Memphis
Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee
It's Benham Jones in for Corny O'Connell. Memphis, Tennessee was founded on this date back in 1819. Since then there have been many songs written that mention Memphis. Share your favorites and we'll spin a set after 9 a.m.
Songs played:
1. Chuck Berry, "Memphis"
2. Nina Simone, "Memphis in June"
3. Cat Power, "Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again"
4. The Hold Steady - "Sequestered in Memphis"
Sponsored by the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT, featuring "Blanche Lazzell: Becoming an American Modernist." brucemuseum.org.
