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Elmo and the Shades | Creative Aging

By Kacky Walton

Published August 5, 2024 at 12:11 PM CDT

Kacky Walton talks with Claire Rutkauskas, Director of Programming at Creative Aging.

They discuss an upcoming appearance by the popular Memphis R&B band Elmo and the Shades, who will play Creative Aging’s Concert Series on Wednesday, September 4, at Theatre Memphis.

Learn more about this event here >

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Kacky Walton

I owe my radio career to the Ford Motor Company. My daddy had a Ford dealership in our hometown of Clarksdale, Mississippi, and he thought it would be cute if his 7-year old daughter did his radio commercials. The pay wasn't great, just a pack of Wrigley's gum, but I was hooked on radio from then on.

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