Beale Street Music Fest

On Day 2, I became the Mayor of the Beale Street Music Fest on foursquare!

I LOVE MUSIC FEST! I repeat, I LOVE MUSIC FEST! It's obviously not for everyone, but I've been going to musicfest for over 15 years now and love going each and every year no matter what the weather is like... and let's face it, IT'S GOING TO BE RAINY AND MUDDY. Get some boots and a poncho and be ready for some fun! Little known fact: Mother Nature is a huge Beale Street Music Fest fan and attends every single year. Idea: Maybe if they were to swap the Sunset Symphony and Beale Street Music Fest (aka: BSMF) around and not tell her... she'd show up at the Symphony instead! Since the Symphony could easily be moved around the weather while 3 days of 100s of bands is much harder to move around, this would just be too good to be true huh? Seems there's MUCH less rain the last weekend in May so....

Day 0: The stages are being built and the ground is being prepped as much as it can for Memphis in May to begin!



Day 1: The Beginning - I met up with some of the In-laws (boy do they know how to party) at Silky O'Sullivan's along with Sandy's "Tiny Elvis". Later ended up at Tom Lee Park for the concerts and snagged a photo with Steve and Pam.



Blues Traveler, a photo op with John Popper and the B-52s! Made a stop at the Memphis Flyer Tent (thanks again, you all were great hosts!) and ended the night with Limp Bizkit!

Day 2: Jägerbombs - I started the day with the Inlaws and their friends (Dave, John, Karin and Sandy - see photo below) and was given not one, but four Jägerbombs! They even had Jägerbomb cups and everything. They shipped (via FedEx) a box to our house and these cups were part of the party supplies. They also wanted photos recreating their night with the tornado sirens going off all night long. Too funny, but at least they kept Tiny Elvis safe!

FedEx Blues Tent, Muddy people having fun and Jerry Lee Lewis


Group of friends ready for Day 2 (photo courtesy of Edison)! Me, Penelope, Rebecca and Chad at the Michael McDonald concert, Hall & Oates (two songs into it we had to flee the park with sirens going off)...


Day 2: After Party - About 2 years ago, my friends and I formed a group called the South Main Dirty Dozen and we throw 2-3 parties each year. The Day 2 of Beale Street Music Fest 2008 "After Party" was our first party and what better way to celebrate than throw the 3rd annual party back where it started, Earnestine & Hazel's.

Me and Randy, the Angies (I know like 14 Angies so wanted a "reunion" of sorts), the hired band for the party, Dynaflow and the "Hoyts special drink"... it was so special I don't remember the last hour of the party. Thanks a lot guys... ;-)


Day 3: Survival of the Fittest - I actually felt really good despite all the partying the day and night before! Sunday was a beautiful day with barely a cloud in the sky... if anything, I was worried about getting sunburned! I started the day at Pearl's Oyster House for a quick meal with the family and then headed to the park for more BSMF fun!

Rock Sugar, the dudes, Vince Neil groupies and Vince Neil


Mud, Earth, Wind and Fire (that sounds like a cool new name for the band), and Rebecca and I demonstrating just how deep some of that mud was... we found deeper mud but I did not want to risk getting my camera out and dropping it into the 4-6 inches of mud of that pit.


Day 4: The Aftermath - Ah.... another music fest has come and gone and what is left is an area full of memories... and left behind muddy shoes. Can't wait for next year!