Joe Boone reports on a new film — Mr. Handy’s Blues — on iconic Memphis musician, W. C. Handy — and on a benefit, Saturday. Keep the Memphis Flyer flying. For more than 35 years, the Memphis Flyer has ...

Memphis has been many things: the birthplace of the blues, ground zero for the revolution of rock 'n' roll, and the city that ...

Includes spoken narrative by Handy on the history of the blues. Program notes by Handy and Robert Arnold on container. Performer(s): W.C. Handy, vocals, guitar, and trumpet ; Charles Cooke or Adele ...

A view of Mr. Handy : one afternoon in Memphis, 1918 -- Slavery, the AME Church, and emancipation : the Handy family of Alabama, 1811-1873 -- W.C. Handy and the music of black and white America, ...

For the 34th time, the granddaddy of Henderson’s “Rootin’ Tootin’ Songs of Summer” music series — the W.C. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival — is coming on June 11-14. The volunteer-run music festival ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. W.C. Handy, composer of the "St. Louis Blues," plays his famous melody at St. Louis Sportsman's Park on July 10, 1944, during the ...