Jiving Over Lemons
Jiving Over Lemons: Learning to dance the jive in Barcelona is one way to see a very different side of the city.
Music
Back to Tupelo
Mike Gerrard goes back to Tupelo to visit Tupelo Hardware, where Elvis bought his first guitar, and to the Elvis Presley Birthplace and Museum.
Nashville Skyline
The Travel Pages visits Nashville in Tennessee, the world capital of country music, and sees Ryman’s Auditorium, the Country Music Hall of Fame, and Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge, where Hank Williams sank a few beers in his time.
Birthplace of the Blues
Mike Gerrard visits Dockery Farms off Highway 61 in Mississippi which BB King described as the birthplace of the blues.
Walking in Memphis
Mike Gerrard goes walking (and driving) in Memphis, visiting Graceland, Beale Street and hearing the Reverend Al Green’s Tabernacle Choir.
The Hillbilly Shakespeare
Mike Gerrard travels to Alabama and Tennessee to see where his music hero Hank Williams grew up and is buried.
The Stones Meet the Swampers in Muscle Shoals
Mike Gerrard heads for Muscle Shoals in Alabama, where he is one of only a handful of journalists to get a first look behind the scenes at the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios.
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