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Memphis is a city with music in its blood. When Fred Ford, co-founder of the Beale Street Music Festival, was diagnosed with cancer, David Less organised Fredstock, a fund raiser to help with his medical bills. Less contacted Memphis legend Alex Chilton (The Box Tops, Big Star), who was living in New Orleans, to ask him to participate. Alex said he didn’t have any musicians to play with in Memphis, so Less suggested the Hi Rhythm Section (the band behind classics from artists including Ann Peebles, Ike & Tina Turner, O. V. Wright, Otis Clay, and Al Green). Alex replied, “That will work.”
Boogie Shoes: Live On Beale Street was recorded at the New Daisy Theatre in Memphis in 1999, during Fredstock. This previously unissued live set contains versions of soul classics from The Supremes and Otis Clay, rock numbers from Chuck Berry and Little Richard, and even a cover of the KC & The Sunshine Band title track.
Packaging contains liner notes from Producer David Less, a friend of Chilton, and author of the acclaimed Memphis Mayhem: A Story Of The Music That Shook Up The World, and features a cover from rock & roll and folk art painter, Lamar Sorrento.
Get ready to discover this performance by Memphis icons – tearing it up on stage, making music, and having fun. You’ll want to put on y-y-y-y-your Boogie Shoes.
Tracklist
Boogie Shoes (Live)
Precious, Precious (Live)
634-5789 (Live)
Kansas City (Live)
Lucille (Live)
Big Boss Man (Live)
Where Did Our Love Go (Live)
Maybelline
Hello Josephine (Live)
Trying To Live My Life Without You (Live)