Thu 2/23 @ 7PM
The 2014 documentary Take Me to the River focuses on one of the most influential sounds in pop music history: the legendary Memphis sound. Featuring performers such as Mavis Staples, Otis Clay, Charlie Musselwhite, Bobby “Blue” Bland and even rapper Yo Gotti, it shows how the soul sounds of Memphis and the blues sounds of the Mississippi Delta came together to produce incendiary music over the course of many decades, despite the obstacles of segregation and pervasive racism.
Though the film’s been out a while and was available on Netflix last year, the screening at the Rock Hall’s Foster Theater — part of its Black History month programming — will featuring a panel discussion afterwards with the film’s director/producer Martin Shore, Talking Heads keyboard player Jerry Harrison, producer Bob Mitchell (“Uptown Funk”), Memphis-based rappers Frayser Boy and Al Kapone, and 83-year-old blues musician Bobby Rush, who won his first Grammy last week after a 50-year recording career in the Best Traditional Blues Album category.
It’s free for Rock Hall members; $5.50 for non-members. Go to tickets.rockhall.com to reserve a spot.
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