Last night I was at the Blind Bear, and my friend Bob asked Mary, the bartender, “Hey, can you put the Pandora radio station on Yngwie Malmsteen? Just for a minute?” Mary did. Malmsteen is a guitar virtuoso who is coming to the New Daisy Saturday, October 21. Given the preference for metal by Bob and another friend who is attending the show, I expected the music to be too hard for my tastes. It was not. It was excellent. All instrumental, but just excellent. Check this show out if you’re a fan of great guitar work.
WREG reports that Maciel’s Tacos and Tortas will be closed 3 to 4 weeks following a ceiling collapse. As much as I hate to hear it will be closed for any length of time, I consider that good news. I was worried the structural damage would be so great that the popular Mexican restaurant would be closed permanently. A GoFundMe has been set up to help Maciel’s reopen.
Purple Haze has been granted an extension giving the owners of the club to prove it’s part of the Beale Street Historic District and should be allowed to stay open until 5 AM like its neighbors around the corner on Beale. The lawsuit pushing for the earlier closing time was filed by the owners of Club 152. The lawsuit is supported by the City of Memphis and the Downtown Memphis Commission.
59 cent short stacks at IHOP today in celebration of the restaurant’s 59th birthday.
Two new shows have been announced for the Orpheum: Ryan Adams and Band on Saturday, September 30, and Wilco Thursday, October 5.
You just can’t make this stuff up: You know that wall that President Trump wants to build at the U.S.-Mexico border? He thinks it should be a glass wall because passersby could get hit in the head with drugs being thrown over the wall if it isn’t see-through. Seriously, how can a human being be this stupid?
That’s it for now. Time to go get in the 130 degree car and get some lunch. Back tomorrow with more news.