Started Wednesday with a walk to 706 Union St - originally known as the 'Memphis Recording Service' and became 'Sun Records'.
Owned by Sam Phillips - he began recording the music being played in the clubs in Beale St... and went on to record and promote some of the greats - BB King, the Howlin' Wolf, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Elvis etc. It was such an interesting tour and we learnt so much about the music and how the recording studio worked to put it all together.
We climbed aboard the Sun Studio free shuttle and went to Graceland. We toured the house and were able to get these photos of Elvis' lounge room - love the glass stained windows of the peacocks! The racquet ball court has been converted to display Elvis' platinum and gold record awards and some of his stage costumes - even more eloquent in real life than a picture!
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