The Road from Memphis #.no-hide To commemorate those austere beginnings

To commemorate those austere beginnings - and celebrate their remarkable longevity - Mono revisit three of their earliest songs

they carry the cool manner of Buddy Holly or Richie Valens

from Dispatch to Ryan Adams

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The Road from Memphis #.no-hide To commemorate those austere beginningsThe Road from Memphis starts with a young Booker T. Jones hauling his stack of newspapers to Phineas Newborn's front yard where, while folding them for his after school delivery route, he could listen to the jazz great practice piano. It ends with Booker and the Roots roaring through a set of both timeless and contemporary originals (and propulsive covers of Gnarls Barkley's Crazy and Lauren Hill's Everything Is Everything). Along for the ride are