Memphis in May…
Sunday, May 4th, 2008Otherwise known as… No wrong. Part of Memphis in May is the “Beale Street Music Festival”. Locals simply call it the Music Fest. Three days, some god-knows-how-many bands, blues, soul, rock. Bottom line: Fun! A short overview…
FRIDAY:
Missed it completely. It was raining way to hard. This is supposed to be fun. Instead BBQ at Corky’s
Saturday:
Arrived too late. Walked in during Colbie Caillat (or however you spell that). As much as I like the tune “Bubbly”, she really isn’t all that good on stage. Buddy Guy was phenomenal! Not in the least because he decided (as always) to walk into the audience and he was *THIS* (imagine forefinger and thumb less than inch apart) from where I was standing. Lou Reed? He gives the sixties a bad name. There just aren’t enough drugs to make those spacey jams interesting. He would do well to just perform his songs without the experimental crap. Left after 2 songs and went to the Blues tent. Watermelon Slim. Interesting… I thought his voice was a little off. A buddy told me his voice is ALWAYS off. Hubert Sumlin was cool, but not as cool as Pinetop Perkins. If I get to be that age and still play the piano like that. Oh wait, I don’t play piano!
SUNDAY:
Porta-potty was the first stop. Aretha Franklin was top-notch. Never mind she was a royal bitch. Poor Mike, the sound guy… “Mike I don’t pay for that buzzing”. Never mind she was just presented with a key to the city (presented by the mayor, who got boo’ed off stage). Overheard during the show: Honey, Aretha Franklin has something to say to you! Guy then held his cell phone in the air to the tune of Pink Cadillac (We go riding on the freeway of love…) Blues tent boring, one can only stand so much Fergie before having to see the Black Crowes who were giving the sixties a bad name, and they weren’t even born back then. Time to head out. Out, where we had to change a flat in one of the more unsavory parts of town, only to come home to a dog that puked on the carpet.
WHAT A GREAT WEEKEND. GONNA DO THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR
