A Memphis Music Road Map: The Golden Age

Part 2: The rise of Sun, Stax and Hi

By  and , Daily Memphian Published: May 15, 2019 5:45 PM CT

This year is Memphis' bicentennial, but while there's been Memphis music as long as there's been a Memphis, you can't listen back 200 years. As a result, our three-part Memphis Music Road Map is a de facto centennial of sound. This second part follows a trail from B.B. King's first recordings to the rise of rock 'n' roll and soul, on to Al Green's rejection of secular soul, the emergence of alternative Memphis and Beale Street's decline.

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Chris Herrington covers the Memphis Grizzlies and writes about Memphis culture, food, and civic life. 

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