Beale Streeet Music Festival - wash out.... can you say Tornado Sirens and Mud Boots? No matter... Memphis is a cool city. Picture on the bottom was taken at Sun Studio... the "Birthplace of Rock N' Roll"
Sun is where Elvis first recorded, as well as Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins (who recorded and made a hit out of Blue Suede Shoes before Elvis recorded it). Lots of musical legends recorded there in the past. More recently - U2, Paul Simon, Matchbox 20 & Maroon 5 (among others) have recorded there. Cool, tiny little place. The microphone in the picture on the left has been there since the studio opened.... hmm.... did Elvis sing into this mic???
Picture at the top is just a little guy I saw playing the trumpet on a street by a BBQ joint. The guy was great. Maybe a studio musician at some point? In a band? Don't know but he was sooo good.
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