Mould play through his set of his solo stuff (with Jon from Superchunk on drums) as well as Sugar songs was like watching a band that time had passed by in slow motion.  These new bands had supplanted the groundbreaking work he had done 25 years earlier with far more vivacious efforts.  Such is life.

The lately omnipresent Dinosaur Jr. was cranking up their sound in the big room so I caught a couple of their really loud songs.  I’ve seen them a couple times lately so even though Lou actually looked like he was having fun on this occasion, I left them to check out Brian Jonestown Massacre’s set in the smaller room.  Having seen Dig! a couple years back, I knew that this Anton from BJM came off as a self-absorbed, drug-addled asshole, and his band, who has some great songs on record, could be really bad or really good.  Suffice to say that their set was the best of the weekend.  The only way I can describe it would be if you were really high around 1982 and caught the Dream Syndicate in a small club for one of their perfect shows.  All three guitars meshed perfectly and Anton was nowhere near a douchebag.  Much success.  This band was awesome and the definitely the highlight of the weekend.  In fact, their performance is the raison d’etre for this post. You, dear reader, have the chance to catch them thisSaturday night, April 11th, at the Hi Tone here in Memphis.  I would encourage music fans to attend.

Ending up the ATP weekend several hours later, My Bloody Valentine was set to hit the stage to much anticipation around midnight.  Pretty much the whole crowd was there to see them by 11:30 p.m. & 1500 gathered in the big room to hear this band.  Every other band ran on time this weekend except MBV so it was really unusual for everyone to wait until about 12:35 Monday morning for them to finally come on stage.  Most people had been waiting in that room for over an hour.  They finally began and were excrutiatingly loud.  Even with earplugs.  All five of the songs I heard sounded the same since they were all so loud.  The wierdest thing was that Kevin Shields has been out of rock ‘n roll for so long that he had to have a roadie come out after each song and step on his effects pedals to reset them.  What a total wanker!  Can’t even press his own foot pedals.  I left after 5 songs, fully sated with the Brian Jonestown Massacre and totally disappointed by MBV.

(If you plan on going to this year’s ATP, do not stay at Kutscher’s as all of the hotel rooms had nasty, roach-infested Motel Hell like experiences.  Most of the people staying there went to Wal-Mart to buy something like a sleeping bag or rubber raft to put on the beds in order to sleep in that hotel.  Also, bring your own food and plan on cooking out as there are few restaurants around there you would want to eat in.  Camping is definitely cheaper and more convenient and most likely a better experience than the hotel).  Kudos to ATP for an outstanding line-up, but, ATP, work on the food & hotel location!  It can definitely be improved &, for that much money, the experience should have been much better.
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So, about a year ago, I stumbled along this show & invested almost 250$ in a ticket to the 3 day event.  Meat Puppets II? Check!  Built to Spill Perfect From Now On? Check! Difficult-to-catch-live Mercury Rev? Check!  My Bloody Valentine 1st appearance in years?  Check!  My brother having a fishing cabin within 1/2 hour of the festival clinched the deal.  So, I headed up to the Catskills (no Rip Von Winkle jokes, please) & actually spent the whole weekend in an area of New York I had only previously driven through on the way to somewhere else. The weather was unbelievably beautiful that late September weekend and the ATP folks caught it just right.  The fishing cabin was in the quietest spot I have ever been around in the U.S.  I headed over to the show Friday afternoon & drove through herds of bearded Hasidic Jews who, according to local legend, took over the Catskills some time in the last 20 years and walk in the middle of the roads like a flock of sheep in Greece just like individual African-Americans do in Memphis–paying no attention to who or what cars might be driving right down the road towards them.

After about 45 minutes, I arrived at Kutschers “Resort,” which was a cross between the Shining and what you would expect from a ’60s era Borscht-Belt hotel that had not been invested in for over 40 years.  It looked cool at first with its kitschy sign out front, but after a few minutes, it was obvious this spot had been moth-balled in the ’80s and probably should have been torn down about 15 or 20 years ago.  Most of the comedians performing later that evening used the hotel & its shabby, creepy environs as the bulk of their material–good stuff, but an easy target all around. Memo to ATP: if you are charging such ginormous ticket prices–easily the most I have ever paid for a concert or weekend of concerts–and you do not mail the tickets to the customer–instead of making the customers wait in a 1/2 hour line to pick up their tickets once they arrive at the venue, you should have a butler at the door of the hotel handing over the tickets in a gold-leafed envelope with a small mound of cocaine to share with Kevin Shields in the back of a limo, or, at the very least, less than 5 minute waiting lines.  After waiting for 1/2 hour line to pick up my ticket, I then had to get in a line to get a bracelet to buy drinks.  By then the Meat Puppets had already begun their 6:00 set.  Poor planning, indeed!

However, once the music started, things went much smoother and the fun began.  The Meat Puppets were awesome, and it was particularly funny hearing them play songs they had either never played live or hadn’t played live in over 20 years.

But they did a great job and then played a couple of encores. I then bounced over to hear some great comedy at the smaller ballroom–shows ran remarkably on time at this fest, with the exception of the headliner Sunday night/Monday morning.  I caught funnyman Joe DeRosa, who started things off pretty well but, surprisingly, toldMcDonald’s jokes, which I would not have expected with this transplanted batch of Williamsburg hipsters (I think I was one of the oldest there and definitely one of the few not wearing unbelievably tight jeans and all black) making the bulk of the audience with a few Europeans mixed in.  Then Eugene Mirman, who I had not noticed as landlord in Flight of the Conchords, followed.  He was really good but seemed to have not done a lot of live comedy–so far so good.  (At this point, I was skipping Tortoise, who are super-duper incredibly boring live–kind of like watching their cd spin in a cd player–as well asThurston Moore’s playing of Psychic Hearts, which would have been nice to hear, but good live comedy is so hard to encounter these days so I rolled with that).  Maria Bamford followed and she was the equivalent of a female Emo Phillips to me.  Most of her humor bordered on the uncomfortably neurotic for my tastes, but I’m sure she has her fans.  Patton Oswalt headlined this great evening of comedy & really killed with plenty of sweaty, fat jokes about himself as well as numerous jabs at the hotel and its unique ambiance.  I was not familiar with his work, but I am definitely a fan now.

Then most folks headed over to catch a stellar set of Built to Spill and, as usual, they were amazing and high energy.

So, the 1st night I had a blast and caught 4 1/2 great acts in one night.  I headed back to the cabin and spent Saturday with my brother and his family.  I was surprised how much fun the Catskills were, all jokes aside.  Saturday’s line-up didn’t do too much for me–lots of noize–Lightning Bolt/Shellac (yawn!); a few bands I always liked but have seen before & weren’t must-sees like Polvo & Low, but most were bands/acts I’d heard nothing about–(plus I didn’t get to play poker with legendary music biz curmudgeon Steve Albini, bummer!).

So, I passed on Saturday, and Sunday was very excitement, as Boratwould say.  (By the way, these festivals that begin at noon and end at 2:00 a.m. the next day require some planning in terms of energy, beverages, & food.  The food at this festival sucked donkey dicks.  They had some mediocre Mexican food and really shitty dorm burgersfor sale outside by what looked like the local cheerleader fundraising group or possibly the local shriners–yep, the kind you get for weekend cookouts from the college cafeteria–and hotdogs that had been cooked a couple hours earlier and wrapped in tinfoil.  This quality level of food at a festival that is so isolated and expensive was really poorly planned and totally unacceptable). I didn’t get there in time for Gemma Hayes, who sounded fine on myspace, but I started with EPMD, who had a high energy but fairly rote performance with maximum hip-hop cliches.  They were pimpin’ a new album and might as well have been at a high school dance for their lack of awareness of where they were playing.  I think they even gave a shout out to being in Albany (! No shit!), which was about an hour and a half away.  The much-anticipated Mercury Rev followed.  This is a band I have been a fan of since Rough Tradewent out of business in 1991 and Grasshopper and David Baker were going cross country selling their lps and dropped by Shangri-la Recordsand sold us a few colored vinyl copies of Yerself is Steam.  Since they rarely tour the deep South, this was my first chance to see them.  Well, most of the folks who created their early ’90s gems I love are no longer in this outfit, and they were the cat’s ass.  Total suckage.  The few songs I endured would have been more appropriate in a Broadway musical and the lead guy should have joined the Smiths for all his artsy-fartsy movements.  “Mercury Rev” was the biggest disappointment of the weekend, especially since they were the local boys done good from just around the corner.  Oh, well.

Yo La Tengo was running late because of airline difficulties and played their unsettling, hurried set as if they had to catch a flight.  Ira’s rushing through the set was uncomfortable to watch & hard to enjoy. Not their best day.  Bob Mould was playing in the comedy ballroom so I checked that out.  The irony of the weekend was that Bob Mould’s band Husker Du had really trailblazed the music world and set the stage for many of these bands playing ATP25 years earlier, but most of them had bypassed Mould in their use of noise and modern effects to squeeze the best, edgiest sounds from guitars & pedals & computers.  Watching Mould play through his set of his solo stuff (with Jon from Superchunk on drums) as well as Sugar songs was like watching a band that time had passed by in slow motion.  These new bands had supplanted the groundbreaking work he had done 25 years earlier with far more vivacious efforts.  Such is life.

The lately omnipresent Dinosaur Jr. was cranking up their sound in the big room so I caught a couple of their really loud songs.  I’ve seen them a couple times lately so even though Lou actually looked like he was having fun on this occasion, I left them to check out Brian Jonestown Massacre’s set in the smaller room.  Having seen Dig! a couple years back, I knew that this Anton from BJM came off as a self-absorbed, drug-addled asshole, and his band, who has some great songs on record, could be really bad or really good.  Suffice to say that their set was the best of the weekend.  The only way I can describe it would be if you were really high around 1982 and caught the Dream Syndicate in a small club for one of their perfect shows.  All three guitars meshed perfectly and Anton was nowhere near a douchebag.  Much success.  This band was awesome and the definitely the highlight of the weekend.  In fact, their performance is the raison d’etre for this post. You, dear reader, have the chance to catch them thisSaturday night, April 11th, at the Hi Tone here in Memphis.  I would encourage music fans to attend.

Ending up the ATP weekend several hours later, My Bloody Valentine was set to hit the stage to much anticipation around midnight.  Pretty much the whole crowd was there to see them by 11:30 p.m. & 1500 gathered in the big room to hear this band.  Every other band ran on time this weekend except MBV so it was really unusual for everyone to wait until about 12:35 Monday morning for them to finally come on stage.  Most people had been waiting in that room for over an hour.  They finally began and were excrutiatingly loud.  Even with earplugs.  All five of the songs I heard sounded the same since they were all so loud.  The wierdest thing was that Kevin Shields has been out of rock ‘n roll for so long that he had to have a roadie come out after each song and step on his effects pedals to reset them.  What a total wanker!  Can’t even press his own foot pedals.  I left after 5 songs, fully sated with the Brian Jonestown Massacre and totally disappointed by MBV.

(If you plan on going to this year’s ATP, do not stay at Kutscher’s as all of the hotel rooms had nasty, roach-infested Motel Hell like experiences.  Most of the people staying there went to Wal-Mart to buy something like a sleeping bag or rubber raft to put on the beds in order to sleep in that hotel.  Also, bring your own food and plan on cooking out as there are few restaurants around there you would want to eat in.  Camping is definitely cheaper and more convenient and most likely a better experience than the hotel).  Kudos to ATP for an outstanding line-up, but, ATP, work on the food & hotel location!  It can definitely be improved &, for that much money, the experience should have been much better.
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So, about a year ago, I stumbled along this show & invested almost 250$ in a ticket to the 3 day event.  Meat Puppets II? Check!  Built to Spill Perfect From Now On? Check! Difficult-to-catch-live Mercury Rev? Check!  My Bloody Valentine 1st appearance in years?  Check!  My brother having a fishing cabin within 1/2 hour of the festival clinched the deal.  So, I headed up to the Catskills (no Rip Von Winkle jokes, please) & actually spent the whole weekend in an area of New York I had only previously driven through on the way to somewhere else. The weather was unbelievably beautiful that late September weekend and the ATP folks caught it just right.  The fishing cabin was in the quietest spot I have ever been around in the U.S.  I headed over to the show Friday afternoon & drove through herds of bearded Hasidic Jews who, according to local legend, took over the Catskills some time in the last 20 years and walk in the middle of the roads like a flock of sheep in Greece just like individual African-Americans do in Memphis–paying no attention to who or what cars might be driving right down the road towards them.

After about 45 minutes, I arrived at Kutschers “Resort,” which was a cross between the Shining and what you would expect from a ’60s era Borscht-Belt hotel that had not been invested in for over 40 years.  It looked cool at first with its kitschy sign out front, but after a few minutes, it was obvious this spot had been moth-balled in the ’80s and probably should have been torn down about 15 or 20 years ago.  Most of the comedians performing later that evening used the hotel & its shabby, creepy environs as the bulk of their material–good stuff, but an easy target all around. Memo to ATP: if you are charging such ginormous ticket prices–easily the most I have ever paid for a concert or weekend of concerts–and you do not mail the tickets to the customer–instead of making the customers wait in a 1/2 hour line to pick up their tickets once they arrive at the venue, you should have a butler at the door of the hotel handing over the tickets in a gold-leafed envelope with a small mound of cocaine to share with Kevin Shields in the back of a limo, or, at the very least, less than 5 minute waiting lines.  After waiting for 1/2 hour line to pick up my ticket, I then had to get in a line to get a bracelet to buy drinks.  By then the Meat Puppets had already begun their 6:00 set.  Poor planning, indeed!

However, once the music started, things went much smoother and the fun began.  The Meat Puppets were awesome, and it was particularly funny hearing them play songs they had either never played live or hadn’t played live in over 20 years.

But they did a great job and then played a couple of encores. I then bounced over to hear some great comedy at the smaller ballroom–shows ran remarkably on time at this fest, with the exception of the headliner Sunday night/Monday morning.  I caught funnyman Joe DeRosa, who started things off pretty well but, surprisingly, toldMcDonald’s jokes, which I would not have expected with this transplanted batch of Williamsburg hipsters (I think I was one of the oldest there and definitely one of the few not wearing unbelievably tight jeans and all black) making the bulk of the audience with a few Europeans mixed in.  Then Eugene Mirman, who I had not noticed as landlord in Flight of the Conchords, followed.  He was really good but seemed to have not done a lot of live comedy–so far so good.  (At this point, I was skipping Tortoise, who are super-duper incredibly boring live–kind of like watching their cd spin in a cd player–as well asThurston Moore’s playing of Psychic Hearts, which would have been nice to hear, but good live comedy is so hard to encounter these days so I rolled with that).  Maria Bamford followed and she was the equivalent of a female Emo Phillips to me.  Most of her humor bordered on the uncomfortably neurotic for my tastes, but I’m sure she has her fans.  Patton Oswalt headlined this great evening of comedy & really killed with plenty of sweaty, fat jokes about himself as well as numerous jabs at the hotel and its unique ambiance.  I was not familiar with his work, but I am definitely a fan now.

Then most folks headed over to catch a stellar set of Built to Spill and, as usual, they were amazing and high energy.

So, the 1st night I had a blast and caught 4 1/2 great acts in one night.  I headed back to the cabin and spent Saturday with my brother and his family.  I was surprised how much fun the Catskills were, all jokes aside.  Saturday’s line-up didn’t do too much for me–lots of noize–Lightning Bolt/Shellac (yawn!); a few bands I always liked but have seen before & weren’t must-sees like Polvo & Low, but most were bands/acts I’d heard nothing about–(plus I didn’t get to play poker with legendary music biz curmudgeon Steve Albini, bummer!).

So, I passed on Saturday, and Sunday was very excitement, as Boratwould say.  (By the way, these festivals that begin at noon and end at 2:00 a.m. the next day require some planning in terms of energy, beverages, & food.  The food at this festival sucked donkey dicks.  They had some mediocre Mexican food and really shitty dorm burgersfor sale outside by what looked like the local cheerleader fundraising group or possibly the local shriners–yep, the kind you get for weekend cookouts from the college cafeteria–and hotdogs that had been cooked a couple hours earlier and wrapped in tinfoil.  This quality level of food at a festival that is so isolated and expensive was really poorly planned and totally unacceptable). I didn’t get there in time for Gemma Hayes, who sounded fine on myspace, but I started with EPMD, who had a high energy but fairly rote performance with maximum hip-hop cliches.  They were pimpin’ a new album and might as well have been at a high school dance for their lack of awareness of where they were playing.  I think they even gave a shout out to being in Albany (! No shit!), which was about an hour and a half away.  The much-anticipated Mercury Rev followed.  This is a band I have been a fan of since Rough Tradewent out of business in 1991 and Grasshopper and David Baker were going cross country selling their lps and dropped by Shangri-la Recordsand sold us a few colored vinyl copies of Yerself is Steam.  Since they rarely tour the deep South, this was my first chance to see them.  Well, most of the folks who created their early ’90s gems I love are no longer in this outfit, and they were the cat’s ass.  Total suckage.  The few songs I endured would have been more appropriate in a Broadway musical and the lead guy should have joined the Smiths for all his artsy-fartsy movements.  “Mercury Rev” was the biggest disappointment of the weekend, especially since they were the local boys done good from just around the corner.  Oh, well.

Yo La Tengo was running late because of airline difficulties and played their unsettling, hurried set as if they had to catch a flight.  Ira’s rushing through the set was uncomfortable to watch & hard to enjoy. Not their best day.  Bob Mould was playing in the comedy ballroom so I checked that out.  The irony of the weekend was that Bob Mould’s band Husker Du had really trailblazed the music world and set the stage for many of these bands playing ATP25 years earlier, but most of them had bypassed Mould in their use of noise and modern effects to squeeze the best, edgiest sounds from guitars & pedals & computers.  Watching Mould play through his set of his solo stuff (with Jon from Superchunk on drums) as well as Sugar songs was like watching a band that time had passed by in slow motion.  These new bands had supplanted the groundbreaking work he had done 25 years earlier with far more vivacious efforts.  Such is life.

The lately omnipresent Dinosaur Jr. was cranking up their sound in the big room so I caught a couple of their really loud songs.  I’ve seen them a couple times lately so even though Lou actually looked like he was having fun on this occasion, I left them to check out Brian Jonestown Massacre’s set in the smaller room.  Having seen Dig! a couple years back, I knew that this Anton from BJM came off as a self-absorbed, drug-addled asshole, and his band, who has some great songs on record, could be really bad or really good.  Suffice to say that their set was the best of the weekend.  The only way I can describe it would be if you were really high around 1982 and caught the Dream Syndicate in a small club for one of their perfect shows.  All three guitars meshed perfectly and Anton was nowhere near a douchebag.  Much success.  This band was awesome and the definitely the highlight of the weekend.  In fact, their performance is the raison d’etre for this post. You, dear reader, have the chance to catch them thisSaturday night, April 11th, at the Hi Tone here in Memphis.  I would encourage music fans to attend.

Ending up the ATP weekend several hours later, My Bloody Valentine was set to hit the stage to much anticipation around midnight.  Pretty much the whole crowd was there to see them by 11:30 p.m. & 1500 gathered in the big room to hear this band.  Every other band ran on time this weekend except MBV so it was really unusual for everyone to wait until about 12:35 Monday morning for them to finally come on stage.  Most people had been waiting in that room for over an hour.  They finally began and were excrutiatingly loud.  Even with earplugs.  All five of the songs I heard sounded the same since they were all so loud.  The wierdest thing was that Kevin Shields has been out of rock ‘n roll for so long that he had to have a roadie come out after each song and step on his effects pedals to reset them.  What a total wanker!  Can’t even press his own foot pedals.  I left after 5 songs, fully sated with the Brian Jonestown Massacre and totally disappointed by MBV.

(If you plan on going to this year’s ATP, do not stay at Kutscher’s as all of the hotel rooms had nasty, roach-infested Motel Hell like experiences.  Most of the people staying there went to Wal-Mart to buy something like a sleeping bag or rubber raft to put on the beds in order to sleep in that hotel.  Also, bring your own food and plan on cooking out as there are few restaurants around there you would want to eat in.  Camping is definitely cheaper and more convenient and most likely a better experience than the hotel).  Kudos to ATP for an outstanding line-up, but, ATP, work on the food & hotel location!  It can definitely be improved &, for that much money, the experience should have been much better.
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So, about a year ago, I stumbled along this show & invested almost 250$ in a ticket to the 3 day event.  Meat Puppets II? Check!  Built to Spill Perfect From Now On? Check! Difficult-to-catch-live Mercury Rev? Check!  My Bloody Valentine 1st appearance in years?  Check!  My brother having a fishing cabin within 1/2 hour of the festival clinched the deal.  So, I headed up to the Catskills (no Rip Von Winkle jokes, please) & actually spent the whole weekend in an area of New York I had only previously driven through on the way to somewhere else. The weather was unbelievably beautiful that late September weekend and the ATP folks caught it just right.  The fishing cabin was in the quietest spot I have ever been around in the U.S.  I headed over to the show Friday afternoon & drove through herds of bearded Hasidic Jews who, according to local legend, took over the Catskills some time in the last 20 years and walk in the middle of the roads like a flock of sheep in Greece just like individual African-Americans do in Memphis–paying no attention to who or what cars might be driving right down the road towards them.

After about 45 minutes, I arrived at Kutschers “Resort,” which was a cross between the Shining and what you would expect from a ’60s era Borscht-Belt hotel that had not been invested in for over 40 years.  It looked cool at first with its kitschy sign out front, but after a few minutes, it was obvious this spot had been moth-balled in the ’80s and probably should have been torn down about 15 or 20 years ago.  Most of the comedians performing later that evening used the hotel & its shabby, creepy environs as the bulk of their material–good stuff, but an easy target all around. Memo to ATP: if you are charging such ginormous ticket prices–easily the most I have ever paid for a concert or weekend of concerts–and you do not mail the tickets to the customer–instead of making the customers wait in a 1/2 hour line to pick up their tickets once they arrive at the venue, you should have a butler at the door of the hotel handing over the tickets in a gold-leafed envelope with a small mound of cocaine to share with Kevin Shields in the back of a limo, or, at the very least, less than 5 minute waiting lines.  After waiting for 1/2 hour line to pick up my ticket, I then had to get in a line to get a bracelet to buy drinks.  By then the Meat Puppets had already begun their 6:00 set.  Poor planning, indeed!

However, once the music started, things went much smoother and the fun began.  The Meat Puppets were awesome, and it was particularly funny hearing them play songs they had either never played live or hadn’t played live in over 20 years.

But they did a great job and then played a couple of encores. I then bounced over to hear some great comedy at the smaller ballroom–shows ran remarkably on time at this fest, with the exception of the headliner Sunday night/Monday morning.  I caught funnyman Joe DeRosa, who started things off pretty well but, surprisingly, toldMcDonald’s jokes, which I would not have expected with this transplanted batch of Williamsburg hipsters (I think I was one of the oldest there and definitely one of the few not wearing unbelievably tight jeans and all black) making the bulk of the audience with a few Europeans mixed in.  Then Eugene Mirman, who I had not noticed as landlord in Flight of the Conchords, followed.  He was really good but seemed to have not done a lot of live comedy–so far so good.  (At this point, I was skipping Tortoise, who are super-duper incredibly boring live–kind of like watching their cd spin in a cd player–as well asThurston Moore’s playing of Psychic Hearts, which would have been nice to hear, but good live comedy is so hard to encounter these days so I rolled with that).  Maria Bamford followed and she was the equivalent of a female Emo Phillips to me.  Most of her humor bordered on the uncomfortably neurotic for my tastes, but I’m sure she has her fans.  Patton Oswalt headlined this great evening of comedy & really killed with plenty of sweaty, fat jokes about himself as well as numerous jabs at the hotel and its unique ambiance.  I was not familiar with his work, but I am definitely a fan now.

Then most folks headed over to catch a stellar set of Built to Spill and, as usual, they were amazing and high energy.

So, the 1st night I had a blast and caught 4 1/2 great acts in one night.  I headed back to the cabin and spent Saturday with my brother and his family.  I was surprised how much fun the Catskills were, all jokes aside.  Saturday’s line-up didn’t do too much for me–lots of noize–Lightning Bolt/Shellac (yawn!); a few bands I always liked but have seen before & weren’t must-sees like Polvo & Low, but most were bands/acts I’d heard nothing about–(plus I didn’t get to play poker with legendary music biz curmudgeon Steve Albini, bummer!).

So, I passed on Saturday, and Sunday was very excitement, as Boratwould say.  (By the way, these festivals that begin at noon and end at 2:00 a.m. the next day require some planning in terms of energy, beverages, & food.  The food at this festival sucked donkey dicks.  They had some mediocre Mexican food and really shitty dorm burgersfor sale outside by what looked like the local cheerleader fundraising group or possibly the local shriners–yep, the kind you get for weekend cookouts from the college cafeteria–and hotdogs that had been cooked a couple hours earlier and wrapped in tinfoil.  This quality level of food at a festival that is so isolated and expensive was really poorly planned and totally unacceptable). I didn’t get there in time for Gemma Hayes, who sounded fine on myspace, but I started with EPMD, who had a high energy but fairly rote performance with maximum hip-hop cliches.  They were pimpin’ a new album and might as well have been at a high school dance for their lack of awareness of where they were playing.  I think they even gave a shout out to being in Albany (! No shit!), which was about an hour and a half away.  The much-anticipated Mercury Rev followed.  This is a band I have been a fan of since Rough Tradewent out of business in 1991 and Grasshopper and David Baker were going cross country selling their lps and dropped by Shangri-la Recordsand sold us a few colored vinyl copies of Yerself is Steam.  Since they rarely tour the deep South, this was my first chance to see them.  Well, most of the folks who created their early ’90s gems I love are no longer in this outfit, and they were the cat’s ass.  Total suckage.  The few songs I endured would have been more appropriate in a Broadway musical and the lead guy should have joined the Smiths for all his artsy-fartsy movements.  “Mercury Rev” was the biggest disappointment of the weekend, especially since they were the local boys done good from just around the corner.  Oh, well.

Yo La Tengo was running late because of airline difficulties and played their unsettling, hurried set as if they had to catch a flight.  Ira’s rushing through the set was uncomfortable to watch & hard to enjoy. Not their best day.  Bob Mould was playing in the comedy ballroom so I checked that out.  The irony of the weekend was that Bob Mould’s band Husker Du had really trailblazed the music world and set the stage for many of these bands playing ATP25 years earlier, but most of them had bypassed Mould in their use of noise and modern effects to squeeze the best, edgiest sounds from guitars & pedals & computers.  Watching Mould play through his set of his solo stuff (with Jon from Superchunk on drums) as well as Sugar songs was like watching a band that time had passed by in slow motion.  These new bands had supplanted the groundbreaking work he had done 25 years earlier with far more vivacious efforts.  Such is life.

The lately omnipresent Dinosaur Jr. was cranking up their sound in the big room so I caught a couple of their really loud songs.  I’ve seen them a couple times lately so even though Lou actually looked like he was having fun on this occasion, I left them to check out Brian Jonestown Massacre’s set in the smaller room.  Having seen Dig! a couple years back, I knew that this Anton from BJM came off as a self-absorbed, drug-addled asshole, and his band, who has some great songs on record, could be really bad or really good.  Suffice to say that their set was the best of the weekend.  The only way I can describe it would be if you were really high around 1982 and caught the Dream Syndicate in a small club for one of their perfect shows.  All three guitars meshed perfectly and Anton was nowhere near a douchebag.  Much success.  This band was awesome and the definitely the highlight of the weekend.  In fact, their performance is the raison d’etre for this post. You, dear reader, have the chance to catch them thisSaturday night, April 11th, at the Hi Tone here in Memphis.  I would encourage music fans to attend.

Ending up the ATP weekend several hours later, My Bloody Valentine was set to hit the stage to much anticipation around midnight.  Pretty much the whole crowd was there to see them by 11:30 p.m. & 1500 gathered in the big room to hear this band.  Every other band ran on time this weekend except MBV so it was really unusual for everyone to wait until about 12:35 Monday morning for them to finally come on stage.  Most people had been waiting in that room for over an hour.  They finally began and were excrutiatingly loud.  Even with earplugs.  All five of the songs I heard sounded the same since they were all so loud.  The wierdest thing was that Kevin Shields has been out of rock ‘n roll for so long that he had to have a roadie come out after each song and step on his effects pedals to reset them.  What a total wanker!  Can’t even press his own foot pedals.  I left after 5 songs, fully sated with the Brian Jonestown Massacre and totally disappointed by MBV.

(If you plan on going to this year’s ATP, do not stay at Kutscher’s as all of the hotel rooms had nasty, roach-infested Motel Hell like experiences.  Most of the people staying there went to Wal-Mart to buy something like a sleeping bag or rubber raft to put on the beds in order to sleep in that hotel.  Also, bring your own food and plan on cooking out as there are few restaurants around there you would want to eat in.  Camping is definitely cheaper and more convenient and most likely a better experience than the hotel).  Kudos to ATP for an outstanding line-up, but, ATP, work on the food & hotel location!  It can definitely be improved &, for that much money, the experience should have been much better.
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So, about a year ago, I stumbled along this show & invested almost 250$ in a ticket to the 3 day event.  Meat Puppets II? Check!  Built to Spill Perfect From Now On? Check! Difficult-to-catch-live Mercury Rev? Check!  My Bloody Valentine 1st appearance in years?  Check!  My brother having a fishing cabin within 1/2 hour of the festival clinched the deal.  So, I headed up to the Catskills (no Rip Von Winkle jokes, please) & actually spent the whole weekend in an area of New York I had only previously driven through on the way to somewhere else. The weather was unbelievably beautiful that late September weekend and the ATP folks caught it just right.  The fishing cabin was in the quietest spot I have ever been around in the U.S.  I headed over to the show Friday afternoon & drove through herds of bearded Hasidic Jews who, according to local legend, took over the Catskills some time in the last 20 years and walk in the middle of the roads like a flock of sheep in Greece just like individual African-Americans do in Memphis–paying no attention to who or what cars might be driving right down the road towards them.

After about 45 minutes, I arrived at Kutschers “Resort,” which was a cross between the Shining and what you would expect from a ’60s era Borscht-Belt hotel that had not been invested in for over 40 years.  It looked cool at first with its kitschy sign out front, but after a few minutes, it was obvious this spot had been moth-balled in the ’80s and probably should have been torn down about 15 or 20 years ago.  Most of the comedians performing later that evening used the hotel & its shabby, creepy environs as the bulk of their material–good stuff, but an easy target all around. Memo to ATP: if you are charging such ginormous ticket prices–easily the most I have ever paid for a concert or weekend of concerts–and you do not mail the tickets to the customer–instead of making the customers wait in a 1/2 hour line to pick up their tickets once they arrive at the venue, you should have a butler at the door of the hotel handing over the tickets in a gold-leafed envelope with a small mound of cocaine to share with Kevin Shields in the back of a limo, or, at the very least, less than 5 minute waiting lines.  After waiting for 1/2 hour line to pick up my ticket, I then had to get in a line to get a bracelet to buy drinks.  By then the Meat Puppets had already begun their 6:00 set.  Poor planning, indeed!

However, once the music started, things went much smoother and the fun began.  The Meat Puppets were awesome, and it was particularly funny hearing them play songs they had either never played live or hadn’t played live in over 20 years.

But they did a great job and then played a couple of encores. I then bounced over to hear some great comedy at the smaller ballroom–shows ran remarkably on time at this fest, with the exception of the headliner Sunday night/Monday morning.  I caught funnyman Joe DeRosa, who started things off pretty well but, surprisingly, toldMcDonald’s jokes, which I would not have expected with this transplanted batch of Williamsburg hipsters (I think I was one of the oldest there and definitely one of the few not wearing unbelievably tight jeans and all black) making the bulk of the audience with a few Europeans mixed in.  Then Eugene Mirman, who I had not noticed as landlord in Flight of the Conchords, followed.  He was really good but seemed to have not done a lot of live comedy–so far so good.  (At this point, I was skipping Tortoise, who are super-duper incredibly boring live–kind of like watching their cd spin in a cd player–as well asThurston Moore’s playing of Psychic Hearts, which would have been nice to hear, but good live comedy is so hard to encounter these days so I rolled with that).  Maria Bamford followed and she was the equivalent of a female Emo Phillips to me.  Most of her humor bordered on the uncomfortably neurotic for my tastes, but I’m sure she has her fans.  Patton Oswalt headlined this great evening of comedy & really killed with plenty of sweaty, fat jokes about himself as well as numerous jabs at the hotel and its unique ambiance.  I was not familiar with his work, but I am definitely a fan now.

Then most folks headed over to catch a stellar set of Built to Spill and, as usual, they were amazing and high energy.

So, the 1st night I had a blast and caught 4 1/2 great acts in one night.  I headed back to the cabin and spent Saturday with my brother and his family.  I was surprised how much fun the Catskills were, all jokes aside.  Saturday’s line-up didn’t do too much for me–lots of noize–Lightning Bolt/Shellac (yawn!); a few bands I always liked but have seen before & weren’t must-sees like Polvo & Low, but most were bands/acts I’d heard nothing about–(plus I didn’t get to play poker with legendary music biz curmudgeon Steve Albini, bummer!).

So, I passed on Saturday, and Sunday was very excitement, as Boratwould say.  (By the way, these festivals that begin at noon and end at 2:00 a.m. the next day require some planning in terms of energy, beverages, & food.  The food at this festival sucked donkey dicks.  They had some mediocre Mexican food and really shitty dorm burgersfor sale outside by what looked like the local cheerleader fundraising group or possibly the local shriners–yep, the kind you get for weekend cookouts from the college cafeteria–and hotdogs that had been cooked a couple hours earlier and wrapped in tinfoil.  This quality level of food at a festival that is so isolated and expensive was really poorly planned and totally unacceptable). I didn’t get there in time for Gemma Hayes, who sounded fine on myspace, but I started with EPMD, who had a high energy but fairly rote performance with maximum hip-hop cliches.  They were pimpin’ a new album and might as well have been at a high school dance for their lack of awareness of where they were playing.  I think they even gave a shout out to being in Albany (! No shit!), which was about an hour and a half away.  The much-anticipated Mercury Rev followed.  This is a band I have been a fan of since Rough Tradewent out of business in 1991 and Grasshopper and David Baker were going cross country selling their lps and dropped by Shangri-la Recordsand sold us a few colored vinyl copies of Yerself is Steam.  Since they rarely tour the deep South, this was my first chance to see them.  Well, most of the folks who created their early ’90s gems I love are no longer in this outfit, and they were the cat’s ass.  Total suckage.  The few songs I endured would have been more appropriate in a Broadway musical and the lead guy should have joined the Smiths for all his artsy-fartsy movements.  “Mercury Rev” was the biggest disappointment of the weekend, especially since they were the local boys done good from just around the corner.  Oh, well.

Yo La Tengo was running late because of airline difficulties and played their unsettling, hurried set as if they had to catch a flight.  Ira’s rushing through the set was uncomfortable to watch & hard to enjoy. Not their best day.  Bob Mould was playing in the comedy ballroom so I checked that out.  The irony of the weekend was that Bob Mould’s band Husker Du had really trailblazed the music world and set the stage for many of these bands playing ATP25 years earlier, but most of them had bypassed Mould in their use of noise and modern effects to squeeze the best, edgiest sounds from guitars & pedals & computers.  Watching Mould play through his set of his solo stuff (with Jon from Superchunk on drums) as well as Sugar songs was like watching a band that time had passed by in slow motion.  These new bands had supplanted the groundbreaking work he had done 25 years earlier with far more vivacious efforts.  Such is life.

The lately omnipresent Dinosaur Jr. was cranking up their sound in the big room so I caught a couple of their really loud songs.  I’ve seen them a couple times lately so even though Lou actually looked like he was having fun on this occasion, I left them to check out Brian Jonestown Massacre’s set in the smaller room.  Having seen Dig! a couple years back, I knew that this Anton from BJM came off as a self-absorbed, drug-addled asshole, and his band, who has some great songs on record, could be really bad or really good.  Suffice to say that their set was the best of the weekend.  The only way I can describe it would be if you were really high around 1982 and caught the Dream Syndicate in a small club for one of their perfect shows.  All three guitars meshed perfectly and Anton was nowhere near a douchebag.  Much success.  This band was awesome and the definitely the highlight of the weekend.  In fact, their performance is the raison d’etre for this post. You, dear reader, have the chance to catch them thisSaturday night, April 11th, at the Hi Tone here in Memphis.  I would encourage music fans to attend.

Ending up the ATP weekend several hours later, My Bloody Valentine was set to hit the stage to much anticipation around midnight.  Pretty much the whole crowd was there to see them by 11:30 p.m. & 1500 gathered in the big room to hear this band.  Every other band ran on time this weekend except MBV so it was really unusual for everyone to wait until about 12:35 Monday morning for them to finally come on stage.  Most people had been waiting in that room for over an hour.  They finally began and were excrutiatingly loud.  Even with earplugs.  All five of the songs I heard sounded the same since they were all so loud.  The wierdest thing was that Kevin Shields has been out of rock ‘n roll for so long that he had to have a roadie come out after each song and step on his effects pedals to reset them.  What a total wanker!  Can’t even press his own foot pedals.  I left after 5 songs, fully sated with the Brian Jonestown Massacre and totally disappointed by MBV.

(If you plan on going to this year’s ATP, do not stay at Kutscher’s as all of the hotel rooms had nasty, roach-infested Motel Hell like experiences.  Most of the people staying there went to Wal-Mart to buy something like a sleeping bag or rubber raft to put on the beds in order to sleep in that hotel.  Also, bring your own food and plan on cooking out as there are few restaurants around there you would want to eat in.  Camping is definitely cheaper and more convenient and most likely a better experience than the hotel).  Kudos to ATP for an outstanding line-up, but, ATP, work on the food & hotel location!  It can definitely be improved &, for that much money, the experience should have been much better.
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So, about a year ago, I stumbled along this show & invested almost 250$ in a ticket to the 3 day event.  Meat Puppets II? Check!  Built to Spill Perfect From Now On? Check! Difficult-to-catch-live Mercury Rev? Check!  My Bloody Valentine 1st appearance in years?  Check!  My brother having a fishing cabin within 1/2 hour of the festival clinched the deal.  So, I headed up to the Catskills (no Rip Von Winkle jokes, please) & actually spent the whole weekend in an area of New York I had only previously driven through on the way to somewhere else. The weather was unbelievably beautiful that late September weekend and the ATP folks caught it just right.  The fishing cabin was in the quietest spot I have ever been around in the U.S.  I headed over to the show Friday afternoon & drove through herds of bearded Hasidic Jews who, according to local legend, took over the Catskills some time in the last 20 years and walk in the middle of the roads like a flock of sheep in Greece just like individual African-Americans do in Memphis–paying no attention to who or what cars might be driving right down the road towards them.

After about 45 minutes, I arrived at Kutschers “Resort,” which was a cross between the Shining and what you would expect from a ’60s era Borscht-Belt hotel that had not been invested in for over 40 years.  It looked cool at first with its kitschy sign out front, but after a few minutes, it was obvious this spot had been moth-balled in the ’80s and probably should have been torn down about 15 or 20 years ago.  Most of the comedians performing later that evening used the hotel & its shabby, creepy environs as the bulk of their material–good stuff, but an easy target all around. Memo to ATP: if you are charging such ginormous ticket prices–easily the most I have ever paid for a concert or weekend of concerts–and you do not mail the tickets to the customer–instead of making the customers wait in a 1/2 hour line to pick up their tickets once they arrive at the venue, you should have a butler at the door of the hotel handing over the tickets in a gold-leafed envelope with a small mound of cocaine to share with Kevin Shields in the back of a limo, or, at the very least, less than 5 minute waiting lines.  After waiting for 1/2 hour line to pick up my ticket, I then had to get in a line to get a bracelet to buy drinks.  By then the Meat Puppets had already begun their 6:00 set.  Poor planning, indeed!

However, once the music started, things went much smoother and the fun began.  The Meat Puppets were awesome, and it was particularly funny hearing them play songs they had either never played live or hadn’t played live in over 20 years.

But they did a great job and then played a couple of encores. I then bounced over to hear some great comedy at the smaller ballroom–shows ran remarkably on time at this fest, with the exception of the headliner Sunday night/Monday morning.  I caught funnyman Joe DeRosa, who started things off pretty well but, surprisingly, toldMcDonald’s jokes, which I would not have expected with this transplanted batch of Williamsburg hipsters (I think I was one of the oldest there and definitely one of the few not wearing unbelievably tight jeans and all black) making the bulk of the audience with a few Europeans mixed in.  Then Eugene Mirman, who I had not noticed as landlord in Flight of the Conchords, followed.  He was really good but seemed to have not done a lot of live comedy–so far so good.  (At this point, I was skipping Tortoise, who are super-duper incredibly boring live–kind of like watching their cd spin in a cd player–as well asThurston Moore’s playing of Psychic Hearts, which would have been nice to hear, but good live comedy is so hard to encounter these days so I rolled with that).  Maria Bamford followed and she was the equivalent of a female Emo Phillips to me.  Most of her humor bordered on the uncomfortably neurotic for my tastes, but I’m sure she has her fans.  Patton Oswalt headlined this great evening of comedy & really killed with plenty of sweaty, fat jokes about himself as well as numerous jabs at the hotel and its unique ambiance.  I was not familiar with his work, but I am definitely a fan now.

Then most folks headed over to catch a stellar set of Built to Spill and, as usual, they were amazing and high energy.

So, the 1st night I had a blast and caught 4 1/2 great acts in one night.  I headed back to the cabin and spent Saturday with my brother and his family.  I was surprised how much fun the Catskills were, all jokes aside.  Saturday’s line-up didn’t do too much for me–lots of noize–Lightning Bolt/Shellac (yawn!); a few bands I always liked but have seen before & weren’t must-sees like Polvo & Low, but most were bands/acts I’d heard nothing about–(plus I didn’t get to play poker with legendary music biz curmudgeon Steve Albini, bummer!).

So, I passed on Saturday, and Sunday was very excitement, as Boratwould say.  (By the way, these festivals that begin at noon and end at 2:00 a.m. the next day require some planning in terms of energy, beverages, & food.  The food at this festival sucked donkey dicks.  They had some mediocre Mexican food and really shitty dorm burgersfor sale outside by what looked like the local cheerleader fundraising group or possibly the local shriners–yep, the kind you get for weekend cookouts from the college cafeteria–and hotdogs that had been cooked a couple hours earlier and wrapped in tinfoil.  This quality level of food at a festival that is so isolated and expensive was really poorly planned and totally unacceptable). I didn’t get there in time for Gemma Hayes, who sounded fine on myspace, but I started with EPMD, who had a high energy but fairly rote performance with maximum hip-hop cliches.  They were pimpin’ a new album and might as well have been at a high school dance for their lack of awareness of where they were playing.  I think they even gave a shout out to being in Albany (! No shit!), which was about an hour and a half away.  The much-anticipated Mercury Rev followed.  This is a band I have been a fan of since Rough Tradewent out of business in 1991 and Grasshopper and David Baker were going cross country selling their lps and dropped by Shangri-la Recordsand sold us a few colored vinyl copies of Yerself is Steam.  Since they rarely tour the deep South, this was my first chance to see them.  Well, most of the folks who created their early ’90s gems I love are no longer in this outfit, and they were the cat’s ass.  Total suckage.  The few songs I endured would have been more appropriate in a Broadway musical and the lead guy should have joined the Smiths for all his artsy-fartsy movements.  “Mercury Rev” was the biggest disappointment of the weekend, especially since they were the local boys done good from just around the corner.  Oh, well.

Yo La Tengo was running late because of airline difficulties and played their unsettling, hurried set as if they had to catch a flight.  Ira’s rushing through the set was uncomfortable to watch & hard to enjoy. Not their best day.  Bob Mould was playing in the comedy ballroom so I checked that out.  The irony of the weekend was that Bob Mould’s band Husker Du had really trailblazed the music world and set the stage for many of these bands playing ATP25 years earlier, but most of them had bypassed Mould in their use of noise and modern effects to squeeze the best, edgiest sounds from guitars & pedals & computers.  Watching Mould play through his set of his solo stuff (with Jon from Superchunk on drums) as well as Sugar songs was like watching a band that time had passed by in slow motion.  These new bands had supplanted the groundbreaking work he had done 25 years earlier with far more vivacious efforts.  Such is life.

The lately omnipresent Dinosaur Jr. was cranking up their sound in the big room so I caught a couple of their really loud songs.  I’ve seen them a couple times lately so even though Lou actually looked like he was having fun on this occasion, I left them to check out Brian Jonestown Massacre’s set in the smaller room.  Having seen Dig! a couple years back, I knew that this Anton from BJM came off as a self-absorbed, drug-addled asshole, and his band, who has some great songs on record, could be really bad or really good.  Suffice to say that their set was the best of the weekend.  The only way I can describe it would be if you were really high around 1982 and caught the Dream Syndicate in a small club for one of their perfect shows.  All three guitars meshed perfectly and Anton was nowhere near a douchebag.  Much success.  This band was awesome and the definitely the highlight of the weekend.  In fact, their performance is the raison d’etre for this post. You, dear reader, have the chance to catch them thisSaturday night, April 11th, at the Hi Tone here in Memphis.  I would encourage music fans to attend.

Ending up the ATP weekend several hours later, My Bloody Valentine was set to hit the stage to much anticipation around midnight.  Pretty much the whole crowd was there to see them by 11:30 p.m. & 1500 gathered in the big room to hear this band.  Every other band ran on time this weekend except MBV so it was really unusual for everyone to wait until about 12:35 Monday morning for them to finally come on stage.  Most people had been waiting in that room for over an hour.  They finally began and were excrutiatingly loud.  Even with earplugs.  All five of the songs I heard sounded the same since they were all so loud.  The wierdest thing was that Kevin Shields has been out of rock ‘n roll for so long that he had to have a roadie come out after each song and step on his effects pedals to reset them.  What a total wanker!  Can’t even press his own foot pedals.  I left after 5 songs, fully sated with the Brian Jonestown Massacre and totally disappointed by MBV.

(If you plan on going to this year’s ATP, do not stay at Kutscher’s as all of the hotel rooms had nasty, roach-infested Motel Hell like experiences.  Most of the people staying there went to Wal-Mart to buy something like a sleeping bag or rubber raft to put on the beds in order to sleep in that hotel.  Also, bring your own food and plan on cooking out as there are few restaurants around there you would want to eat in.  Camping is definitely cheaper and more convenient and most likely a better experience than the hotel).  Kudos to ATP for an outstanding line-up, but, ATP, work on the food & hotel location!  It can definitely be improved &, for that much money, the experience should have been much better.
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So, about a year ago, I stumbled along this show & invested almost 250$ in a ticket to the 3 day event.  Meat Puppets II? Check!  Built to Spill Perfect From Now On? Check! Difficult-to-catch-live Mercury Rev? Check!  My Bloody Valentine 1st appearance in years?  Check!  My brother having a fishing cabin within 1/2 hour of the festival clinched the deal.  So, I headed up to the Catskills (no Rip Von Winkle jokes, please) & actually spent the whole weekend in an area of New York I had only previously driven through on the way to somewhere else. The weather was unbelievably beautiful that late September weekend and the ATP folks caught it just right.  The fishing cabin was in the quietest spot I have ever been around in the U.S.  I headed over to the show Friday afternoon & drove through herds of bearded Hasidic Jews who, according to local legend, took over the Catskills some time in the last 20 years and walk in the middle of the roads like a flock of sheep in Greece just like individual African-Americans do in Memphis–paying no attention to who or what cars might be driving right down the road towards them.

After about 45 minutes, I arrived at Kutschers “Resort,” which was a cross between the Shining and what you would expect from a ’60s era Borscht-Belt hotel that had not been invested in for over 40 years.  It looked cool at first with its kitschy sign out front, but after a few minutes, it was obvious this spot had been moth-balled in the ’80s and probably should have been torn down about 15 or 20 years ago.  Most of the comedians performing later that evening used the hotel & its shabby, creepy environs as the bulk of their material–good stuff, but an easy target all around. Memo to ATP: if you are charging such ginormous ticket prices–easily the most I have ever paid for a concert or weekend of concerts–and you do not mail the tickets to the customer–instead of making the customers wait in a 1/2 hour line to pick up their tickets once they arrive at the venue, you should have a butler at the door of the hotel handing over the tickets in a gold-leafed envelope with a small mound of cocaine to share with Kevin Shields in the back of a limo, or, at the very least, less than 5 minute waiting lines.  After waiting for 1/2 hour line to pick up my ticket, I then had to get in a line to get a bracelet to buy drinks.  By then the Meat Puppets had already begun their 6:00 set.  Poor planning, indeed!

However, once the music started, things went much smoother and the fun began.  The Meat Puppets were awesome, and it was particularly funny hearing them play songs they had either never played live or hadn’t played live in over 20 years.

But they did a great job and then played a couple of encores. I then bounced over to hear some great comedy at the smaller ballroom–shows ran remarkably on time at this fest, with the exception of the headliner Sunday night/Monday morning.  I caught funnyman Joe DeRosa, who started things off pretty well but, surprisingly, toldMcDonald’s jokes, which I would not have expected with this transplanted batch of Williamsburg hipsters (I think I was one of the oldest there and definitely one of the few not wearing unbelievably tight jeans and all black) making the bulk of the audience with a few Europeans mixed in.  Then Eugene Mirman, who I had not noticed as landlord in Flight of the Conchords, followed.  He was really good but seemed to have not done a lot of live comedy–so far so good.  (At this point, I was skipping Tortoise, who are super-duper incredibly boring live–kind of like watching their cd spin in a cd player–as well asThurston Moore’s playing of Psychic Hearts, which would have been nice to hear, but good live comedy is so hard to encounter these days so I rolled with that).  Maria Bamford followed and she was the equivalent of a female Emo Phillips to me.  Most of her humor bordered on the uncomfortably neurotic for my tastes, but I’m sure she has her fans.  Patton Oswalt headlined this great evening of comedy & really killed with plenty of sweaty, fat jokes about himself as well as numerous jabs at the hotel and its unique ambiance.  I was not familiar with his work, but I am definitely a fan now.

Then most folks headed over to catch a stellar set of Built to Spill and, as usual, they were amazing and high energy.

So, the 1st night I had a blast and caught 4 1/2 great acts in one night.  I headed back to the cabin and spent Saturday with my brother and his family.  I was surprised how much fun the Catskills were, all jokes aside.  Saturday’s line-up didn’t do too much for me–lots of noize–Lightning Bolt/Shellac (yawn!); a few bands I always liked but have seen before & weren’t must-sees like Polvo & Low, but most were bands/acts I’d heard nothing about–(plus I didn’t get to play poker with legendary music biz curmudgeon Steve Albini, bummer!).

So, I passed on Saturday, and Sunday was very excitement, as Boratwould say.  (By the way, these festivals that begin at noon and end at 2:00 a.m. the next day require some planning in terms of energy, beverages, & food.  The food at this festival sucked donkey dicks.  They had some mediocre Mexican food and really shitty dorm burgersfor sale outside by what looked like the local cheerleader fundraising group or possibly the local shriners–yep, the kind you get for weekend cookouts from the college cafeteria–and hotdogs that had been cooked a couple hours earlier and wrapped in tinfoil.  This quality level of food at a festival that is so isolated and expensive was really poorly planned and totally unacceptable). I didn’t get there in time for Gemma Hayes, who sounded fine on myspace, but I started with EPMD, who had a high energy but fairly rote performance with maximum hip-hop cliches.  They were pimpin’ a new album and might as well have been at a high school dance for their lack of awareness of where they were playing.  I think they even gave a shout out to being in Albany (! No shit!), which was about an hour and a half away.  The much-anticipated Mercury Rev followed.  This is a band I have been a fan of since Rough Tradewent out of business in 1991 and Grasshopper and David Baker were going cross country selling their lps and dropped by Shangri-la Recordsand sold us a few colored vinyl copies of Yerself is Steam.  Since they rarely tour the deep South, this was my first chance to see them.  Well, most of the folks who created their early ’90s gems I love are no longer in this outfit, and they were the cat’s ass.  Total suckage.  The few songs I endured would have been more appropriate in a Broadway