Memphis
Cradle of rock'n roll and blues. Memphis is the place where blues music grew, where rock 'n roll was born, and where important steps were made in the fight for civil rights, all to the rhythm of the city's soul musical explosion.
Known worldwide as the city of Elvis, Memphis is a city located in the southwest corner of the state of Tennessee, a few miles from the border with the state of Mississippi. Like most places in the Mississippi Delta, Memphis has all the hospitality and Southern charm, but with its characteristic boldness. Walk into any location in Memphis and you'll be greeted like family. Don't miss the art installations, intimate listening rooms and hidden venues in this city that continue to operate at their own pace.
Since the early 1900s, Beale Street in Memphis has been a hub attraction for blues musicians and flamboyant characters. The bootleggers, the gamblers and the voodoo queens are gone, but the blues remains. On walkable Beale Street, you'll find club after club, not to mention great restaurants serving barbecue and traditional African-American food.
In Memphis you'll find other treasures of music history, including such as the Sun Studio, a National Historic Landmark where the likes of Elvis Presley and B.B. King left their mark. Visit the Blues Hall of Fame Museum to see an exhibit of honoree memorabilia, trace Memphis musical history at the Rock 'n' Soul Museum, and Don't miss Isaac Hayes' gleaming gold-plated Cadillac, known as the Eldorado.
Tourists from around the world flock to the city to see Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley, and Sun Studios, where Elvis recorded some of his greatest hits. Other famous people who started at Sun included Johnny Cash, Rufus Thomas, Charlie Rich, Howlin' Wolf, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis.
