There are 6 article(s) tagged Jim Stewart:

• December 2023

  • In memoriam: Memphians and Mid-Southerners lost in 2022

    In 2022, Memphis lost rock ‘n’ roll stars, restaurateurs, coaches and athletes, philanthropists and “the giraffe man.” 

    Today, we remember them once again. 

    By Jasmine McCraven December 21, 2023

• February 2023

  • As late Stax founder gets a special Grammy, a peek into his post-label life

    At one time, Stax founder Jim Stewart had musicians such as Otis Redding and Janis Joplin over to his house. He hasn’t always gotten a lot of fanfare himself, but that was part of his M.O. 

    By Chris Herrington February 13, 2023

• January 2023

  • Late Stax Records founder Jim Stewart to receive ‘special’ Grammy

    Other Memphians to receive the award include Sun Records founder Sam Phillips (1991), Beale Street jazz legend W.C. Handy (1993) and Royal Studios impresario Willie Mitchell (2008).

    By Chris Herrington January 06, 2023

• December 2022

  • Guest Column: Memories of Stax, the late Jim Stewart and Isaac Hayes’ powder blue Caddy

    “Stax history is about the music but also about the integration and racial healing in Memphis and the nation.”

    By H. Scott Prosterman December 10, 2022

  • Social Club: Memphians react to Oak Court Mall foreclosure

    Locals talk getting their first job at the Oak Court Mall and Kaari Morant’s griddy on Twitter this week.

    By Jasmine McCraven December 09, 2022

  • Stax founder Jim Stewart dies, an unlikely giant of Southern soul

    Stewart perhaps cut an unlikely figure for the founder of a label that became synonymous with Southern soul music, creating stars such as Otis Redding and Isaac Hayes amid releasing roughly 800 singles and 300 albums in an initial span of fewer than 20 years.

    By Chris Herrington December 08, 2022