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Papa Don McMinn is a Memphis Music legend. He was
instrumental in the rebirth of the Home of the
Blues: Beale Street in Memphis Tennessee. During the
mid-1980s, Papa Don’s band had the "house gig" at
Rum Boogie on the corner of Beale and Highway
61. Everyone who was anyone was there, and when the
big names came to town to record or perform, there
was only one place to go - to see Papa Don McMinn
and his Rum Boogie band.
Twenty five years later, Papa
Don is still creating and perpetuating his special
brand of Southern Music, a concoction of Delta and
Boogie Blues.
Papa Don's current band, Nightrain, is
anchored by his sons, Doug on drums and Rome on
bass.
Don has performed all across the planet, and he’s
worked and recorded with the likes of Memphis Slim,
John Mayall, Bobby "Blue" Bland, and Albert King,
among others. Some of the notables who’ve made cameo
appearances with Papa Don's band are Joe Walsh,
Gregg Allman, Rufus Thomas, Jon Bonjovi, Billy F
Gibbons, and Eddie Floyd.
Go to tracks include:
Is
You Ever Seen A One-Eyed Woman Cry?,
I’m A Man / Hootchie Kootchie Man, and
Hummingbird. |