Tag: July 2011
ELVIS! The Early Years
Even the legendary Elvis Aaron Presley paid his dues as a struggling young musician. In early May of 1955, Elvis and 25 other artists, billed as “Hank Snow and...
Ask McGehee: Historic Marker at the southeast corner of Government and Warren streets
From 1907 until 1952, Alabama’s oldest Jewish congregation worshipped in a temple located at the southeast corner of Government and Warren streets. However, this was the congregation’s...
Road Trip!
Every summer my family hits the road for the great American vacation. We have logged thousands and thousands of miles in our ongoing quest to see all 50 states....
Mobile Americana
I first heard Kathryn Scheldt in a little oak-shaded chapel in Mobile. The late autumn sun slanted through the windows, as she sang of hope and mercy and...
Sailing the Dream
A rising sun wakes the sailors aboard their chartered catamaran. The aroma of coffee brewing floats on the ocean breeze. In the cockpit, skipper Ty Cobb savors a...
Names in Lights: Walker Hayes
What drives someone to walk up on the stage for the first time, to lay it all out in front of strangers? In Walker Hayes’ case, “It...
Name in Lights: The Band Perry
The journey from street performances to stadium concerts is long. The Band Perry began its odyssey in lower Alabama. The three siblings, Kimberly, Neil and Reid Perry,...
Spotlight on Ryan Balthrop
Ryan Balthrop has been rocking the Bay area since 1994. He calls his musical style “Southern neo-folk with an island flavor” and credits local greats, such as Wet...
Names in Lights: Eliot Morris
For the Love of Art Eliot Morris, a Mobile native and McGill-Toolen graduate, began writing songs as a student at Auburn University. The singer-songwriter, who now...
A Toast to Trader’s
A weathered, wooden, geodesic dome hangout quietly stands on the western edge of the Apalachee River. Trader’s, with its wrap-around balcony, pier-prowling pussycats and...