The weather cleared up for the afternoon so off to Memphis we went. First stop was Sun Studio for a tour of studio where Elvis recorded his first record. Many others recorded there, Jerry Lee Lewis and Roy Orbison are two. This is again a working studio. They do tours during the day and record at night. From there we went to the water front--the great Mississippi River. Not too much to see, a River Queen ship and a couple of bridges. Still it was impressive to see the River. We then went to Beale Street. This was Sunday afternoon and the place was hopping! Two city blocks are barricaded and only pedestrian traffic is allowed. All of the bars have live music blaring out of the doorways, on the patios or in one case right on the sidewalk. It seemed to be the place where the locals go to be seen. Women out in their "finest" and lots of men checking things out ;-) We had lunch at Pig with an Attitude. BBQ was yummy--even Owen had to admit it was good though he went to Beale Street a little reluctantly. From there we went to Rock & Soul Museum for another tour. It's hard to be in Memphis and not appreciate the roots of so much music history. Lots of pictures but will only publish a few. Off to Graceland tomorrow.
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