Before the Blues -- Memphis Was a Mecca for Music and Innovation by the Time W.C. Handy Arrived
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › May 08, 2007
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About three years ago, Tim Sharp realized something was missing from the big picture of Memphis music history.
He was teaching a class on African-American music at Rhodes College, where he is currently dean of fine arts. He'd lectured backward through soul music, rock and roll, the blues.See the full content of this document
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Before the Blues -- Memphis Was a Mecca for Music and Innovation by the Time W.C. Handy Arrived
When he got to "Mr. Crump," also known as "Memphis Blues," W.C. Handy's breakthrough composition in 1909 that put Memphis music on the map, he had to stop.
"It was kind of funny," he said. "I kept working my way back to W.C. Handy and there was this void of knowledge. When you think about it, Handy didn't just come out of a vacuum."If Memphis was founded in 18...See the full content of this document
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