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The Flow: Live-Streamed Music Events This Week, December 23-29

Will Sexton & Amy LaVere (photo courtesy Amy LaVere)

Things are understandably slow in the live-stream world, what with Christmas breaks and the general loss of urgency felt by the general public about social distancing. Some still carry the torch for extreme prudence, and if you’re one of them, there are several treats in store. No telling what Amy LaVere and Will Sexton have cooking for this Thursday’s revue, which will include many friends and secret Santas. There’s always the indefatigable Evil Rain, who call B-Side Memphis home, and the week is capped off there with a rare show by one of Memphis’ most inventive bands, Graber Grass. Look for all the bands’ virtual tip jars, and get into giving this Christmas!

ALL TIMES CST

Thursday, December 23
7 p.m.
Amy LaVere, Will Sexton & Friends
— Holiday Hang at Hernando’s Hide-A-Way
Website

9 p.m.
Devil Train — B-Side Memphis
Facebook YouTube Twitch TV

Friday, December 24
No live-streamed events scheduled

Saturday, December 25
9 p.m.
Evil Rain — at B-Side Memphis
YouTube Twitch TV

Sunday, December 26
6 p.m.
Jamalama — at B-Side Memphis
YouTube Twitch TV

10 p.m.
Richard & Anne — at B-Side Memphis
YouTube Twitch TV

Monday, December 27
10 p.m.
Evil Rain — at B-Side Memphis
YouTube Twitch TV

Tuesday, December 28
10 p.m.
The Memphians — at B-Side Memphis
YouTube Twitch TV


Wednesday, December 29
5:30 p.m.
Richard Wilson
Facebook

8 p.m.
Graber Grass — at B-Side Memphis
YouTube Twitch TV

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Music Video Monday: The Sheiks

Music Video Monday wishes you happy freakin’ holidays!

The operative word is “freak” with The Sheiks. The boffo Bluff City combo usually plays a “Christmas in Space” show about this time every year, but with the damn pandemic messing up the program, they’ve opted for a video greeting card to the rock-deprived masses. It’s called “Everybody’s Merry,” and it goes places you might not have wanted to go — namely, into the void with spaceboy (and director) Jesse James Davis. Hop on Astro-Santa’s lap for the most deranged three and a half minutes of the holiday season—and in 2020, that’s really saying something.

Music Video Monday: The Sheiks

If you’d like to see your music video on Music Video Monday, email cmccoy@memphisflyer.com. Happy holidays, and stay safe everyone! 

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Christmas is a Dish Best Served Blue: Elvis’ Song of Holiday Longing Lives

CREDIT: Sony Music Entertainment

Sony Music Entertainment

The holidays are back, and with them come the inevitable festive songs. Yet not everyone is feeling so chipper. While a “Blue Christmas” might be construed by some as an expression of great relief over the outcome of last month’s election, who can deny that one of Elvis Presley’s most cherished hits expresses no such jubilation, only an absence?

As an article on webmd.com notes, “this time of year may trigger a bout of the blues or perhaps ignite a depression that has been smoldering under the surface for months.”

And so it is that the irony and poignancy of “Blue Christmas” has touched a collective nerve for 63 years now. Indeed, the song has been one of the King’s biggest hits, and the collection from which it’s drawn, Elvis’ Christmas Album, has joined the rarefied ranks of records that the Recording Industry Association of America® (RIAA) has certified not as gold, not as platinum, but as diamond — reserved for records that have sold 10 million units or more.

In honor of such longevity, Sony Legacy has released the first official music video for the song. Created by MoSoMoS, a New York animation studio led by Mathew Amonson, the video follows the stories of three characters who can’t be with loved ones during this time of togetherness. Like the song, the video mixes the isolation and despondency of the lyrics with the inherent beauty of the music and Elvis’ voice. It’s a lovely diversion for those of us who may find that all the tidings of joy merely mark an empty chair or bed or home, with only memories of past joy, and a hope for better tomorrows, to sustain us.

Christmas is a Dish Best Served Blue: Elvis’ Song of Holiday Longing Lives

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The Flow: Live-Streamed Music Events This Week, December 3-9

CREDIT: Bethany Reid Visuals

Bethany Reid Visuals

Bailey Bigger

As we delve into the darkest days of the year, things are lighting up online, with the first holiday live-streamed events. Sitting by the cozy glow of live music on your screen with a beverage and sheltered-in-place loved one … what could be better? Tune in to the many choices below, and don’t forget to give a little something to the players who fill your days and nights with song.

REMINDER: The Memphis Flyer supports social distancing in these uncertain times. Please live-stream responsibly. We remind all players that even a small gathering could recklessly spread the coronavirus and endanger others. If you must gather as a band, please keep all players six feet apart, preferably outside, and remind viewers to do the same.

ALL TIMES CDT

Thursday, December 3
7 p.m.
Bailey Bigger – at We Are Memphis
Facebook    YouTube

Friday, December 4
No live-streamed events scheduled

Saturday, December 5
10 a.m.
Richard Wilson
Facebook

6:30 p.m.
Shelley Brown, Lee Booth and Lee Holiday – at South Main Sounds
Facebook

Sunday, December 6
1 p.m.
Alexis Taylor – at South Main Sounds
Facebook

3 p.m.
Dale Watson – Chicken $#!+ Bingo
YouTube

4 p.m.
Bill Shipper – For Kids (every Sunday)
Facebook

6 p.m.
Festival of Carols – at Second Presbyterian Church
Facebook

7:30 p.m.
Black Violin – at the Orpheum Theatre
Facebook

Monday, December 7
8 p.m.
John Paul Keith (every Monday)
YouTube

Tuesday, December 8
7 p.m.
Bill Shipper (every Tuesday)
Facebook

8 p.m.
Mario Monterosso (every Tuesday)
Facebook

Wednesday, December 9
6 p.m.
Richard Wilson (every Wednesday)
Facebook

7:30 p.m.
Amy LaVere & Will Sexton
Facebook

8 p.m.
Dale Watson – Hernando’s Hide-a-Way
YouTube

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MEMernet: College GameDay, Christmas Music — Already

Football Town

Memphis internet bled Tiger blue this weekend. Someone in your feed posted something like this from Reddit user u/Chandler_Weber.

Kings of Gameday

Jerry the King Lawler and ESPN’s Lee Corso joked during the network’s College GameDay broadcast from Beale Street Saturday. GameDay posted this picture to Twitter with the caption, “From one king to another … thank you, Memphis!”

‘Tis the Season

FM 98.9 The Bridge switched to Christmas music on Halloween day. The Memphis subreddit was equal parts gloom and glee on the decision.

But Reddit user u/fennourtine said, “If u mad about it, go write a couple albums about turkey and cornucopias and shit for them to play.”