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Lynyrd Skynyrd- Sweet Home Alabama- Memphis 10-30-73
Lynyrd Skynyrd earliest known recording of "Sweet Home Alabama" before a live Ardent Studio audience in Memphis 10/30/73.
Lynyrd Skynyrd- Workin’ for MCA- Memphis 10-30-73
Lynyrd Skynyrd in Memphis' Ardent Studio 10-30-73 performing "Workin' for MCA"
Tommy Shaw of Styx-“Crystal Ball” unplugged Memphis Spring 1981
Tommy Shaw of Styx unplugged doing "Crystal Ball" in Memphis Spring 1981;with an additional verse not on the Styx album!
38 Special- Back Door Stranger- New Years Eve 1982- Memphis
Performed live and broadcast nationwide New Year's Eve 1982 from Memphis' MidSouth Coliseum , which I was thrilled to host from radio station ROCK 103 ,here's a smokin' version of 38 Special's "Back Door Stranger" .-Redbeard
Redbeard Rocks American Black History Month!
rock'n'soul playlist of the greatest rockers like the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Bob Seger, Creedence Clearwater Revival, ZZ Top, and twenty-five more all paying tribute to Detroit's Motown and Memphis' Stax African-American musical giants, presented to commemorate American Black History Month.
38 Special- Live New Years Eve 1982 Memphis
From the 38 Special New Years Eve nationwide radio broadcast rockin' into the night live from Memphis on 12/31/82
Southern Rock Giant Charlie Daniels Dies, 83
Southern Rock giant Charlie Daniels has died at age 83.
ZZ Top- Deguello- Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard
Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard In the Studio for “Deguello”
Lynyrd Skynyrd- Woman of Mine- Memphis 10-30-73
"Woman of Mine" by Lynyrd Skynyrd is one of only two Leon Wilkeson collaborations with lyricist/ singer Ronnie Van Zant, but had it not been performed live in Ardent Studio in Memphis on October 30, 1973 during a promotional broadcast on Memphis radio station WMC-FM, there is a real high probability that we would never have known of its existence...
Talking Heads- Take Me to the River- NYC Central Park 8-80
the first time that I met legendary songwriter/ guitarist the late Teenie Hodges was at a Talking Heads record release party for Fear of Music in Memphis in 1979. Teenie had sought me out to introduce himself, since I had been influential in getting ROCK 103 Memphis to play the Talking Heads version of "Take Me to the River", the soul classic originally co-written and recorded by Memphis legend Al Green.