The Memphis 10: Rolling Stone’s top Memphis albums, and the ones they missed
Chris Herrington
Chris Herrington covers the Memphis Grizzlies and writes about Memphis culture, food, and civic life.
Memphis doesn’t loom quite as large on this list as it does in pop music history writ-large, or larger.
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