@STRAZ CENTER
FRIDAY, FEB 2, 7:00PM
FERGUSON HALL
Straz Center for the Performing Arts
presents
Take Me To The River
Memphis Soul and Rhythm & Blues Revue
Memphis musicians William Bell, Bobby Rush and Don Bryant are three of this country’s
great elder statesmen of soul music. Recording for labels in Memphis and elsewhere in the
South, they produced a bevy of acclaimed albums and helped turn out hits for the likes of Otis
Redding, Tina Turner and Al Green. With a sultrier, grittier sensibility than their Motown
neighbors up north, the Memphis sound these artists created was recently featured in Take
Me to the River, a musical documentary that took home the Audience Award at SXSW Film
Festival and helped put this revue on the road.
Soul singer, architect of the Stax Records sound, and 2017 Grammy® winner William Bell
(“Born Under a Bad Sign,” “You Don’t Miss Your Water”) is joined by ribald blues showman
and fellow 2017 Grammy® winner Bobby Rush (“I Ain’t Studdin’ You”), and gospel and soul
great Don Bryant of Hi Records (“I Can’t Stand The Rain”), all backed by Willie Mitchell’s
legendary Hi Rhythm Section – the heartbeat behind Al Green’s biggest hits. Get ready for
a musical tour of the rich soul music legacy of Memphis, Tennessee led by some its most
adept practitioners.
More on William Bell
williambell.com
facebook.com/williambellmusic
More on Bobby Rush
bobbyrushbluesman.com
facebook.com/bobbyrushbluesman
More on Don Bryant
store.fatpossum.com/collections/don-bryant
facebook.com/DonBryantMusic
The taking of photographs and/or use of other recording equipment is strictly prohibited.
Program information provided by the cast and/or production company.
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