Walking in Memphis... in the middle of the pouring rain

So little known fact about Peter... I love bluesy rock n' roll. It's the kind of music I like to listen to when I have some alone time. This was one of the cities I was most excited about seeing; which makes it really unfortunate that it's also the one I feel most unsafe in so far, but it's nothing that Boston hasn't taught me to be able to handle.


After my earlier post/rant, I went to the Memphis Rock n' Soul Museum. They mostly had items from the slave era and musical memorabilia, but the information on blues was really interesting. They had a lot of old blues song samples on their audio tour head sets so used it as an opportunity to expand my itunes library and took pictures of the song lists. This one is off of an old juke box, the songs on it aren't really blues but I thought the picture came out cool.


After that I walked down Beale Street, which I HAVE TO go back to with a group of friends some time. The street is blocked off so you can walk down it Disney World style and then lined with bars and blues clubs. I was planning on coming back and going into one for a beer, but then it started pouring again and I already was feeling unsafe so I decided against it sadly.


At the end of Beale Street I arrived at the famous Sun Studio where a Mississippi boy changed the sound of music for rest of time. I stood at the exact spot where Elvis recorded some of his most famous hits. I literally had tingles going down my spine realizing the musical history that went on in that room, beyond just Elvis too. Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Muddy Waters, B.B. King... needless to say, I had fun today.


Tomorrow is the King's lair; tomorrow is Graceland!