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beale street music

BEALE STREET MUSIC
« FESTIVAL »
May 2-4, 2014
IT’S ON!
We want to welcome our visitors — from
Panamanians to Panolans. Our arms and our
amps are wide open. You are in Memphis, a
special place at a special time. We welcome
the whole world every May in celebration of
our culture: our music and our food. There is
so much music between here and Sunday that
our brains hurt. We would not have made it
through what Tony Joe White called a terrible
winter without the promise of dancing on the
Mississippi to great music. Also, corndogs.
This year has the big guns: Kid Rock and
Snoop. They’ve been here before and know the
score. Electronic dance music is on deck this
year with late-night light-’em-ups featuring Beats
Antique and Big Gigantic. There’s so much blues
that anyone who’s lost their mojo can probably
find it this weekend. We have swamp music like
you wouldn’t believe. There are up-and-comers
and legends like Jerry Lee Lewis. (They say he
hates beach balls during his set. Don’t mess with
“The Killer.”) Black Joe Lewis is cutting his own
path in real time. Whatever suits you, it’s here.
Let’s get rolling on this river.
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FESTIVAL STARTS
FRIDAY AND RUNS
THROUGH SUNDAY.
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May 1-7, 2014
on Cinco de Mayo for:
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BEALE STREET MUSIC
« FESTIVAL »
Friday, May 2
GROUPLOVE
F E D EX STAG E ...
Lord T & Eloise
GROUPLOVE
Juicy J
Pretty Lights
Big Gigantic
6:00 P.M.
6:50 P.M.
8:20 P.M.
9:55 P.M.
12:15 A.M.
Juicy J
6:10
7:35
9:15
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BU D L IGH T STAG E ...
MS MR
Third Eye Blind
Fitz & the Tantrums
Foster the People
H O RSESH O E CASI N O
BLU ES TE N T ...
Lucky Peterson
Will Tucker
Ana Popovic
Dickey Betts & Great Southern
BLU ES SH AC K ...
Kenny Brown
Robert “Wolfman” Belfour
GATES
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ANA
POPOVIC
TIMES VARY
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Beale street music fest 2014
Project Pat
Dropkick Murphys
311
Snoop Dogg aka Snoop Lion
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BEALE STREET MUSIC
« BANDS »
Friday, May 2
this week at Blind Bear:
William Charles
5/1 Thursday at 9pm
Roman Trio
5/2 Friday at 10pm
The Michael Brothers
(Great, Fun Pop & Rock Band)
5/3 Saturday at 10pm
every week at Blind Bear:
Texas Hold Em’ Tuesday w/ Jamie at 8pm
Team Trivia on Wednesday w/ Charles at 8pm
Hung Over Like a Bear Brunch
Saturday & Sunday till 6pm
Sunday Night Poker w/ Jamie at 6:30pm
Happy Hour
M-F 5-8pm $2.50 select bottles, $4 well drinks & $5 house wine
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LORD T & ELOISE FedEx Stage • 6 p.m.
Aristocrunk, the combination of debauched continental privilege and Deep South
horror-core hip-hip, was founded by royalty right here in Memphis. Lord T & Eloise
established the upper limit on wealth, braggadocio, and rococo trappings in the rap
community. Providing an absolutist approach to policy issues, such as day drinking and
fine cobblery, Lord Treadwell and Maurice Eloise XIII rain down doubloons and malt
beverages on the 1-percenters themselves.
MS MR Bud Light Stage • 6:05 p.m.
Lizzy Plapinger and Max Hershenow formed this duo, which is signed to Columbia,
while attending Vassar College. In a musical environment where duos and DJs pack
everything they can find into tracks, MS MR reserve the spaces between the beats for
Plapinger’s voice. She has earned the distinction, and the music is all the better for the
style. It’s refreshing to see the voice take the primary focus of a band working in this
milieu.
PROJECT PAT Orion Stage • 6:10 p.m.
Project Pat will be the perfect pick for anyone salivating to hear street-influenced lyrics
spewed with a Southern drawl over bass-ridden tracks. The North Memphis-bred spitter
has been doing his thing since the ’90s and continues to keep his name ringing. He’s
released several projects over the past few calendars and was featured on his younger
brother Juicy J’s Never Sober Tour earlier this year. He’s also putting the finishing touches
on the sequel to his platinum-selling classic album, Mista Don’t Play: Everythangs Workin.
Keeping the crowd pleased shouldn’t be too difficult for the gold-grill sporting Southern
rap heavyweight.
LUCKY PETERSON Horseshoe Casino Blues Tent • 6:10 p.m.
Look out for Lucky Peterson. He had a hit at age five and grew up in a club where he
soaked in blues and jazz from greats like Muddy Waters and Jimmy Reed. Decades
later he can still seem like a kid when he plays. Peterson can assume all sorts of musical
guises — from wearing stylin’ suits onstage with Wynton Marsalis in France to running
around the joint in a biker jacket with a Gibson 330. He’ll play gospel-spiked R&B on the
Hammond or wild-dog blues on guitar. It all sounds good. Peterson’s backing band is
worth the ticket, but he is a lively guitarist whose tone can be startlingly cool. Watching a
musician who still has such enthusiasm for performing is a blast. Peterson would not be
having so much fun if his audience wasn’t happily riled up, too.
Grouplove FedEx Stage • 6:50 p.m.
GROUPLOVE is a big, happy, and appropriately named collective of musicians. The
group met traveling in Greece and New York. They bring an international bend to
the traditional American pop collective: While the Mamas & the Papas and the Band
might come to mind when you think of big, homey groups of talented musicians,
GROUPLOVE is of these times. Hannah Hooper and Christian Zucconi bring big voices
and a reliable pop sensibility to this group of talented players. That GROUPLOVE is
hard to characterize speaks to their genre-bending capacities. They may look like a pop
phenomenon, but this is a real band with good songs.
Third eye Blind Bud Light Stage • 7:30 p.m.
Those who grew up on MTV’s Total Request Live need no introduction to Third Eye Blind.
With hits like “Jumper” and “How’s it Going To Be,” Third Eye Blind were one of THE
alternative bands from the ’90s, alongside other radio-friendly groups like the Goo Goo
Dolls and Matchbox 20. Since starting in 1993, the alternative band from San Francisco
has released four studio albums, appearing every few years or so to drop another album
and keep the idea alive that purple-tinted sunglasses equal rock-and-roll. While their latest
efforts might not live up to the hype of Semi-Charmed Life, Third Eye Blind is a must for
anyone in their mid-20s wanting to take a trip down memory lane.
Juicy J FedEx Stage • 8:20 p.m.
Thanks to his platinum single (and twerk phenomenon) “Bandz A Make Her Dance,”
Juicy J has transcended from being known as a co-founder of Memphis’ most prosperous
rap group, Three 6 Mafia, to a groundbreaking solo artist. Currently a part of Wiz
Khalifa’s Taylor Gang imprint, he dropped his Stay Trippy album in 2013 and is prepping
the release of his forthcoming project, The Hustle Continues, later this year. The last time
Juicy performed at the festival was in 2012 alongside fellow Three 6 Mafia co-founder
DJ Paul. This time around, Juicy will perform by his lonesome, but if it’s anything like
his recent concerts, be ready for a high-energy show and maybe a little twerking from
talented dancers.
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FiTz & The TanTruMs Bud Light Stage • 9:10 p.m.
Fitz & the Tantrums is an R&B/soul-inspired indie rock band that hails from Los
Angeles. Formed in 2008, the group is fronted by a pair of dynamic lead singers — Noelle
Scaggs and band founder/namesake Michael Fitzpatrick — and made its name in the
underground music world through tours in support of groups like Hepcat, Flogging
Molly, and Maroon 5, as well as a semi-legendary performance at Austin’s South By
Southwest music festival in 2010. Later that year, the band unveiled its first full-length
album, Pickin’ Up the Pieces, which garnered rave reviews and led to national television
appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Conan, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The
2013 follow-up More Than Just a Dream also received positive reviews on the strength of
the band’s solid pop hooks and club-ready beats.
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311 Orion Stage • 9:15 p.m.
Nick Hexum and his DJ-infused pop-funk outfit have been riling up folks since 1988.
They didn’t let a Bruce Willis-style escape from a burning tour bus hold them back and
hit triple-platinum in 1995 with their self-titled third album. This year’s Stereolithic is
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Will Tucker Horseshoe Casino Blues Tent • 7:40 p.m.
An up-and-comer on Beale, Tucker has settled in at B.B. King’s, where he started at age
14 and his band still has its regular Friday night gig. Tucker has opened for King and
played with Charlie Musselwhite, the Beach Boys, and others. He’s attracted attention
beyond the local blues scene, notably that of American Idol judge and populizer of the
word “dawg,” Randy Jackson, who called upon the young Memphian for two soundtrack
jobs. Tucker has earned warehouses of local fan-favorite awards and will be one to watch
for another half century.
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dropkick Murphys Orion Stage • 7:35 p.m.
While they have had a loyal following from Warped Tour types for years, it wasn’t
until Martin Scorsese’s 2007 film
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Murphys became a household name.
That movie introduced the world
to their song “I’m Shipping Up to
Boston,” a mega-hit that’s played
at just about every sporting event
you can think of. Since signing to
Warner Brothers in 2007, Dropkick
Murphys’ success continues to grow,
with their last two albums making it
to no. 9 and no. 6 on two Billboard
charts. Not bad for a humble punk band from Massachusetts.
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ANA POPOVIC Horseshoe Casino Blues Tent • 9:15 p.m.
Hailing from Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Popovic has colonized the contemporary American
blues scene. Growing up under the government of Slobodan Milosevic, she formed
a band and rose as the nationalist regime fell. She took a music-study opportunity in
Switzerland, turned it into European notoriety, and eventually landed a record deal in
Memphis with producer Jim Gaines. She covered “Belly Button Window” for the Jimi
Hendrix tribute album Blue Haze, which also featured cuts by Carlos Santana and John
Lee Hooker. She’s a Memphian now, which is awesome.
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PRETTY LIGHTS FedEx Stage • 9:55 p.m.
A festival and neo-jam-circuit veteran with a sound that harkens back to a funkier age
of hip-hop — Grand Puba, Funkdoobiest, and De La Soul come to mind. There is an
underlay of ’70s-era funk that was an essential aspect of ’90s rap, but Pretty Lights brings
to bear the big filters and synths that dominate less thoughtful electronic dance music.
The latest release, A Color Map of the Sun, has no canned samples. Derek Smith recorded
real musicians playing tracks and pressed them to vinyl.
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FOSTER THE PEOPLE Bud Light Stage • 10:50 p.m.
“All the little girls with their pumped up kicks …” That song. “Pumped Up Kicks” was
Foster the People’s radio hit of 2011. Catchy as hell and worthy of a Grammy nomination,
the skinny-jeans pop tune became a certified earworm and was a big break for former
jingle writer Mark Foster. Their sound is a blend of digital production with occasional
cameos by real instruments. The band released their follow-up album Supermodel last
month. Foster’s jingle-writing past is still apparent, but Supermodel has a wider range of
sounds and ideas than their debut Torches.
SNOOP DOGG AKA SNOOP LION Orion Stage • 11 p.m.
Snoop Dogg, or Snoop Lion, is likely to keep the crowd entertained at this year’s festival
with more than two decades of hits to select from during his set. One of gangsta rap’s
pioneers, Snoop has managed to diversify his archive throughout his career and appeal
to individuals from all walks of life. His ability to maintain relevance and innovate new
sounds, slang, and ways to hustle has preserved his seat among hip-hop’s elite. Fans of
timeless tracks from the golden era of gangsta rap up until the modern hip-hop sound
will be in for a treat when the D.O. double G. graces the Orion Stage.
Dickey Betts &
Great southern
Horseshoe Casino Blues Tent
11 p.m.
The name Dickey Betts is virtually
synonymous with Southern rock. As
a founding member of the Allman
Brothers Band, Betts is a certified
music legend, having been inducted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in
1995. In fact, two of the group’s biggest
hits — “Jessica” and “Ramblin’ Man” —
are both Betts’ compositions. Betts has
also been quite prolific on his own over
the years, releasing several successful
solo albums in his esteemed career. His
current touring band, Great Southern,
also features his son Duane Betts
(named for his former counterpart
Duane Allman) on guitar.
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Kenny Brown has blues cred like few
others. R.L. Burnside referred to the
slide-playing Nesbit, Mississippi, native
as his adopted son. Brown also studied
under Joe Callicott, the hill country
legend whose sound and life emerged
from the darkness of the forgotten
North Mississippi sound as he mentored
Burnside as well as Brown. As Burnside
rose from obscurity to celebrity in the
1990s, Brown was essential to the sound
and the logistics, serving as a grateful
student to a renowned master. Brown
has attained mastery in his own right
and is a first-order exponent of the hill
country sound.
roBert “wolfman”
Belfour
BiG GiGantic
Late Night at FedEx Stage
12:15 a.m.
Big Gigantic, another duo arising
from the lap-top-driven dance scene,
take a more proactive approach to
getting down over beats and samples.
The group is driven by drummer
Jeremy Salken and saxophonist/
producer Dominic Lalli, with their live,
instrumental ornamentation of the
dance-music stock earning them the
label of “livetronica.” Their latest album
is The Night is Young. This is another
big light show situation, which is de
rigueur for the lap-top set.
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Belfour is another second-generation
hill country bluesman. A protégé
of fife-and-drum bandleader Othar
Turner, Belfour takes the acoustic
bargain and keeps that regional drone
and drawl humming in the air. His
driving, rhythmic pulse bounces under
his thumb as his fingers syncopate with
sheet-lightning chords and jumpercable lines. Belfour’s voice has the stone
assurance that keeps the gravitas in the
mix. This is the real deal.
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BEALE STREET MUSIC
« FESTIVAL »
Saturday, May 3
BLUES TRAVELER
ORIO N STAG E ...
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3:20 P.M.
4:55 P.M.
6:35 P.M.
8:15 P.M.
9:50 P.M.
12:15 A.M.
BUDDY
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Eric Gales
Los Rabanes
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Wolfmother
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Kid Rock
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BU D LIGH T S TAGE ...
Memphis Dawls
St. Paul and the Broken Bones
Jerry Lee Lewis
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Chick Corea & The Vigil
Patti LaBelle
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LEMONS,
CALL JEFF.
Sonny Burgess & the Legendary Pacers
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Blues Traveler
Buddy Guy
Twenty One Pilots
STS9
Beats Antique
H O RSESHO E CASI N O
BLU ES T EN T ...
Daddy Mack Blues Band
Blind Mississippi Morris
Quinn Sullivan
Reba Russell Band
Kenny Neal
Tommy Castro
BLU ES SH AC K ...
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DADDY MACK BLUES BAND
Horseshoe Casino Blues Tent • 2:15 p.m.
Mack Orr has been on the Memphis blues scene for decades and is known for a solid
show that represents the Memphis sound in blues. Daddy Mack’s sound is derived from
Albert King and redolent of the great Memphis blues bands that lasted into the early
1990s around Green’s Lounge. It’s R&B-infused but keeps things funky, earthy, and
analog. Daddy Mack has a catch phrase, and he earned it: “When people say, ‘Memphis
blues ain’t what it used to be,’ they haven’t heard the Daddy Mack Blues Band.” In a town
that thrives on the braggadocio, there’s a lot of truth to what he says.
ERIC GALES Orion Stage • 2:25 p.m.
Gales’ latest undertaking is Pinnick Gales Pridgen, a collaboration with bassist dUg
Pinnick and drummer Thomas Pridgen. The hard-hitting, radio-ready rock band
features Gales’ renowned electric fireworks. He learned Hendrix parts (complete with
the upside-down lefty approach) from older brother Little Jimmy King. Gales has played
with Carlos Santana and Mitch Mitchell and remains in a tiny group of peers who play
with the aural ferocity of Jimi Hendrix. He has released more than a dozen albums.
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FedEx Stage • 2:10 p.m.
Of all the rockabilly artists to cut records at Sun in the 1950s, very few could match
the raw, raucous energy and excitement captured on vinyl by Albert Austin “Sonny”
Burgess and his band, the Legendary Pacers. Burgess played in a boogie-woogie dance
band before moving to Memphis. His dance-band sensibility is evidenced by swinging
guitar-driven arrangements decorated with squawking horns, pounding keys, and wild
call-and-response refrains. Burgess gets more rock on his first Sun single “We Wanna
Boogie” than most artists manage in an entire career.
MIDTOWN VIOLETS
MEMPHIS DAWLS Bud Light Stage • 2:30 p.m.
The trio of Holly Cole, Jana Misener, and Krista Wroten Combest started working
on their sweet harmonies in high school, and it shows. Their soaring, complex vocal
arrangements and guitar, cello, and violin sounds blend seamlessly to create a unique
sonic space. Their music defies easy genre description, drawing influences from such
disparate elements as Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, the Andrews
Sisters, Otis Redding, and others. Their deeply felt folk style has been attracting big
crowds in Memphis and beyond, where the band has opened for Jack White and toured
America on their own. Don’t miss this hometown favorite.
stax music
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Carolina ChoColate
Drops
There are few sounds on Earth more
joyful than listening to Rhiannon Giddens
gorgeously singing an a cappella Irish
reel while one of her bandmates in the
Carolina Chocolate Drops beatboxes.
The Chocolate Drops are an oldtime string band from North Carolina
and beatboxing doesn’t figure large in the
group’s traditional banjo, mandolin, and
fiddle-driven sound. But when they do
break it out, the mingling of the ancient
and contemporary can be something truly
special.
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los raBanes
Orion Stage • 4 p.m.
Representing this year’s Memphis In May
honored country of Panama, Los Rabanes
started out as a raw punk band playing
the bars of Central America and, over
their 20-year history, have grown into an
international phenomenon. Everything
about the Latin Grammy winners’
sound is eclectic and original, mixing
bits of ska, calypso, and soca with more
traditional Latin rock, and singing in a
fiery combination of Spanish and English.
With songs like the international hit “Bam
Bam,” they will keep your booty shaking.
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Blues traveler FedEx
Stage • 4:55 p.m.
Best known for catchy hit singles like
“Hook,” “Run-Around,” and “But
Anyway,” New Jersey alternative/jam-rock
act Blues Traveler is a well-established
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st. paul & the Broken
Bones
Bud Light Stage • 4:05 p.m.
Soul never dies, it just keeps on moving
and changing. Birmingham, Alabama’s St.
Paul & the Broken Bones are dedicated to
bringing the legacy of the Muscle Shoals
soul sound into the 21st century. Lead
singer “St. Paul” Janeway understands that
good soul is always rooted in the sacred
music of the church, and the group’s first
full-length album Half The City has been
getting attention for its soulful, rootsy
sound. Watch Memphis keyboard hotshot
Al Gamble help out with the band’s
energetic live show.
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3:50 p.m.
“I’m one of the lucky ones,” Morris told
film director Bill Totolo. “There’s a lot
of people got trapped down there and
all their dreams died between them
rows, choppin’ that cotton and pickin’.
All their dreams died right there. But I
got the chance to come to Memphis and
further my life and see other things and
do other things.” Morris is a harp player
from Clarksdale and is an institution at
Memphis’ Center for Southern Folklore.
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history, Blues Traveler has also released 11 studio albums (including 1994’s Four, which
cracked Billboard’s Top 10) and played countless festivals, including Lollapalooza,
H.O.R.D.E., Woodstock, and Bonnaroo.
QUINN SULLIVAN Horseshoe Casino Blues Tent • 5:25 p.m.
Fifteen-year-old blues guitar prodigy Quinn Sullivan has already done more in his short
but illustrious career than artists more than three times his age. Initially discovered on
The Ellen DeGeneres Show at the tender age of six, Sullivan has gone on to share the stage
with blues legends like Buddy Guy and B.B. King, as well as appear on other national TV
shows including The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, and Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
He’s also released two studio albums thus far, 2011’s Cyclone and 2013’s Getting There.
AER Orion Stage • 5:35 p.m.
Formerly a full band called Fresh Aer Movement, Aer is abbreviated in name and in
personnel. Carter Schultz and David von Mering pared things down to a duo and hit
with their 2011 EP What You Need, sing-songy, poppy hip-hop in the vein of G. Love &
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One could argue that Elvis had to go make movies because he couldn’t burn the house
down like Jerry Lee. Nobody before or since has laid down such a primal musical
gauntlet as did the Ferriday, Louisiana, native when he bum-rushed Sun Studio and
recorded Big Maybelle’s “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” in 1957. Other people are
singers or piano players. He is the fissile material in the detonation of rock-and-roll, and
he’s still going. There are videos online of him performing recently. He’s 79 years old. He
still tears up a piano.
BUDDY GUY
The Louisiana native is one of the revered architects of Chicago blues. While on the
legendary Chess records, he recorded with the likes of Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters.
These recordings would go on to be revered by a generation of blues rockers like Eric
Clapton and Jimmy Page. His flamboyant live performances and feedback-heavy style
were cited by Jimi Hendrix as his greatest influence. The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
inductee has played on dozens of albums and taken his sound live around the world. He’s
a true blues legend who is still going strong at 77.
REBA RUSSELL BAND
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Now in her fourth decade of working the Memphis music scene, Russell has forged an
independent career alongside her bass-playing, art-making husband. The only person
she ever “worked for” was Chips Moman, for whom she sang with Johnny Cash, Roy
Orbison, Ringo Starr, and U2. Otherwise, she has released her own work and formed a
production company with business partner Dawn Hopkins called Blued Eyed Bitches.
Russell established her place among the wild-hare, furiously independent Memphis
music world and continues to chart her own path with songs that embody her feisty
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Guitarist Andrew Stockdale’s hard-rocking
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when Slim Harpo put a blues harp in his mouth to quiet him. Despite the questionable
logic of giving a child a harmonica, things worked out. Neal grew up in a home filled
with legends: Harpo, Lazy Lester, and Buddy Guy were family friends. It’s no wonder that
decades later Neal has earned Grammy nominations and Handy Awards.
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Orion Stage • 8:50 p.m.
Joan Jett is a genuine rock legend. In 1975, she founded the Runaways, a pioneering,
all-female rock band perched on the cusp of glam, metal, and punk. As a solo artist in the
1980s, she had chart-topping success with “I Love Rock ’n Roll,” “Bad Reputation,” and
“I Hate Myself For Loving You.” Not only is she a feminist icon who has been portrayed
onscreen by Kristen Stewart, but just a couple weeks ago, she sang “Smells Like Teen
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sts9 FedEx Stage • 9:50 p.m.
Sound Tribe Sector 9 are primarily a live act born of the festival circuit who are geared
toward gigging over recording. STS9 demonstrates a synthesis of dance-driven rules but
with vigorous live shows. Very comfortable on a bill with electronic dance music or a jam
band, the Georgia-bred, California-based group favors simple, interlocking instrumental
parts that evolve over the timespan of a club track or DJ set.
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tommy castro Horseshoe Casino Blues Tent • 10:25 p.m.
Castro has won a frigate’s worth of awards for his hollering and Stratocaster playing. He is
a Bay Area stalwart and one of the superstars of modern blues. Castro is a regular opener
for B.B. King. His show is a high-energy electrical machine. Rather than looking to a
throwback concept, Castro is content in his identity, giving the music a radio-rock feel.
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Patti laBelle Bud Light Stage • 10:50 p.m.
Beginning with the Bluebells’ “I Sold My Heart to the Junk Man,” LaBelle has carried
one of the big guns of 20th-century diva soul. The early girl-group records are all about
that huge, acrobatic voice. Go find the self-titled first record of her band, Labelle. Holy
moly, it’s good. They opened for the Who and went on to own 1970s glam with “Lady
Marmalade.” The ’80s? “New Attitude” was on the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack. She
earned a Grammy in 1991. Her influence on the sound of female R&B vocals can’t be
overstated. Her melismatic vocals set the style for the 1990s and beyond.
Fuzzy JeFFries Blues Shack • Times Vary
Jeffries is a contemporary blues burner whose sound slips easily into classic R&B. His
playing comes from the post-Hendrix world of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Johnson, and
to a lesser extent, Robert Cray. His band, the Kings of Memphis, bear the hallmarks of
gospel and R&B experience, which rounds out the sound much better than a straight
blues band would with this sort of music.
leo Bud Welch Blues Shack • Times Vary
Leo Bud Welch is the purest spring of good music to surface in a long time. He’s 81 years
old and released his first album earlier this year. Sabougla Voices is a collection of gospel
songs. Welch is a preacher in Bruce, Mississippi, where he also worked on logging crews.
His message is delivered with all the hill country charm and power that has made the
region’s secular blues so popular in recent decades. This is exciting and engaging gospel
from a man who has been spreading the word since 1975. This is a festival highlight.
Beats antique Late Night at FedEx Stage • 12:15 a.m.
Beats Antique is a dance-driven multicultural storm of lights and exotic sounds.
Legendary producer Miles Copeland helped assemble the group to support a dance
troupe, and it has kept people dancing around the world since 2007. The mix of live belly
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It’s not easy being a self-proclaimed “American badass,” but then again, not everybody
can use a made-up word for a chorus and get a platinum-selling album out of it. Thus
is the skill set of Kid Rock, who is equal parts trailer park hero, hip-hop outlaw, and
country-music superstar. Kid Rock is the epitome of a renaissance man, and he’s got
the chart-topping hits to prove it. With 11 albums under his belt and no sign of slowing
down, it’s safe to assume the Cowboy from Michigan will be gracing our ears with hits
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percussion master Willie Bobo in the 1960s. Corea went on to epitomize the electric jazz
of the late 1960s and ’70s. He is the definitive electric pianist in the jazz idiom and has
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for jazz eminences and as a breeding ground for young musicians, FreeWorld are rolling
toward their third decade. FreeWorld can easily jump from a respectful take on a classic
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LOS RABANES Bud Light Stage • 2:15 p.m.
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HERMAN GREEN Horseshoe Casino Blues Tent • 2:15 p.m.
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SURRENDER THE FALL Orion Stage • 2:20 p.m.
Memphis’ own Surrender The Fall make their debut Beale Street Music Festival
appearance, adding their dynamic brand of modern hard rock/metal to this year’s
eclectic line-up. The band, which formed in 2005, is currently touring in support of its
latest release, the 2012 full-length Burn In The Spotlight. The album was released by the
Rum Bum Records label (also the home of fellow local heavy-rockers Saliva) and debuted
on Billboard’s Active Rock chart.
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Lewis continues to awe festivals and critics
with his mix of punk and blues. He learned
to play in a pawnshop, which is probably
the coolest possible way to learn the guitar.
His last album, Electric Slave, takes the Jon
Spencer playbook into the Jack White age.
It’s fuzzy, straight-ahead power sludge that
is a natural habitat for Lewis’ feral shriek.
It’s some of the best pure rock-and-roll
to come out in this decade. If you invite
comparisons to Roky Erickson, then
congratulations on being great at music.
Lewis also includes horns and — for the
love of all that is good — a bass player.
Black stone cherry
Orion Stage • 3:50 p.m.
Black Stone Cherry are gearing up to
release a new album, which is probably
what brings the boys from Edmonton,
Kentucky, down to Memphis. Since
forming in 2001, the band has seen its
fair share of success, touring with the
likes of Def Leppard and Nickelback,
and somewhere in there a deal with
Road Runner Records came along. But
don’t look to the aforementioned bands
if you’re trying to pin down the sound
of Black Stone Cherry, as the band rides
a groove best described as modern hard
rock with a Southern twang. With songs
about marijuana (“Me and Mary Jane”)
and questionable lifestyles (“White Trash
Millionaires”), Black Stone Cherry keep
the subject matter light and the riffs heavy.
the dandy warhols
This year marks the 20th anniversary
of one of the alternative ’90s best, the
Portland, Oregon-based Dandy Warhols.
The band, whose single “We Used To Be
Friends” is familiar as the theme song to
the TV teen detective show-turned film
Veronica Mars, have explored sounds
from ’60s garage psychedelia to Big
Star-style power pop to ’80s postpunk
and Britpop. In addition to their highprofile international appearances, such
as an opening slot for the legendary
David Bowie’s last tour, the band was also
the subject of the 2004 film Dig!, which
won the Best Documentary prize at the
Sundance Film Festival.
Ghost town Blues Band
3:50 p.m.
These guys have been kicking up a storm
in Memphis since 1999 and have earned
loads of awards and fans. In 2013, Ghost
Town were finalists in the International
Blues Challenge. A full-on West Memphisstyle blues act with keys and horns, they
infuse the tried-and-true big-band lineup
with a powerful dose of youthful energy.
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LEFTOVER SALMON FedEx Stage • 5:15 p.m.
Jam band legends Leftover Salmon formed in Boulder, Colorado, in 1989 around a trio
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combined elements of bluegrass, Zydeco, and rock into its sound (dubbed “polyethnic
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ANTHRAX Orion Stage • 5:25 p.m.
Anthrax entered its fourth decade in 2011. They have released 11 full-length albums of
thrash metal. This music fed a generation of dudes raised on Anthrax and their peers
Megadeth, Slayer, and the big winners (and in some ways losers) Metallica. Pharaohbearded guitarist Scott Ian (the only consistent member) has held onto the wheel of a
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JASON ISBELL Bud Light Stage • 5:30 p.m.
Would you be surprised if Jason Isbell was governor of Alabama one day? Here’s to that.
Isbell has been on a tear since he dropped the bottle and his position in the Drive-By
Truckers. Isbell is well into a slow-burn career that just keeps smoldering. He is the
antidote to Nashville’s slavish adherence to commodity country. He bites harder lyrically,
his voice is human (not auto-tuned), and his music can be replicated live. Where country
and its alt cousin seem caught up in mindless fun, drinking Bud and PBR, respectively,
Isbell has elevated the dialog. It’s good to see someone take on the mantle of adulthood
and keep making sincere music in such an artful way.
TONY JOE WHITE Horseshoe Casino Blues Tent • 5:30 p.m.
There was a belle epoch in country soul and Tony Joe White had a lot to do with it.
White wrote “Polk Salad Annie,” the sad tale of a lady’s granny, which hit no. 8 in 1969.
It became a regular tune in the live shows of Tom Jones and the King of Rock-and-Roll,
Elvis Presley. White wrote “Willie and Laura Mae Jones,” which ended up on Dusty in
Memphis, Dusty Spingfield’s country-soul masterpiece. White rose again in the early
1990s, writing for Tina Turner. In 2006, he hit his own stride, warming up for Roger
Waters in Europe and cutting records with Emmylou Harris, Eric Clapton, and others.
BOOTSY COLLINS FedEx Stage • 7 p.m.
Bootsy Collins’ unorthodox appearance, entertaining alter egos, and talented bass guitar
skills were a breath of fresh air to the funk culture several decades ago. From playing
background for funk icons like James Brown and George Clinton to forming his own
collective, Bootsy’s Rubber Band, which crafted an array of hits, he’s solidified his spot
among the who’s who of the genre. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee continues
to spread the funk across the globe. From “I’d Rather Be With You” to “Stretching Out” to
“Can’t Stay Away,” attendees should anticipate receiving earfuls of funky hits when Bootsy
touches the FedEx Stage.
SEETHER Orion Stage • 7:05 p.m.
The alt-rock/metal trio Seether might hail from South Africa, but the band’s sound is
steeped in the sounds of late-’90s American modern-rock radio, a formula which has
yielded great success. The group has regularly shared the stage with acts like 3 Doors
Down, Nickelback, and Papa Roach. Seether is perhaps best known for hit singles
like “Remedy,” “Fake It,” and “Broken,” the latter of which featured a cameo from
Evanescence’s Amy Lee. The band’s sixth studio album, Isolate and Medicate, is due out
later this year.
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at his best with a wide-open pick up and full-throttle rhythm section, which is just what
Cody Dickinson and bassist Lightnin’ Malcolm provide.
ROY ROGERS & THE DELTA RHYTHM KINGS
Horseshoe Casino Blues Tent • 7:15 p.m.
Roy Rogers played on the One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest soundtrack. But that’s not the
half of it. He has won two Grammys for producing John Lee Hooker albums, penned
Grammy-nominated tunes for Bonnie Raitt, and released an album with Ray Manzarek
of the Doors. His specialty is slide, and his style is rooted in the bobwire tones and
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Memphis, TN
The Peabody Memphis
the string cheese
incident
Avenged Sevenfold Orion Stage • 8:50 p.m.
Avenged Sevenfold have earned the right to be called one of the biggest bands in
alternative rock. Since forming in 1999, the band has seen an overwhelming amount
of success, thanks in large part to a music video for the single “Bat Country” from
their album City of Evil that parodied Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las
Vegas. While many bands that sell themselves on looks have a short shelf life, Avenged
Sevenfold continue to evolve and change their sound, a practice that’s seen them sell
more than 8 million records to date.
AlAbAmA ShAkeS Bud Light Stage • 9 p.m.
They’ve only been around for a little less than five years, but the Alabama Shakes have
already made a big splash in the world music scene, playing on Austin City Limits,
Saturday Night Live, and Late Night With David Letterman in support of their gold record
Boys & Girls. Singer/guitarist Brittany Howard and company promise to bring the same
gutsy vocals and bottomless soul that have wowed audiences from the Glastonbury
Festival in England to the Bonnaroo Festival in Manchester, Tennessee.
CAnned heAT Horseshoe Casino Blues Tent • 9 p.m.
Canned Heat keeps burning. One of the original “festival acts” going back to the
Monterey Pop Festival, Canned Heat set the standard for hippie blues recordings with the
freewheeling flute of “Going Up Country” and the bonkers falsetto and eerie hammered
piano strings of “On the Road Again.” United by a love for digging through record crates,
the original members have gone on to their rewards with the exception of drummer
Adolfo de la Parra. Founder and master harpist Alan Wilson’s last effort was the band’s
1970 collaboration with John Lee Hooker, Hooker n’ Heat.
dAvid evAnS Blues Shack • Times Vary
The Doctor. Memphis is lucky to have this ethnomusicologist popping up on stages,
radios, and at lecterns at the University of Memphis. A world authority on blues and
musical culture, he’s won a Grammy for liner notes and is the author of The NPR Curious
Listener’s Guide to the Blues. Evans has published tons of field recordings, but he plays
guitar and jumps right into the river of sound. He’s also a member of the Last Chance Jug
Band. If you want to get schooled on the blues, gospel, folk, and all sorts of other things,
this is your chance. He’s a 24-7 master class.
brAndon o. bAiley Blues Shack • Times Vary
To say that Memphis musician Brandon O. Bailey is a unique artist is more than an
understatement. Bailey is a one-man-band who combines his equally skillful blues
harmonica playing and hip-hop beatboxing (with help from a loop pedal) into a wholly
original live experience he calls “harpboxing.” His talents have been featured on NPR’s
Weekend Edition as well as PBS’ Music Voyager series, and he placed second in the 2010
International Blues Competition (solo/duo category).
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The STring CheeSe inCidenT FedEx Stage • 8:45 p.m.
Colorado jam band institution the String Cheese Incident has been a near-constant
presence on the festival/touring circuit since its formation in 1993. Drawing influence
from an eclectic mix of music genres, including bluegrass, reggae, prog-rock, and
psychedelia, among others, the band has amassed a large and dedicated following
throughout the years. Though the String Cheese Incident is primarily known as a live act,
the group has also released nine fine studio albums, including this year’s A Song In My
Head.
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skip rhythms of the Delta. He moves from wild jump blues to beautifully all-worn-out
country-blues philosophical tales.
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