The New York Times – Music:
President Trump mused about whether he could beat Elvis Presley in a fistfight and used a golden Sharpie to sign a replica of one of the singer’s guitars.
Category: Memphis (Tenn)
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Jimmy Van Eaton, Purveyor of the Sun Records Beat, Dies at 86
The New York Times – Music:
His drumming lent spontaneity and imagination to the unfettered sound of seminal rock ’n’ roll records by Jerry Lee Lewis and others.
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Overlooked No More: Cordell Jackson, Elder Stateswoman of Rock ’n’ Roll
The New York Times – Music:
A pioneering record-label owner and engineer, she played guitar in a raw and unapologetically abrasive way. “Whatever song it was,” she said, “I always creamed it.”
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Bible & Tire Brings D-Vine Spirituals’ Memphis Gospel Back to Life
The New York Times – Music:
A half-century ago, Elizabeth King and Elder Jack Ward recorded for D-Vine Spirituals. The label’s masters found a new home, giving their music — old and new — a second chance.
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Do You Have a Civic Duty to Watch the Video of Memphis Police Beating Tyre Nichols?
The New York Times – Film:
The video of Memphis police beating Tyre Nichols challenges public complacency — and complicity. What are our duties as citizens and as human beings?
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Fans Mourn Lisa Marie Presley, Daughter of the King, at Graceland
The New York Times – Music:
At the stone wall outside Elvis Presley’s estate, his only child was remembered as a kind of rock star royalty.
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Jim Stewart, Unlikely Entrepreneur of Soul Music, Dies at 92
The New York Times – Music:
His background was in country music. But Stax, the label he founded with his sister, achieved a level of success with Black artists that rivaled Motown’s.
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‘Still Growing Together,’ a Teenage Crush Leads to Marriage
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Brittney Adu was smitten when she saw Aaron Canales on the first day of their freshman year of high school. Despite their cultural differences and the trials of a young romance, their love endured.
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Young Dolph, Promising Memphis Rapper, Shot and Killed at 36
The New York Times – Music:
Known for collaborating widely and his deadpan bravado, his last solo album, “Rich Slave,” debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard chart last year.