Guest Column: Discovering a ‘hidden gem’ of Memphis’ musical past
The Memphis Listening Lab on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Pat Sansone
Pat Sansone is a musician with the band Wilco and host of the radio show Baroque Down Palace on WXYR.
“A few years back, Jem Cohen, who co-owns Fond Object shop, indulged me when I asked him to play an interesting-looking record that caught my eye in one of his bins.”
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