CharveyMac is one of the best live music acts in Memphis. I had heard about him since 2010 but he rarely came Downtown. When he played a date at the Green Beetle in 2012, I immediately thought, “I can definitely understand why people talk about this guy so much. He’s the real deal.”
Still, given my laziness about going east of Danny Thomas, I rarely got to see Charvey. Smart restaurant and bar owners in Midtown and East Memphis realized, “This guy is a guaranteed crowd. If there’s a chance to get him for a weekly deal, I better do it.” With Charvey booked solid, his Downtown dates were few and far between. I caught him at Beale Street Landing once last summer. When the Silly Goose added live music to its local beer Tuesdays, they got Charvey one day a month.
However, one of Charvey’s weekly gigs, Elfo’s, recently closed. That opened up Wednesdays, and Daniel from the Silly Goose jumped at the opportunity. Charvey will playing at the Goose every Wednesday from 10 PM to 1 AM, beginning January 20.
Kudos to Daniel on this nice live music catch for hump days at the Goose. I’ve said it a million times – he may be a fun guy and he is definitely a good guy to have drinks with, but Daniel is also one of the sharpest businessmen in Downtown Memphis.
I also love the 10 PM start time. That is not past my bedtime and I plan on being there most weeks.
I’ve been offline for most of the day, in bed in a NyQuil-induced haze, trying to run off whatever bug seems to be trying to get to me. When I just couldn’t stand being in bed anymore, I attempted to move 86 photos from our BBQ team’s shared iCloud folder to my phone to the Dropbox account I use to stage my posts. Let me tell you, that was not a lot of fun, and I’m not sure whether it was a tedious process because of the NyQuil or because it was a tedious process. I’m going to look around for a tool to automate that.
Back tomorrow with some news, I hope.