Friday, March 14   11:00 p.m.
Opal Divine's Freehouse   (700 W 6th St )

  The Bo-Keys - The Back End
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The incendiary soul/jazz/funk of The Bo-Keys is a hard-hitting and authentic modern take on Memphis’ original soul-stew sound – a mixture of original instrumental and vocal features that fuse R&B fundamentals with elements of modern hip-hop.

An all-star section of Stax sidemen – drummer Willie Hall (The Bar-Kays, the Blues Brothers), Charles “Skip” Pitts (Isaac Hayes) on wah-wah guitar, and trumpeter Ben Cauley (member of the original Bar-Kays) – joins garage rock prodigy and film composer Scott Bomar (Hustle & Flow, Black Snake Moan) on bass to lay down deep funk grooves for a mighty horn section consisting of Memphis’ finest young players.

It’s much more than an homage: it’s the sound of Memphis now– familiar, fresh, and unquestionably fantastic.

The BO-KEYS will be joined at SXSW by legendary STAX/VOLT artist HARVEY SCALES.