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Easley McCain Recording is an American recording studio, based in Memphis, Tennessee, notable for recording musicians such as Tav Falco's Panther Burns, Oblivians, Grifters, Pavement, Sonic Youth, Come, White Stripes, Townes Van Zandt, Pezz, Jeff Buckley, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Guided by Voices, Lydia Lunch, Box Tops, Rufus Thomas, Wilco, Cat Power, Modest Mouse, The Amps, The Cooters ...
The Club Paradise was a nightclub at 645 E. Georgia Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. It was a stop on the "Chitlin' Circuit," a selection of venues considered safe and acceptable for African-American entertainers in the era of racial segregation in the United States. [1] The Club Paradise was owned and operated by Sunbeam Mitchell from
The Hippodrome was a music venue at 500 Beale Street in Memphis. The venue was opened in 1950 as a skating rink for African-Americans and later became a nightclub. [1] In 1955, the Hippodrome was reopened as the Club Ebony. In 1961, under new owners, it went back to being called the Hippodrome until its closure in 1968.
Black Lodge, the remarkable Memphis movie rental library/ performance venue/ hipster hangout that has defied death as often as the sequelized monsters in the "Horror" section of its video aisles ...
Welcome the new year with cocktails, beignets and music from Memphis hip-hop artist DJ Spanish Fly at Eight & Sand Bar in the Central Station Hotel, 545 S. Main St. The festivities start at 9 p.m ...
Memphis boasts an unparalleled Black history that echoes through the ages. From the iconic Beale Street, which pays homage to the legendary Black musicians of the early 20th century, to thriving ...
Andrew "Sunbeam" Mitchell (November 6, 1906 – August 22, 1989) was an American Memphis-based businessman. He operated the Mitchell Hotel which lodged well-known musicians, and soon he began operating nightclubs on the Chitlin' Circuit such as the Club Handy, Club Ebony, and the Club Paradise. Mitchell ran nightclubs for 40 years until selling ...
The first mention of the league was in March 1886 when the following ad ran in several major Southern newspapers: “A call has been issued for the captains of all colored base ball clubs of Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee that have a fair record and desire to enter the Southern League of Colored Base Ballists to send name and address to The Manager of the Southern ...