Memphis Music Hall of Fame inducts Johnny Cash, 12 more

On Thursday, the second Memphis Music Hall of Fame class will be inducted at the Gibson Showcase Lounge in Memphis.

Representing a cross-section of the city's styles and genres, they include country giant Johnny Cash, blues icon Albert King, Southern gospel legends the Blackwood Brothers, gospel composer and publisher Rev. W. Herbert Brewster, soul queen Carla Thomas, recording pioneers the Memphis Jug Band, producer/musician Roland James, Stax stalwart David Porter, jazz/pop singer Kay Starr, producer/impresario Sid Selvidge, jazz pianist Phineas Newborn, Jr. and longtime soul-funk group The Bar-Kays.

Thursday's ceremony will include a performance by Kevin Davidson & The Voices in tribute to Brewster. The choir is based at Brewster's home church, Trigg Avenue Baptist Church, and one of its members, Kentasha Evans, is his great-granddaughter. Sons of Mudboy will perform to honor Selvidge, whose son Steve will be on stage with Jimmy Crosswaite and Ben Baker.

Paul Rodgers of Bad Company will play in homage to King. Also expected to perform are The Bar-Kays, Bobby Rush, the Blackwood Brothers and Carla Thomas. The Hi Rhythm Section, under the direction of Boo Mitchell, is the house band.

The Memphis hall, founded in 2012 to honor influential musicians who raised the city's profile, is administered by the non-profit Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum developed by the Smithsonian. Elvis Presley, Al Green, B.B. King, Otis Redding, Jerry Lee Lewis and Howlin' Wolf were among the inaugural inductees.

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