Kid Memphis
Johnny Holiday (born Memphis, Tennessee, United States), billed professionally as Kid Memphis is an American blues musician and actor who began his career at the age of 15. He played Carl Perkins in the Johnny Cash bio movie Walk the Line.[1]
Kid Memphis | |
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Biography
A blues musician, Kid Memphis made his mark on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 15. His first record made was at Sun Studio. His first appearance on stage was at the Overton Park Shell. When Beale Street opened as a tourist attraction in the 1980s, a young Kid Memphis played on the street with his teenage bandmates. Kid along with his band Kid Memphis & The Mojo Hand Band started doing regular shows at the New Daisy Theater. Shortly after that Kid played alongside musicians such as, B.B. King, Albert King, Albert Collins, Gatemouth Brown, Anson Funderburgh, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Cash McCall, Jeff Healey and more. Kid was reportedly influenced by some of the early Texas recording artists. Holiday became an actor in 2005. He has since released a record with Little Boys Blue on Vizztone Records, operated by Bob Margolin, and in 2020, Kid has released a record of his own via Retrofonic, recorded at American Sound Studio.
See also
References
- Limnios, Michael (October 2, 2015). "Underground Memphis musician John Holiday talks about Albert Collins, Jeff Healey, BB and local scene". Blues.Gr.