Published November 4, 2010 in the Commercial Appeal
The blues brought together Deni and Patrick Reilly, owners of The Majestic Grille in Downtown.
Deni, 36, who is originally from New Jersey, moved to Memphis in 1997 and planned to stay for two or three years. Patrick, 46, who is from just outside Dublin, Ireland, and has been in Memphis nearly 10 years, jokes he came here just for the weekend.
They met when Deni was working for the Blues Foundation and Patrick was running the Gibson Guitar Lounge. They worked on several projects together and interacted a lot because of work.
They dated on and off for awhile, and not surprisingly, most of their dates were music related. "We saw Robert Cray at the Botanic Garden, Rufus Thomas at the Music and Heritage Festival, and we had third-row seats at Aerosmith," Patrick recalls.
"We were both pretty much consumed with music," Deni adds...(Read more)
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