Art Gilliam, Wendy Moten among 2025 Memphis Music Hall of Fame inductees
WLOK radio station owner Art Gilliam stands in front of his portrait on Thursday, May 19, 2022. The painting was given to Gilliam, not long after buying WLOK 45 years ago, making it the first Black-owned radio station in Memphis. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The “Rock and Roll Granny,” the man who went down to the Crossroads, a titan of Memphis radio and three noted soul/R&B singers of different stripes and generations are the new inductees of the Memphis Music Hall of Fame.
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Art Gilliam Wendy Moten Johnnie Taylor Denise LaSalle Memphis Music Hall of Fame Robert Johnson Cordell JacksonChris Herrington on demand
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Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He and his wife have two kids and, for reasons that sometimes elude him, three dogs.
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