Jesus Mentioned

Jesus Mentioned:

by Warren Zevon, who died of mesothelioma on September 7, 2003, at the age of 56.

Lyric excerpt:

I'm going down to Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
I'm going down to Graceland
Thinking about the King
Remembering him sing
'Bout those heavenly mansions
Jesus mentioned

Talk Memphis

Talk Memphis:

by Jesse Winchester, whose family moved to Memphis from north Mississippi when he was 12. In 1967 he moved to Canada to avoid the Vietnam draft and didn't return to the U.S. until President Carter's amnesty program covered him. He resettled in Memphis in 2002. He died of cancer on this date in 2014 at the age of 69 at his home in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Lyrics excerpt:

Listen to you move your mouth
I bet you come from way down South
Please don't tell me let me guess
You're from the town that I love best
Talk Memphis, I wish you would
Talk Memphis, you sound so good
Talk Memphis, high on the bluff
I swear I can't get enough
Listening to you talk that stuff
Talk Memphis, oh yeah, talk Memphis
Now let's discuss some barbecue
We'll talk about the Tigers too
Every little sweet thing that you say
Just turns me on like 'DIA
Talk Memphis, I wish you would
Talk Memphis, you sound so good
Talk Memphis, high on the bluff
I swear I can't get enough
Listening to you talk that stuff
Talk Memphis, oh yeah, talk Memphis
I bet you bought some blue suede shoes

Walking the Dog

Walking the Dog:

by Rufus Thomas, who died on this date in 2001 in Memphis

A Change Is Gonna Come

A Change Is Gonna Come:

by Sam Cooke, who died on this date in 1964. from LCSun-news:

Later in his career, Cooke led a refusal to play a segregated show in Memphis. Many of the other artists on the bill showed up to play, but Sam stayed in his motel room — at the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King was killed just a few years later.

Robert Lockwood, Jr.

Walkin' Blues:

is the first song on the Robert Lockwood, Jr. album I Got to Find Me a Woman (playlist on YouTube at this link). Lockwood, who died on this date in 2006 at the age of 91, was the only guitarist to have learned to play directly from Robert Johnson.

There's a reference to Memphis in the chorus of the song Take a Little Walk With Me:

Come on baby
Take a little walk with me
Come on, baby
Take a little walk with me
Back to the same old place
Where we long to be
Come on baby
Take a little walk with me
Come on
Take a little walk with me
Back to the same old place, Memphis, Tennessee

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Working Man and My Castle's Rocking

Working Man and My Castle's Rocking:

by Memphis-born Alberta Hunter, who died on this date in 1984. This video is from a 1977 appearance on the Mike Douglas Show.

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Furry's Blues

Furry's Blues:

by Furry Lewis, who died on this date in 2014 in Memphis

See My Jumper Hanging on the Line

See My Jumper Hanging on the Line:

by R.L Burnside, who died on this date in 2005 in Memphis

Come On In My Kitchen

Come On In My Kitchen:

by Robert Johnson, who died on this date in 1983. He grew up in Memphis, and depending on which legend you believe, that fabled crossroads might actually be here.

Red Hot

Red Hot:

by Billy Lee Riley, who died on this date in 2009. He did some of his recording in Memphis, and his last public performance was in June 2009 at the New Daisy Theatre on Beale Street here.

You Gotta Move

You Gotta Move:

by Mississippi Fred McDowell, who died on this date in 1972 in Memphis.

Someday Baby Blues

Someday Baby Blues:

by Sleepy John Estes, who died on this date in 1977. He was born in West Tennessee and died and was buried there. He did some recording in Memphis.

Who's Making Love

Who's Making Love:

by Johnnie Taylor, who grew up in West Memphis, Arkansas (right across the river from Memphis, TN) and who died on this date in 2000. This song was recorded at Stax Records in Memphis.

The Boogie Disease

The Boogie Disease:

recorded at Sun Studio in Memphis by Doctor Ross, who died on this date in 1993

Peaches In the Springtime

Peaches In the Springtime:

by the Memphis Jug Band, 1928.

Say What

Say What:

by Jesse Winchester, who died on this date in 2014

Pinetop's Boogie Woogie

Pinetop's Boogie Woogie:

This is a live version. The song was recorded at Sun Studio by Pinetop Perkins, who died on this date in 2011 at 97 years of age.

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Son of a Preacher Man

Son of a Preacher Man:

recorded in Memphis by Dusty Springfield, who died on this date in 1999 of breast cancer at the age of 59

Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home

Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home:

by Booker White, who died in Memphis on this date in 1977

That Memphis Train

That Memphis Train:

by Grandpa Jones, who died on this date in 1998