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Notes from the Tour - MEMPHIS

Here I am on a bright, sunny day in Memphis, TN with the one and only Monsieur Jeffrey Evans, he the great musician, mentor, and all around great guy - the one beyond 68 Comeback, Gibson Bros., and the sound that launched a thousand garage bands. We were at the cool record store, Shangri La waiting to see a band play, but I had to leave before they even arrived... the photo was taken by John Paul Keith, the fella you see below in the picture with Jeff. JP is a guitar player too. He just completed a tour of Europe with Jack Oblivian and Harlan T. Bobo. He also fronts his own band, The One Four Fives. If you play music or know music theory, you will recognize 1,4,5 as the basic chord progression of any rock n roll song structure. Memphis breathes, eats and sleeps music. Perhaps that's why I always have a great time here. We did the Punk Rock Day of the Dead here in Memphis at Goner. If you came to the show, or even if you didn't and you thought it was a cool idea, the...