AUDIO: Chips Moman (1985)
Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages Audio, Summer 1985
The legendary producer gives a history of Memphis R&B, touching on (in no particular order) Stax, James Carr, Dan Penn, Elvis, the fading of the Memphis light and the perils of Nashville.
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