Pee Wee Saloon - 4E 83 - Memphis, Tennessee
Posted by: BruceS
N 35° 08.363 W 090° 03.054
15S E 768693 N 3892482
Historical marker commemorating an early blues club in Memphis.
Waymark Code: WM35JA
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 02/13/2008
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Pee Wee Saloon
(P. Wee Saloon)
Pee Wee's Saloon was the favorite meeting spot for Memphis musicians in
the early 20th Century W. C. Handy used the cigar counter to write out copies of
the Beale Street blues for his band members. One of those songs, written
for the 1909 political campaign was first named "Mr. Crump," for the Memphis
mayor and political boss. Later with the new lyrics it became famous as
"The Memphis Blues" ~ text of marker