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Moving Targets is an American punk/alternative rock band formed in North Shore, Massachusetts, United States, in 1982. Formed as a hardcore punk power-trio showcasing the songwriting, guitar work and emotive vocals of Kenny Chambers, the band were an important part of the Boston underground rock scene of the 1980s, although they never achieved a significant degree of commercial success.
Target was a Southern rock band from Memphis, Tennessee, that formed in the early 1970s. The band consisted of singer Jimi Jamison, guitarists Buddy Davis and Paul Cannon, Tommy Cathey on bass, and drummer David Spain. The group released a pair of albums for A&M Records with 3 singles. [ 1] A third album (released by Scape Music in 2017) was ...
All the Way from Memphis. "All the Way from Memphis" is a single released by Mott the Hoople as the lead track from the album Mott in 1973. The song tells a story about a rock and roller whose guitar is shipped to Oriole, Kentucky, [ 4] instead of Memphis, Tennessee. [ 5] The track peaked at No. 10 in the UK Singles Chart. [ 6]
In the days before the first Memphis Country Blues Society festival in July 1966, some 400 members of the KKK marched at Overton Park, even burning a cross at the parking lot. That didn’t stop ...
Michael McCloud (born 1947) is the stage name of Michael Snyder, an American folk singer and songwriter who regularly performed at the Schooner Wharf Bar in Key West, Florida for over 30 years, ending in 2023. [ 1] His album Ain't Life Grand features the lead guitar playing of the late "Doctor" George Turner . He gained national attention after ...
Stax released several live albums from the tour recordings, including the best-selling Otis Live in Europe. The Stax Museum on McLemore Avenue in Memphis, founded in 2003, is a replica of the Stax studio, built on the same site where many of the historic Stax recording sessions took place. The original Stax studio was demolished in 1989.
A History of Garage and Frat Bands in Memphis 1960–1975, Volume 1. A History of Garage and Frat Bands in Memphis 1960–1975, Volume 1 is a garage rock multi-genre compilation available on compact disc consisting of songs by various artists, recorded in the 1960s, compiled by Ron Hall, who also wrote the book for which it is named (it was ...
Released: July 1986. Class of '55: Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming is a collaborative studio album by Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins. It was released on May 26, 1986, by America/Smash Records, a subsidiary of Polygram Records. The album was produced by Chips Moman . While the album was in part a tribute to Elvis ...