B.B.Cunningham Jr. Beale Street Music Note Ceremony

[bailbath]

B.B.Cunningham Jr. Beale Street Music Note Ceremony
29 May at 18:00 in CDT
Jerry Lee Lewis Cafe and Honky Tonk /Beale St.

[PeterC]

What is this exactly? Some sort of benefit gig for his family perhaps?

[niek81]

What is this exactly? Some sort of benefit gig for his family perhaps?

Today a new commercial for Ziggo internet was showed on TV in Holland. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI_E0MRPR5U
They used Let It All Hang Out from BB/The Hombres. Now let's hope his widow gets some of the money from the royalties paid...

[martin bates]

What is this exactly? Some sort of benefit gig for his family perhaps?

no, not a benefit.....it's recognition of B.B as a Memphis artist

On facebook Judith is going to this event.

"The small brass music notes lining the sidewalks of Beale Street are engraved with names as well-known as Elvis Presley and as obscure, at least to some, as Dr. Herman Green, who played with many jazz greats".....
http://www.examiner.com/article/beale-s ... c-heritage

[martin bates]

Some years after it was commissioned, B.B.''s note has been laid on Beale Street
Just across the road from the JLL cafe .

Martin.