St. Louis was the biggest city I'd hit on the Mississippi trek. And I didn't stay long. I hit the road and after some map inspection, decided that I needed to see Nashville, TN which was only a few hours away. After a call was made to a friend from the area (Wewo), her friend April put me on the guest list for a show at BB King's joint in downtown Nashville. The band was tight and the show was great. Also, by total luck, it turned out that the Country Music Awards show was happening that night and the town was buzzin'.
After my quick sidetrip to Nashville, I headed to Memphis where I got some of the best ribs ever at a place called Rendezvous, checked out Beale Street and took a tour of the Gibson Guitar factory. Good times
Yep, old St. Louie on the mighty Mississip:
BB King's in Nashville:
April on the left. Rollin, Rollin, Rollin down the river:
In Memphis, these were soldiers on a bike ride for other disabled vets:
Y'all know this guy. The King:
I stopped into this funky museum called the Pink Palace which is a huge mansion built in the 20's by the founder of Piggly Wiggly (a grocery store chain in the South). One exhibit was Clyde W. Parke's Miniature Circus. I'm not kidding:
More from Memphis to come...
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