Memphis Dues Willie Nelson, Brenda Lee, Waylon Jennings, The Box Tops, Burl Ives, Julie Andrews, Governor Jimmy Davis, John Denver, Danny O’Keefe, Bobby Goldsboro, The Gatlins, Dusty Springfield, Joe Tex, Don McLean, John Prine, Roy Orbison, Crystal Gayle, Tommy Roe, King Curtis, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Tammy Wynette, Earl Scruggs, Reba McEntire, Grady Nutt, Loretta Lynn, Ronnie Milsap, Dottie West, Kenny Rogers, Terri Gibbs, Sandy Posey, The Statler Brothers, Mel McDaniel, Bobby Womack, Ronnie McDowell, Bobby Bare, Roy Clark, Boots Randolph, Sweet Inspiration, Jerry Lee Lewis …. And Gene Chrisman. Possibly you have never heard the last name in this list, but certainly most people will recognize the others. That list represents a sampling of people for whom Gene has supplied drums from the time he was a member of what was known as the 827 Thomas Street Band—Chips Moman’s Memphis studio address—to the present. From 1966, for a period […]

November 1986 Issue