Eric Hughes Band - Meet Me In Memphis (2022)

Reminding us that the Eric Hughes Band are more than a mere blues band, Hughes and company deliver “Meet Me In Memphis”- an excitingly diverse, fascinating collection of Eric’s homegrown original songs that reflect the varied styles that make up Memphis music.

Truly a community effort, Hughes was able to produce this album with help from the very first “Slim’s Front Loan” from the Memphis Slim Collabratory, administered through Community Lift, and backed by River City Capital. Fans of the Eric Hughes Band contributed funding through pre-orders and purchases, and helped make this album possible. Several students of the University of Memphis School of Music Business have assisted as advisors and interns throughout this record’s creation.

The musical variety of Memphis is like a patchwork quilt, so many colors, fabrics and textures combine to form a unique, hip, soulful sound like no other. All members of the Eric Hughes Band grew up listening to the diversity of Memphis music, feasting upon the rich stew created by combining rock, blues, soul, country, jazz, and folk music. Naturally, “Meet Me In Memphis” draws upon these varied styles and influences.

Eric Hughes draws upon the experience gleaned from over three thousand shows in the clubs on Beale Street over his sixteen-year career in the creation of his fifth album. He has become an ambassador of Memphis music to the tourists who visit the Bluff City in search of true blues and authentic tunes.

Hughes has set the bar pretty high, his previous releases earning two “Best Self-Produced CD” titles, a Muddy Mojo Award, and “Coolest Blues Song of the Year”. The Eric Hughes Band meets and surpasses the standard, however, with “Meet Me In Memphis”.