Various Artists

Memphis Rent Party

FP1653
Release Notes
  • Pressed on Standard Black Vinyl
  • Compilation illustrates the eclectic scope of Bluff City music
  • Featuring artists like Alex Chilton, Jim Dickinson and the Panther Burns…

The compilation illustrates the eclectic scope of Bluff City music, from Furry Lewis and Junior Kimbrough to Alex Chilton, Jim Dickinson and the Panther Burns. Memphis is about individualism, about distinct characters making “it” different. The best music out of Memphis — be it deep blues, early rocking Elvis, Stax soul, indie 1990s Grifters, or today’s Julien Baker or North Mississippi Allstars — forged its own sound. The Memphis aesthetic is to not sound like hits, but to sound different. Sometimes “different” hits. This soundtrack is a great companion to Memphis Rent Party, the latest book by Robert Gordon.