The Catch-Back, vol. 8 : Memphis Gold, Kenny Neal, Little Joe McLerran, Percy Strother, Selwyn Cooper

...they deserved to be featured here…

Memphis Gold - Pickin' In High Cotton (2011)

Memphis Gold, born Chester Chandler in 1955 in Memphis, has been an active "bluesician" for some 60 years but, oddly enough, he has only 4 albums out so far, this being the last one to date. A Vietnam veteran himself, he is also active in veterans and fellow blues musicians health help fund raising events.

His career could have stopped abruptly in 2008 though. He fell some 35 feet down from a tree and suffered a triple fracture of the back that could have left him in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Fortunately his strong will plus good medical care helped him to avoid such an unfortunate fate. As a consequence, he now walks with a cane and sits most of the time during his shows, as it appears in most of the videos proposed below.