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Legendary Stax Guitarist "Bobby Manuel"

This week 'The Voice of Memphis' interviews Bobby Manuel, a legend in the Memphis Music scene.


Bobby Manuel joined Stax Records in the late 1960s and stayed through the label’s bitter end in 1975, after which he and Stax founder Jim Stewart opened Daily Planet studio and began doing independent productions together. At Stax, Manuel was a jack-of-all-trades, working as an engineer, mixer, songwriter, producer, and tour bandleader. But first and foremost, Bobby was and is a guitarist. 


He has recorded with Elvis Presley, Isaac Hayes, Al Green, Albert King, Little Milton, Billy Eckstine, Rufus Thomas, The MGs, Luther Ingram, The Bar-Kays, Leon Russell, John Mayall, Anne Peebles, Mavis Staples, and Eddie Floyd. 


After the demise of Stax Records, Manuel and Stax founder Jim Stewart operated a studio and production company. Shirley Brown was among their most notable signings. He later ran his own label, HighStacks (named to recall the glory of former Memphis R&B labels, Hi Records and Stax).

In 2004, Manuel organized and led a group of Memphis All-Stars with guest appearances by Marvell Thomas and Steve Cropper to celebrate the opening of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, backing legends such as Isaac Hayes, Mavis Staples, Eddie Floyd,William Bell, Solomon Burke, and Al Green who performed in honor of the label.

This week's interview will air at the following times on www.AllMemphisMusic.com

MONDAY July 2nd - 12:00 PM MEMPHIS Time CST

WEDNESDAY July 4th - 5:00 PM MEMPHIS Time CST

THURSDAY July 5th- 8:00 PM MEMPHIS  Time CST

The interview was conducted by Barry L. Shankman and K. Paul Compton and you'll love hearing stories from Bobby and his fascinating life that helped shape the Memphis Sound. The Voice of Memphis & All Memphis Music are preserving the artists, producers, the musicians and all those who helped create 'The Memphis Sound'

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All Memphis Music Interviews ~ The Voice of Memphis ~ Wayne Jackson ~ The Memphis Sound

 Our internet radio station, www.AllMemphisMusic.com has lost a true friend in Duck Dunn. We recently helped start a new program that is trying to preserve, via interviews, The Memphis Sound. We started with Jud Phillips, then the legendary Bobby Manuel, and this week the also legendary Wayne Jackson of The Memphis Horns. As you know we just lost Wayne's partner Andrew Love. Tune in when you can and catch these interviews as they give a rare glimpse behind those who helped create The Memphis Sound. Please check this blog for interview times. www.voiceofmemphismusic.blogspot.com/
Our thanks to Paul Compton & Barry Shankman for their hard work and dedication. This week's interview with Wayne airs three times, the first is Monday, May 14th 12 noon CST-Memphis Time. Life is SO precious.

Wayne Jackson founding member of the "MEMPHIS HORNS"

Wayne recorded a hit song his first day in the studio. He's played on 52 Number One records and 83 Gold and Platinum records. He's toured the world and shared the stage with many of the most influential artists in modern music. 

If there's such a thing as destiny, then it's safe to say Wayne Jackson has a purpose on this earth. From the time he was

 six telling his grandmother he would one day be on the radio to missing rides on Otis Redding's airplane crash and Stevie Ray's helicopter crash, life's been dealing him a deck of cards that just won't stop. 

Born in Memphis and raised across the river in the sleepy, cotton town of West Memphis, Arkansas, Wayne's love of music began with a guitar. Then one night his mother came home with a trumpet for her eleven-year-old son. "I opened up the case, and it smelled like oil and brass. I loved that, so I put it together, blew, and out came a pretty noise. My first taste of Sweet Medicine." 

The rest is music history. 

Wayne played in the junior high and senior high bands taking all honors at the local and state level. 

Soon he was sneaking out the back window to go play at the Jungle Inn on Highway Seventy. And then it happened. In the 12th grade, he found himself playing with a group called The Mar-Keys. They had a number one instrumental smash called, "Last Night." It was 1961. 

What followed was a magical ride making music history with Otis, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Isaac Hayes, Eddie Floyd, Albert King and the rest of the Stax Recordsroster. "Back then, we had to do those songs from front to back with no mistakes and with good feelings. That's what made musicians out of us. That's what trained us. Now musicians all around the world judge their performances against those records with us on them, and that's why we're heroes." 

In 1969, Wayne and sax man, Andrew Love, incorporated asThe Memphis Horns and began offering their signature 

sound to artists around the world. Wayne found himself in the studio with a host of stars such as Elvis, Neil Diamond, B.J. Thomas, James Taylor, Al Green, Aretha Franklin and out on the road touring with Stephen Stills, Rod Stewart and The Doobie Brothers. 

After moving to Nashville in the late Seventies, Wayne decided to trade in life on rock and roll jetliners for life on a billybus. He spent three years traveling the roads with country music legend,Marty Robbins, during which time he became the only horn player ever to perform on the Grand Ole Opry. 

Then in the mid-Eighties Peter Gabriel called, and Wayne's work on "Sledgehammer" catapulted him back on top of rock and roll. From that day through this day, Wayne has been in the studio with Neil Young, U2, Billy Joel, Steve Winwood, Bonnie Raitt, Sting, Jack White, Lenny Kravitz, Collective Soul,just to name a few, and on the road with Stephen Stills, The Doobie Brothers, Joe Cocker, Jimmy Buffett, Robert Cray, Luther Allison. 

To sum it all up, Wayne says, "My life, so far, has been filled withSweet Medicine and is a bridge spanning five generations of American music." 

Wayne’s two  books about his life and adventures entitled, In My Wildest Dreams - Take 1 and In My Wildest Dreams - Take 2are now available in paperback on Amazon. He also writes songs for Sweet Medicine Music, the publishing company he formed with his wife, Amy.

  His song, Christmas Can't Be Very Far Away, was featured on Amy Grant's 1999 album, A Christmas To Remember. 

Wayne, Amy and pup, Gracie, moved back home to Memphis in 2010 after fourteen years in Nashville and are happy to be rolling on the River once again. 

Wayne and his partner, Andrew, just received the highest honor in the music industry this February...a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

This week's interview will air at the following times on www.AllMemphisMusic.com

MONDAY  May 14th- 12:00 PM MEMPHIS Time CST

WEDNESDAY May 16th- 5:00 PM MEMPHIS Time CST

THURSDAY  May 17th- 8:00 PM MEMPHIS  Time CST

The interview was conducted by Barry L. Shankman and K. Paul Compton and you'll love hearing stories from Wayne and his fascinating life that helped shape the Memphis Sound. The Voice of Memphis Music & All Memphis Music are preserving the artists, producers, the musicians and all those who helped create 'The Memphis Sound'

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Voice of Memphis Music ~ Interview with Bobby Manuel ~ All Memphis Music

This week 'The Voice of Memphis' interviews Bobby Manuel, a legend in the Memphis Music scene.


Bobby Manuel joined Stax Records in the late 1960s and stayed through the label’s bitter end in 1975, after which he and Stax founder Jim Stewart opened Daily Planet studio and began doing independent productions together. At Stax, Manuel was a jack-of-all-trades, working as an engineer, mixer, songwriter, producer, and tour bandleader. But first and foremost, Bobby was and is a guitarist. 


He has recorded with Elvis Presley, Isaac Hayes, Al Green, Albert King, Little Milton, Billy Eckstine, Rufus Thomas, The MGs, Luther Ingram, The Bar-Kays, Leon Russell, John Mayall, Anne Peebles, Mavis Staples, and Eddie Floyd. 


After the demise of Stax Records, Manuel and Stax founder Jim Stewart operated a studio and production company. Shirley Brown was among their most notable signings. He later ran his own label, HighStacks (named to recall the glory of former Memphis R&B labels, Hi Records and Stax).

In 2004, Manuel organized and led a group of Memphis All-Stars with guest appearances by Marvell Thomas and Steve Cropper to celebrate the opening of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, backing legends such as Isaac Hayes, Mavis Staples, Eddie Floyd,William Bell, Solomon Burke, and Al Green who performed in honor of the label.

This week's interview will air at the following times on www.AllMemphisMusic.com

MONDAY  May 7th- 12:00 PM MEMPHIS Time CST

WEDNESDAY May 9th- 5:00 PM MEMPHIS Time CST

THURSDAY  May 10th- 8:00 PM MEMPHIS  Time CST

The interview was conducted by Barry L. Shankman and J. Paul Compton and you'll love hearing stories from Bobby and his fascinating life that helped shape the Memphis Sound. The Voice of Memphis & All Memphis Music are preserving the artists, producers, the musicians and all those who helped create 'The Memphis Sound'

All Memphis Music would like to thank the Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau for their support of 

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Rosanne Cash ~ Twitter / Facebook "Cash" Contest ~ All Memphis Music ~ Internet Radio ~

Our good friend Rosanne Cash has been kind enough to give All Memphis Music the chance to give away some great autographed goodies. Starting  Tuesday, June 8th thru Saturday June 12th, we''ll be giving away daily an autographed copy of Rosanne's latest CD, 'The List'. One grand prize winner will also receive a classic, rare autographed "Hatch Poster" from Rosanne's concert last year in Nashville, as well as  a  rare autographed vinyl copy of 'The List'.


It's easy to enter, if you are a Twitter kinda person, just send us a Direct Message once daily with your first name and town you live in. If you are a Facebooker, write us on Our Wall once daily with the same information as above.


All daily entries will be eligible to win for that day. If you didn't win, send us another entry the following day.
Of the five winners, we will randomly pick one name and they will be declared the grand prize winner, receiving the poster, CD and vinyl, all signed by Rosanne Cash!


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Winner 1- June 8-Ashley Snow-Kansas City,Mo
Winner 2- June 9th-Suzanne Lee, Sherman Oaks, Ca
Winner 3- June 10th-Ben Erickson, Copenhagen, Denmark
Winner 4- June 11th-Matt Browning, Charleston, WV
Winner 5- June 12th-Kristin Moore, Sydney Australia
Grand prize winner-June 13th-Ashley Snow-Kansas City , Mo


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Memphis ~ Home of the Blues ~ Birthplace of Rock and Roll ~ All Memphis Music ~ Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau

As we all know, Memphis is Home of the Blues & the Birthplace of Rock N' Roll, and this week on the Specialty Show, we'll play alternate sets of each. You'll hear great blues artists like Albert King, Muddy Waters, the legendary Robert Johnson, Big Mama Thornton & BB "Bluesboy" King and early Rock N Rollers like Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Burnette, Billy Lee Riley, and Roy Orbison. Memphis holds a special place in the history of music and you'll hear a great representation of that music, this weekend on the Specialty Show on
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The Specialty Show will air this Friday night January 29th at 10:00 pm (CST Memphis Time) and will repeat on Saturday morning January 30th at 10:00 am (CST Memphis Time)

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Steve Cropper ~ All Memphis Music ~ STAX Records ~ The Memphis Sound ~ Soul Music ~ Rhythm and Blues

Hey everybody, it's time for another All MemphisMusic.com Specialty Show and this week, it's a classic, because we're going to air a one-hour special featuring the music of legendary guitarist and Rock N' Roll Hall of Famer, Steve Cropper this Friday, December 18 at 10:00 PM Central Time; and repeating the following morning, December 19, at 10:00 AM Central Time. During the interview, Steve will discuss many of his 20 all-time personal favorite songs he participated in as a songwriter, musician, or producer, with recollections about tracks and how they came about, as well as other anecdotes about the recordings.

Steve Cropper is the iconic guitarist and a founding member of Booker T. & the MGs, whose Memphis sound not only brought the group international acclaim on its own, but were also considered to be the best backing group in the history of soul music, working with many of the Stax Records stable of soul and blues artists, including Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Albert King, William Bell, Eddie Floyd and Rufus Thomas. As a songwriter, Steve Cropper collaborated with a number of artists such as Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett on an array of songs that have become classics. He also became a well-respected producer and continues to work today with many contemporary performers in the blues, rock, soul, and roots genres of music. The show was produced by Jon Scott, David Fleischman, and Steve Cropper. Special thanks to Mark Pucci.

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Steve Cropper ~ His Life & Music ~ Exclusive Interviews ~ All Memphis Music ~ Internet Radio ~ The Memphis Sound ~ Booker T & the MG's ~

Due to the overwhelming global response we received recently to a Special on Rock N Roll Hall of Famer, Steve Cropper, All Memphis Music does it again. No, not the same show, but this time we have obtained exclusive interviews with Steve that start with his childhood growing up and goes through the present to what he is doing now.

All Memphis Music is very proud of this show, especially since what you will hear has NEVER been heard before. Steve granted us a special insight of his life, and needless to say it is downright fascinating.

You'll hear how Steve learned to play guitar and about his first band. He also talks about his high school days, and how he became an ambassador of the Memphis Sound.

This is one show we urge you not to miss, and please tell a friend.

The All Memphis Music Specialty Show will air this Friday night, March 27th at 10:00 PM (CST Memphis Time) and rebroadcast on Saturday morning March 28st at 10:00 AM (CST Memphis Time)

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