The History Of Beale Road, The Birthplace Of The Blues, Is Reenacted
In 1909, in Pee Wee’s Saloon on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, the musical genre that we call the blues was written right down to be taken to the lots.
Beale Avenue, the house of the blues, was shaken with rioting, looting, violence and killing during the 1968 sanitation staff strike. Beale Road retailers had to clear up broken glass, scattered bricks and dappled blood as they witnessed Nationwide Guardsmen in armored personnel carriers outfitted with 50-caliber machine weapons rumble down Beale on March 29, the day after the Memphis sanitation staff protest march of March 28 broke up in violence.
This collection began in the 70s, but carried over into the 80s, so I made a decision to incorporate it. It ran for 8 seasons and 148 episodes, starring Jack Klugman within the lead role as Quincy. Focusing on crime fixing from the perspective of a medical expert, Quincy …
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