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The Tennessee Boltsmokers

The Tennessee Boltsmokers helped us finish off our first year on Sunday night, November 14, in fine form. The wildly enthusiastic audience enjoyed more than two hours of pickin' and harmonizin' from a polished quartet. You'll be hard pressed to find a finer group anywhere in the country, and that's saying a lot! Several in the crowd wouldn't leave until we promised to bring the Boltsmokers back again. Stay tuned!

Kelly Joe Phelps Our third concert was Sunday, September 19, at 7:00 p.m. and featured singer, song writer, and guitarist Kelly Joe Phelps who performs acoustic blues.

Chris Smither

The second event in our Coffee House Concert Series featuring Chris Smither was a bona fide sell-out and one heckuva evening of entertainment. If you didn't make it in, console yourself with the fact that the show will be broadcast October 27 on the internationally-syndicated radio show Beale Street Caravan, aired locally on WKNO FM 91.1 and WEVL FM 89.9.

The first show in CHC's new Coffee House Concerts Series was a rousing success. Over 125 enthusiastic listeners filled Cheney Parish Hall (also known as the Coffee House) on Sunday night, May 9, for the inaugural concert in the series.

Sid Selvidge played, sang, autographed CDs, and played some more for a most appreciative crowd. The Commercial Appeal's Bonnie Brantley covered the evening for Memphis' local newspaper, and Sid's record company president, Ward Archer, of Archer Records, was among the special guests in the audience.

The Coffee House was appropriately decorated with paintings and framed photos of famous blues artists from Sleepy John Estes, Muddy, B.B., and Albert King to Skip James. A large George Hunt painting of Otha Turner and Jessie Mae Hemphill also graced the room.

Coffee House Sponsors Here's Alyce Mantia (right) checking the newest arrival of olive oil at her shop on Poplar. Mantia's International Foods is where we buy all the great sausage and cheese served at Coffee House Concerts. In the middle is one of the High Point Coffee gang,
	Alyce Mantia	Stephanie Lowe	Cat's Music Employee
preparing another cuppa joe. High Point Coffee, at Poplar & Perkins Extended provides all the delicious gourmet coffee we use at the Coffee House Concerts. CATS Music on Union Ave. is the Coffee House Concerts ticket outlet for all our fans in Midtown and Downtown Memphis.