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Memphis Rent Party

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by Robert Gordon


  Gillespie, Dizzy, here

  Gilley, Mickey, here

  Gilmore, Jimmie Dale, here

  “Going Home” (song), here

  Goldwax Records, here

  “Gone, Gone, Gone” (song), here

  Gordon, Robert

  and Bobby “Blue” Bland, here

  and Jeff Buckley, here

  and James Carr, here, here

  on creative freelancing, here

  early interest in blues music, here

  early music writing experiences, here, here

  and Junior Kimbrough’s house parties, here

  and Furry Lewis, here, here, here, here, here, here

  and Jerry McGill, here

  and Mud Boy and the Neutrons, here

  and RJ Smith, here

  Graflund, Danny, here, here, here

  Graham, Billy, here

  Grand Ole Opry, here, here, here

  Granz, Norman, here

  Grateful Dead, here

  Graves, Tom, here

  “Great Balls of Fire” (song), here, here, here, here

  The Greatest (album), here, here, here

  Green, Al, here, here, here, here, here

  Green, Herman, here, here

  Greenberg, Alan, here

  Green’s Lounge, here, here, here, here

  Griffith, Nanci, here

  Grifters, here, here

  Grimes, Howard, here, here

  Groundhog, here

  Gunn, Jaren, here

  Gunsmoke (TV show), here

  Guralnick, Peter, here, here, here, here, here

  Guthrie, Arlo, here

  Guy, Buddy, here

  Haggard, Merle, here, here

  Hall, Robert, here

  Hammond, John, here, here

  Hammond, John, Jr., here

  Hampton, Lionel, here, here

  Hancock, Butch, here

  Haney’s Big House, here

  Hardy, Joe, here

  Hare, Marcia, here

  Harman, Buddy, here

  Harris, Emmylou, here

  Harrison, Trey, here

  Harrison, Wilbert, here

  Hawkins, Ronnie, here

  Hawkins, Screamin’ Jay, here

  Hemphill, Jessie Mae, here

  Henry Thomas (album), here

  Here is Phineas (album), here

  Hicks, Joe, here, here, here

  “High School Confidential” (song), here

  High Water (record label), here, here

  “Highway 61 Blues” (song), here

  Hill, Eric, here, here, here

  Hines, Bessie, here, here

  Hi Records, here, here

  Hi Rhythm Section, here, here, here

  Hite, Bob, here

  Hodges, Charles, here

  Hodges, Leroy, here

  Hodges, Teenie, here, here, here, here, here

  “Hold Me in Your Arms” (song), here

  Holiday, Billie, here

  Holiday Inn Records, here

  Holly, Buddy, here, here

  Holmes, John Clellon, here

  Hombres, here

  “Honky Tonk Woman” (song), here

  Hopkins, Lightnin’, here

  Horoscope Music Company, here

  Hot Rocks (album), here

  House, Son, here, here

  Houston, Whitney, here

  Howlin’ Wolf, here, here, here, here, here

  Hunt, Van Zula, here

  “I Don’t Care (If Tomorrow Never Comes)” (song), here

  “I Forgot to Remember to Forget” (song), here

  “I’ll Take Care of You” (song), here

  Imperial (record label), here

  “The Impossible Dream” (song), here

  “In My Girlish Days” (song), here

  Interviews from the Class of ’55 Recording Sessions (album), here

  “In the Street” (song), here

  “Into the Groove” (song), here

  Isaak, Chris, here

  “I Slipped a Little” (song), here

  It Came from Memphis (Gordon), here, here, here, here, here

  It Club, here

  “It’ll Be Me” (song), here

  “It’s Wonderful to Be in Love” (song), here

  Ivy, Rick, here

  “I Wanna Make Sweet Love” (song), here

  “I Want to Go Home” (song), here

  “I Will Always Love You” (song), here

  J&J Lounge, here

  Jackson, Cordell, here

  Jackson, Jesse, here

  Jackson, Michael, here, here

  Jagger, Mick, here, here, here, here

  Jamboree (film), here

  Jamison, Roosevelt, here, here, here

  Janes, Roland, here, here, here, here, here

  Jefferson, Blind Lemon, here

  Jennings, Waylon, here, here, here

  Jim Dickinson Blues Band, here

  “Joe Turner” (song), here

  Johnson, Claud, here

  Johnson, Ken, here

  Johnson, Robert

  as Delta bluesman, here

  myth of, here, here, here

  rights to photographs of, here, here, here

  and unpaid royalties, here, here, here, here

  varied personae of, here

  Johnson, Ross, here, here, here

  Johnson, Tommy, here

  Jolson, Al, here

  Jones, Tom, here

  Jones, Wanda, here

  Joplin, Janis, here

  Jordanaires, here

  Joyner, George, here, here

  Jung, Carl, here

  Justis, Bill, here

  “Kanga Roo” (song), here, here

  “Kansas City” (song), here

  Keith, Toby, here, here

  Kensinger, Campbell, here

  Kesler, Stan, here

  Kid Rock, here

  Killough, Belinda, here

  Kimbrough, Junior

  droning North Mississippi sound, here, here

  and Charlie Feathers, here

  juke joint/house parties of, here

  photographs of, here, here, here, here

  popularity of, here

  King, Albert, here

  King, B. B., here, here, here, here, here

  King, Don, here

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., here, here, here, here

  King of Spades publishing, here

  King of the Delta Blues Singers (album), here

  King Records, here

  Klitz, here

  Known Felons in Drag (album), here

  Krauss, Alison, here

  Kronos Quartet, here

  “Kung Fu Fighting” (song), here

  Lancaster, Jim, here, here

  Lane, Fred, here

  Last Man Standing recording sessions, here, here

  Late Night with David Letterman (TV show), here

  LaVere, Stephen C., here

  Law, Don, here

  Lawler, Jerry, here

  Lead Belly’s Last Sessions (album), here

  Ledbetter, Huddie “Lead Belly,” here, here

  Ledbetter, Martha, here, here, here, here

  Led Zeppelin, here, here, here

  Leonard, David, here

  “The Letter” (song), here, here

  Letterman, David, here

  “Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson” (song), here

  Lewis, Elmo, Jr., here

  Lewis, Elmo, Sr., here, here

  Lewis, Frankie Jean, here

  Lewis, Furry

  author’s relationship with, here, here, here, here, here, here

  and William Eggleston, here

  as Tav Falco influence, here

  and Jerry McGill, here

  as Mud Boy and the Neutrons influence, here

  performance at the Rolling Stones July 4th Memphis concert, here, here, here

  photographs of, here, here, here, here

  and spirit of Memphis music, here

  Lewis, Jane Mitchum, here


  Lewis, Jerry Lee

  childhood and youth of, here

  as country music artist, here

  and Charlie Feathers, here

  and Roland Janes, here

  and Kid Rock, here

  and Last Man Standing recording sessions, here, here

  and Stephen LaVere, here

  moving from rockabilly to rock and roll, here

  performance style of, here, here, here, here

  and Sam Phillips, here, here

  photographs of, here, here

  Ryman Auditorium Fan Fair performance, here

  scandals and tragedies of, here, here, here, here

  as Sun Records artist, here, here, here, here, here

  Lewis, Lee, here, here

  Lewis, Linda Gail, here

  Lewis, Mamie, here, here

  Lewis, Myra Brown, here, here

  Lewis, Phoebe, here, here, here

  Lewis, Steve Allen, here

  Like Flies on Sherbert (album), here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  “Like Someone in Love” (song), here

  Lisle, Andria, here

  Little Richard, here, here

  “Lived in Bars” (video), here

  Living Blues (LaVere), here

  “Liza Jane” (song), here

  Lomax, Alan, here, here

  Lomax, John, here, here

  Loose End, here

  Lost Highway (Guralnick), here

  “Lost Highway” (song), here

  Louis, Joe Hill, here

  The Louisiana Hayride (radio show), here

  Love in Vain (film), here

  “Love in Vain” (song), here

  Love Is My Only Crime (album), here

  Lovelace, Kenny, here, here

  “Lovesick Blues” (song), here

  Lucero, here

  Lunceford, Jimmie, here

  Lunch, Lydia, here

  “Lungs” (song), here

  Lyon, Randall, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Mabon, Willie, here

  McCaa, Cam, here, here

  McCain, Davis, here, here, here, here

  McCarver, Kerrie, here, here

  McClain, John T., here

  McCormick, Robert Burton “Mack,” here, here

  McDowell, Mississippi Fred, here

  McGill, Jerry, here, here, here, here

  McIntire, John, here

  Madonna, here

  Magnolia (film), here

  “Make a Little Love” (song), here

  Malaco Records, here

  Malcolm X, here

  “Marie” (song), here

  Mars, Bruno, here

  Mars, Chris, here

  Marshall, Charlyn Marie “Chan”

  author’s interview with, here

  and Richard Avedon, here

  and The Greatest, here, here, here

  and Hi Rhythm Section, here, here

  on interaction with fans, here

  and Miami, Fla., here

  relationship with father, here

  and Steve Shelley, here

  on smoking and drinking, here

  Martin, Dean, here, here

  Martin, Grady, here

  Matador Records, here

  “Members Only” (song), here

  Memphis, Tennessee

  and African-American culture, here, here, here, here, here

  compared to Nashville, here, here, here

  musical atmosphere in, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  race relations in, here, here

  “Memphis Beat” (music video), here

  Memphis Country Blues Festival, here, here

  Memphis Horns, here

  Memphis Music & Heritage Festivals, here

  Memphis Music Hall of Fame, here

  Memphis Rhythm Band, here, here

  “Memphis Soul Stew” (song), here

  Mercury Records, here

  Merman, Ethel, here

  Meteor Records, here, here

  Meyers, Chris, here

  Meyers, Eric, here

  “Middle Age Crazy” (song), here

  Midnight Run (album), here

  “Midnight Run” (song), here

  Milem, Percy, here

  Miller, Bowlegs, here

  Miller, Paul A., here

  Mingus, Charles, here

  Minnie, Memphis, here

  Mississippi River, here

  “Miss the Mississippi and You” (song), here

  “Mistreatin’ Mama” (song), here

  Mitchell, Boo, here

  Mitchell, Sunbeam, here

  Mitchell, Willie, here

  Modern Jazz Quartet, here

  Moman, Chips, here

  Monk, Thelonius, here

  Monroe, Bill, here, here

  Moody, Clyde, here

  “Moody’s Mood for Love” (song), here

  Moore, Bob, here

  Moore, Oscar, here

  Moorhead, Scott J. See Buckley, Jeff

  Morton, Robert, here

  Mud Boy and the Neutrons

  and Jim Dickinson, here, here, here, here, here, here

  and Tav Falco, here

  farewell performance of, here, here

  and Jerry McGill, here, here

  at 1997 Beale Street Music Festival, here, here, here

  Muddy Waters Blues Band, here

  Mud Island Blues (album), here, here

  The Muse (monumental sculpture), here

  “My God Is Real” (song), here

  My Morning Jacket, here

  “Mystery Train” (song), here

  Nasser, Jamil, here

  Nelson, Clarence, here

  Nelson, Willie, here, here

  Newborn, Calvin, here, here, here, here, here

  Newborn, Phineas, Jr., here, here, here, here, here

  Newborn, Phineas, Sr. “Finas,” here, here

  Newborn, Rosie Murphy “Mama Rose,” here, here, here

  Newborn, Wanda, here

  Newborn Music Shop, here

  Newport Jazz Festival, here, here

  New Rose, here, here

  Nightingale, Ollie, here

  “96 Tears” (song), here

  Nixon, Hammie, here

  “No More the Moon Shines on Lorena” (song), here

  North Mississippi Allstars, here, here, here, here, here

  North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic (2016), here

  “Nothin’ ” (song), here

  “Old Ship of Zion” (song), here

  “Ol’ Glory” (song), here

  Oliver, Paul, here

  Orbison, Roy, here, here

  Ovations, here

  Owens, Jesse, here

  Pacheco, Gary, here

  Page, Jimmy, here

  “Pancho and Lefty” (song), here, here

  Panther Burns. See Unapproachable Panther Burns

  “Parchman Farm Blues” (song), here

  “Pardon Me Mister” (song), here

  Paris, Texas (film), here

  Parker, Charlie, here

  Parker, Junior, here

  Parton, Dolly, here

  The Party (film), here

  Peabody Hotel, here

  Peiser, Judy, here, here

  Penn, Dan, here, here

  Perkins, Carl

  death of, here

  moving from rockabilly to rock and roll, here

  as Sun Records artist, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Perkins, Wordie, here

  Peterson, Oscar, here

  Phair, Liz, here

  The Phantom, here

  Phillips, Jerry, here

  Phillips, Knox, here, here, here

  Phillips, Sam Cornelius. See also Sun Records

  and Charlie Feathers, here, here

  and Bill Justis, here

  Late Night with David Letterman appearance, here

  and Jerry Lee Lewis, here, here

  and Jerry McGill, here
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br />   and “perfect imperfection,” here, here

  photographs of, here, here

  recording philosophy of, here, here, here, here

  retirement of, here

  and Mose Vinson, here

  Phineas Newborn Jr. Quartet, here

  Piano Man (album), here

  Piano Red, here, here

  Pickett, Wilson, here

  Piggee, Mutt, here

  Plant, Robert, here

  Plantation Inn, here

  Pleased to Meet Me (album), here

  Post, Mike, here

  Powell, Bud, here

  Presley, Elvis Aaron

  and Cadillacs as gifts, here

  death of, here, here

  and Charlie Feathers, here, here, here

  Peter Guralnick’s biographies of, here

  and Jerry Lee Lewis, here

  and Chips Moman, here

  moving from rockabilly to rock and roll, here

  Pentecostal influence on, here

  as punk musician, here

  as Sun Records recording artist, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  and “Suspicious Minds,” here

  Presley, Vernon, here

  Price, Ray, here, here

  Prince, here, here

  Prudhomme, Tim, here

  Pursell, Bill, here

  “Put Your Loving Arms Around Me” (song), here

  Raising Sand (album), here

  Raitt, Bonnie, here

  Ram Jam, here

  Ramones, here

  Ramsey, Frederic, Jr., here

  Randolph, Boots, here

  Randy Band, here

  Ray, James Earl, here, here

  RCA Records, here

  Rebel Inn, here, here

  Redding, Otis, here, here

  Redemption Harmonizers, here

  “Red Headed Woman” (song), here

  Redmond, Odessa, here, here

  Reich, Wilhelm, here

  Relay (video networking group), here

  The Replacements, here, here, here, here, here

  Revenant Records, here

  Reynolds, Debbie, here

  Richard, Eddie “Hacksaw,” here

  Richards, Keith, here, here, here

  “Ride of the Valkyries” (Wagner), here

  Riley, Billy Lee, here, here

  Rinzler, Ralph, here

  Rip, Jimmy, here, here, here, here

  Rising Star Fife and Drum Corp, here, here

  Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings (album), here, here, here, here

  Robertson, Robbie, here

  “Rock and Roll” (song), here

  Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, here, here

  “Rock Island Line” (song), here

  Rodgers, Jimmie, here, here, here, here

  The Rolling Stones

  and James Carr, here

  compared to Mud Boy and the Neutrons, here

  and Jim Dickinson, here, here

  and Honky Tonk Woman, here

  and Robert Johnson, here

  and Furry Lewis, here, here, here

  and “Satisfaction,” here

  “Roll Over Beethoven” (song), here, here, here

  Romweber, Dexter, here

  Ronson, Mark, here

  Rouch, Jean, here

  Rough Trade Records, here

 

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