Memphis Blues again....

[Ted Samsel]

SMaas sez:
> 
> Has anyone else read Steve Stern's stories about a Jewish community in
> Memphis from the 20s through modern times?  These are entertaining and
> magical stories that also seem to capture their times.  Well worth a read. 

Anything about Fiddlin' Abe Fortas & the Crump Machine???

See: GOIN' BACK TO MEMPHIS by Jim Dickenson (lots of good Memphian
historicity.....)

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