The Memphis Scene

In case you hadn't heard, the new Ground Zero Blues Club is cranking up from its April soft opening with a full lineup of top blues acts. The Downtown venue, right next door to the Red Rooster on Lt. George W. Lee Avenue, is the Memphis branch of the Clarksdale, Miss., club founded by actor Morgan Freeman and his partner Bill Luckett. It sports a top-notch sound system, well-appointed bar and walls you can write your name on. Check it out Saturday night when hill-country dynamo and former R.L. Burnside sideman Kenny Brown comes to town.