SpinSouth: The Other Sam Phillips

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Tuesday, October 12, 2004

The Other Sam Phillips

So we saw Sam Phillips and band last night in Memphis. "The OTHER Sam Phillips" as Jim D. insists on calling her. I do wonder if any clueless Memphians thought they were there to see the late Sun Records founder. . . Anyway, we sat so close I could have unplugged Patrick Warren's piano.

It was a treat to get to see such a great group of musicians play in a setting so familiar to the boondogs. They were set up on the floor by the front window of the restaurant, and had to overcome PA troubles, noise from the bar, and disinterested Peabody lodgers walking past them to leave throughout the night. In addition to Patrick Warren, the band included my new favorite drummer (sorry Carla) Jay Bellarose and a hip little string quartet, The Section.

After the show Indy asked "Can she sing a bad note?"

FYI, KCRW has a live in studio performance here. Go watch it.

1 Comments:

Unknown said...

Leave it to Dylan to turn the talk political... I've pledged to leave all partisan talk to Indy. Somehow it's more interesting coming from someone who can't vote. That being said, who the hell is "undecided" at this point, anyway?