Liberty Inn
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Gospel, Blues and Southern Fried Chicken
... then are marched back the same way. It has been happening since the 1930's after a resident bought some ducks back to the hotel as a practical joke. There is always a crowd and today we had the added bonus of a children's choir singing Christmas Carols.
Lunch was at Gus's Restaurant where southern fried chicken is the speciality and it was delicious with a nice cold beer. ...
Graceland
... commentary on certain areas that we would go into. The bus pulls up on the side of Graceland and we get to walk around to the front door only to be confronted with more lines of people ( how popular can one man be) anyway the front door opens and we walk into the entrance hall, on our right there is the lounge room quiet small in size, matter of fact Graceland overall is a small house. Everything has been left the way it was so just imagine the ...
All shook up
... had loads of instruments and the original
microphone, it was well worth the visit indeed.
She took questions after and I complimented her on her knowledge and the
fact that there wasn’t too much on Elvis, as I am not a fan, and she quietly
mouthed to me that she wasn’t either!
Next stop is Graceland the mansion, which happens to be
opposite my hotel, but you have to have a bus to get in up the driveway. Now bearing in mind ...
Day 9 - Memphis, Tennessee
... with a couple of drinks on the street just watching Memphis go by. It's a crazy place but one I'm absolutely loving. The sights and sounds, people and booze...it will prove hard to beat I'm sure. We jumped the trolley car back home and fell into bed pretty exhausted. We're taking the car out tomorrow so we'll see a bit more further out from downtown...but I daresay we'll find ourselves back at Beale St tomorrow night for one last hurrah!
Until tomorrow xxx
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Blues, Brews and BBQ's
... of rock and roll! We had a pretty energetic and awesome guide who showed us some of the storys and music of the stars to have been uncovered in the studio. The actual studio is still in its original state and still in operation. Belted out a tune in Elvis' first audition spot and mic.....unfortunately the recording gear wasn't on! To cap the day off we headed to BB Kings Bar for some live blues, brews and some more ...
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