Imagine going to a bar and seeing Stevie Ray Vaughn and then walking to the bar next door and seeing Johnie lang or Kenny Wayne Sheppard . This is obviously an exaggeration but the live music talent is amazing
I saw Stevie Ray in '85 or '86 at the Orpheum downtown and Johnnie Lang did a talent show on Beale before he signed his record deal, and Kenny Wayne played at Memphis in May. So it's not really an exaggeration (well, for Stevie Ray I guess it would be).
Great music history with Stax, Ardent and Sun studios, as well as many others.
Oh yea, a little place called Graceland too... dig that shag carpet in the Jungle Room...
KG