Memphis radio duo Drake & Zeke to get 'brass note' on Beale Street Walk of Fame

John Beifuss, Memphis Commercial Appeal
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The longtime Memphis radio duo of Drake & Zeke will receive a "brass note" Sept. 16 on the Beale Street Brass Note Walk of Fame.

Drake Hall and the late Zeke Logan will be honored during a 3 p.m. ceremony at Alfred's on Beale. The club is located below a suite of offices that once housed the studios of "Rock 103," the "classic rock" station where Drake & Zeke established their deejay partnership before switching to another commercial rock station, 98.1 "The Max," in 2005.

Hosting programs that often devoted as much time to their laconic comedic commentary as to music, Hall and Logan routinely were voted the city's favorite radio personalities in various "Best of Memphis" polls in local publications. The team's on-air relationship lasted 23 years, until Logan, 49, whose real name was David Millar, died in 2015, of cancer. Hall currently hosts an Internet rock-and-commentary program, "The Drake Digital Show," at drakehallmemphis.com.

The late Zeke Logan (left) and Drake Hall, in their radio heyday.
The late Zeke Logan (left) and Drake Hall, in their radio heyday.

The Beale Street Brass Note Walk of Fame project was launched in 1986 by former longtime entertainment district manager John Elkington to ensure that the Mid-South's rich musical history would continue to be honored on the revitalized Beale Street. The intent is to "offer a tangible embodiment of the many talented people who had put Memphis music and Beale Street on the world map," according to the project's mission statement.

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Modeled on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame on Sunset Boulevard, the Brass Note project embeds brass musical notes in the sidewalk rather than the five-pointed stars found in Hollywood. In the past four decades, some 190 musicians, composers, studio engineers, deejays, marketers and others have received stars on the sidewalks between Fourth and Second. The honorees range from internationally recognized superstars (Elvis Presley) to (Southern Heritage Classic founder and concert promoter Fred Jones Jr.).

The Sept. 16 program at Alfred's is free and open to the public. Various Memphis media celebrities are expected to take part, and a public party will follow the dedication of the "brass note."

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