Red Velvet Media talks to Robert Gordon, Memphis Rent Party !

Published: April 24, 2020, 9 p.m.

b'Robert Gordon is a writer and a filmmaker, a Grammy winner and an Emmy winner. He\\u2019s a native Memphian who has been exporting the city\\u2019s authentic weirdness since long before his first book,\\xa0It Came From Memphis\\xa0(1995). He\\u2019s been nominated for six Grammys; his win was for the liner notes to the Big Star box set\\xa0Keep an Eye on the Sky. His Emmy was for\\xa0Best of Enemies, the 2015 documentary about Gore Vidal, William Buckley, and the demise of civil discourse in America. Other films include\\xa0William Eggleston\\u2019s Stranded in Canton,the Stax Records story\\xa0Respect Yourself, and\\xa0Muddy Waters Can\\u2019t Be Satisfied.\\xa0\\n\\nBlues, being the wellspring of all American music for over a century, is always worth studying. Robert does it right.\\u201d\\n\\n\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0Keith Richards\\n\\n\\n\\t\\xa0\\n\\nAn emotional map of musical Memphis. If you don\\u2019t know these characters, let Robert Gordon introduce you.\\u201d\\n\\n\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0Elvis Costello\\n\\n*Memphis Rent Party\\xa0soundtrack now available!\\n\\nwww.TheRobertGordon.com'