Incredible video from our friends at the Oxford American: Billy Lee Riley honored by his friends and comrades at the Silver Moon club in Newport, Arkansas, on August 30th, 2009. In attendance a roster of Stomp veterans – Sonny Burgess and the Pacers, W.S. Holland (from Johnny Cash’s and Carl Perkins’ bands), Carl Mann (“Mona Lisa and “Pretend”), Ace Cannon (“Tuff”), Dale Hawkins (“Suzie-Q”), and Travis Wammack (“Scratchy”) among others.
Category Archives: Fallen But Never Forgotten
Alex Chilton Remembered – Chuck Prophet
Tom Waits once described Alex Chilton as “the Thelonius Monk of the rhythm guitar.” He’s damn right. I heard it all for the first time live in 1986 at the 688 Club in Atlanta, Georgia. I was 22 years old; a kid in a band called Green On Red and we were playing on a … Continue reading Alex Chilton Remembered – Chuck Prophet
King Lloyd Palmer RIP
King Lloyd
Rockie Charles RIP
The President of Soul is gone.
Rocky and Carlos reopens after 94 year old founder Rocky Tommaseo passes
Iconic restaurateur Rocky Tommaseo dies Photo and video from NOLA.com, more on Rocky: Rocky and Carlo’s co-founder dies after fall.
