Rufus Thomas News

The Stax Records story is a good one. Once upon a time, a couple of white country music enthusiasts in Memphis, Tennessee inadvertently started a pioneering record label.

The crowd in Mel Stuart's 1973 concert documentary is as prominent in as the musical performers are.

LEGEND ON THE MAKE: At 18, Sean Costello performs with Ruby Wilson , B.B. King, Rufus Thomas and Buddy Guy at a Ma Rainey benefit in Columbus in 1997.

“I had cold feet for a long time.”

On most days, the meter is running inside Newton Collier's cab. Sometimes the music is running, too. via The Macon Telegraph

Durham DJ Spooky's Video Soul: From Wattstax to the Avant Garde Duke Campus, Reynolds Industries Theater --It's been four years since DJ Spooky re-vamped, re-engineered and re-orchestrated D.W. Griffith's ... via Independent Weekly

Chubby Checker had The Twist. Archie Bell had The Tighten Up. JB had The Popcorn. via Some Velvet Blog

In the glorious decade and a half of sound that was Stax in the '60s and early '70s, Carla Thomas was the Queen of Memphis Soul. via WYLD-FM