o Attend sponsored jams & other Blues music activities with other Blues lovers In your Member Profile/Membership Summary, click on the ‘Download Membership Card’ button. [2] Electric Memphis blues featured "explosive, distorted electric guitar work, thunderous drumming, and fierce, declamatory vocals. Several years prior, local blues jams occurred regularly. “I recorded dozens of original songs at home using Apple's ‘GarageBand’ over the last three or four years. During this time, Hughes also performed with Guy Venable Jr. as a jug-band duo; this duo represented Memphis Blues Society again in 2010 during the International Blues Competition. From those experiences, I highly recommend you go towww.erichughesband.com and find out how you can do the same. “Blues Magician” bears a strong and favorable resemblance to Robert Cray’s “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.” “Raining on Beale” is Booker T. & the M.G.’s reincarnated, and thank the stars for it (sure do love me some killer keyboards!). Sept-Summer 2020 MBS Gig & Event Calendar (COVID-19 update1). All sales benefit the Memphis Blues Society! Home page of Edmonton Blues Society, a music-related company from Edmonton. It had equipment, a better stage and Richard Butler was on sound. I have learned a lot from Brad Webb, though, as far as the music business, being a bandleader, and gigging biz. Lifetime: $300 Bring your instrument and sign up to participate in the Jam!! ”, “ Ex-Marine and multi-instrumentalist Eric "Scrappie" Hughes was first struck by blues music as a youngster, while listening to hired musician James "Son" Thomas perform at a Mississippi hunting camp. The jug band style emphasized the danceable, syncopated rhythms of early jazz and a range of other folk styles. While at the ‘Ponderosa’, Eric snuck out on occasional evenings to see local bluesmen Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Band: $50 o Tunica’s Gateway to the Blues Museum: $2 off regular priced adult museum admission Memphis Blues Society Live at 9: Arise2Read, the Wurlitzer renovation & blues on Beale Street Live at 9 / 2 years ago. This evening Sunday Sept 06, 2020, 7-8:30pm, CDT, A John Nemeth Memphis Porch Session w/guest Jon Hay & Matthew Wilson. Please try again. With the Blues Music Awards and The Blues Hall of Fame, the Foundation honors the finest blues artists and recordings of the past and present. In my opinion, if. Burnside play at nearby juke joints. doesn’t pull you out of your funk…well, you might as well have another drink, and while you’re at it, book your reservation for Betty Ford right now. As a frequent visitor to Memphis, I've spent many a night partying while it was "Raining On Beale". We are proud to announce that Graham Guest is the winner of the "solo/duo" category and The Lynne Chwyl Band are the winners of the "band" category. "Drink Up" All sales benefit the Memphis Blues Society! To learn more about printing a wallet sized membership card, click on the "?" I flat out love this album. After I signed with the I-55 label, I presented what I thought were the best 20 or so to Brad Webb and Steve Bryson. o Member musician promotion through the website/social media pages; e-mail blasts (900+ distribution) You should also look for member discounts and volunteer opportunities on the website. After all songs are downloaded, go to the Desktop other location on your PC where you saved the song files.

Hughes continued performing in Beale Street clubs and at Blues Festivals such as Brownsville Blues Fest and King Biscuit Blues Festival while writing the songs that became 2002's release: "Paycheck Boogie", nominated for "Best Local CD" by the Memphis Flyer, and winning "Best Self-Produced CD" by the Crossroads Blues Society. This one's a cool, funky instrumental that for some reason made me think it would be a great theme song for a TV show. I’m a journalist. It’s a cinch that this one will be on my “Best Of” lists at the end of this year. The Memphis Blues Society is an all volunteer non-profit arts organization. At the top right corner of the page, click on the ‘V’ (down arrow) to the right of your name. ‘Drink Up’ is scheduled for release March 30, 2013. Admission is a suggested $3 donation.

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• Royal Blues Band Big Jam, Jack Rowell, Jr., *3rd Tuesday each month, 7-10pm, Lafayette’s Music Room, 2119 Madison Ave. (*the day of month is subject to change, call Lafayette's ahead of time to verify). 4. Eric asked R.L for an autograph.

The Memphis blues is a style of blues music created from the 1910s to the 1930s by musicians in the Memphis area, such as Frank Stokes, Sleepy John Estes, Furry Lewis and Memphis Minnie. Cover tunes, for example, are most effective when an artist puts a personal stamp on them.
Small Business: $100 After World War II, as African Americans left the Mississippi Delta and other impoverished areas of the South for urban areas, many musicians gravitated to the blues scene in Memphis, changing the classic Memphis blues sound. Eric says “My influences are Howlin’ Wolf, Furry Lewis, Allman Brothers, Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead, Junior Kimbrough, Doors, and also Memphis Music of all types.

5. Since blues music is usually about bad things but yet it makes us all feel so good, you might just say that a blues musician is a "Blues Magician" - turning something bad into something good. Your membership provides great opportunities to meet new friends who share your love of the Blues. 8. "...one of the best records to come out of Memphis in a long time!

Eric is recording a new album titled ‘Drink Up’. In 2003 or 2004, Eric was setup on the sidewalk in front of Blues Hall. I struggled for a little bit trying to figure where to peg this one when my lightbulb moment hit: this is a wonderful and very unique blend that I can’t call anything but, simply enough, “Memphis Blues.” Memphis Blues is respectful of the music and its history; Memphis Blues understands the delta, understands a good time, understands harmony and misery. I know full good and well I need to listen, analyze and give reason for my words. Seconds later, the employees of Rum Boogie Cafe ran out and asked Eric if he realized Chris Robinson (Black Crowes) and Kate Hudson had just visited with him. Credits to Eric include: March 2001- Winner, Memphis Songwriter's Award; Summer 2002 -Finalist, Beale Street Blues Society; 2003- Nominated ‘Best Local Band’ and ‘Best Local CD’ (The Memphis Flyer); 2004-Winner ‘Best CD’- Rosedale Blues Society; 2007-Winner ‘Battle of the Blues Competition’- Memphis Blues Society.

Dear Memphis Blues Society Member: Welcome, or welcome back to the Memphis Blues Society. Special thanks to Eric Hughes for all of his help and support with this article. The Memphis Blues Society assisted Ms. "”, "...First and proper- Eric has put together a virtual all-star band. Eric’s CDs are available at his gigs, ‘Memphis Music Records, Tapes & Souvenirs’, ‘Tater Red’s Lucky Mojos’ and ‘Spin Street Music’ in Memphis. Band: $50 A window will be displayed with the song title you’re downloading. Hughes and Venable also released a home-recorded CD. Please purchase a DVD and support the MBS! To purchase a DVD visit: www.mrhandysblues.com/new-products, o MBS Musician Compilation CD (MP3s) for new members

Sun recorded Howlin' Wolf (before he moved to Chicago), Willie Nix, Ike Turner, B.B.King and others.

To pay his keep, Eric works for his family’s company.

Which, of course, always rates high on my lists. All combined made for great MBS blues jams at Neil’s. "That's My Baby's Mama" is Eric's way of referring to his ex, or as he says it - "my old used to be".
R.L.