April 10, 2004

Mind-reader blues

Wandered down to the Freight and Salvage to hear a recording session for Suzy Thompson with the formidable steel ukelele player Del Rey and Thompson's Rib Ticklers. With a fair bit of chatter in-between the songs, we heard some saucy historical anecdotes about what might be served down by the North Memphis Café ("everything you need ... love biscuits and gravy"). Neighbor and comrade Ben Sigelman was bowing the cello and bearing the brunt of Del Rey's caustic humour.

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