Memphis 45's mixed by Greg Belson

[Greg Belson]

In early February 2020, I visited Memphis TENN to hit the crates & dig deep into the well of unbelievable music created in that legendary city.

I arrived with an empty record box when after 1 day in to the dig, I received an invite from 2 of the key players at this premo new DJ spot to play a set on the following Saturday.

Pretty cool...3 days to dig out the goodness with a final 1 hour showcase at the weekend!

I didn’t want to pillage the mighty Stax catalog as I know the local folks will have that on lock…..I wanted to mine the soul of gospel labels Designer, D-Vine Spirituals, Philwood & Prabay, whilst seeking out some soul & funk rarities next to the cheaper, overlooked business.

It was a wild trip putting this together, & I ended up over running my allotted set time by 25 minutes! Thanks so much to Eight and Sand @ The Central Station Hotel, Otis Shredding, Memphi$ Jones, McLemore & Daniel Mathis that made this one pretty special.