Arrived in the afternoon Tuesday. Used coupons again to find a downtown hotel. Walked 6 blocks and found 'Beale St' - the happenin' area of Memphis - the area which gave birth to the 'blues'!
Ate dinner at BB King's Cafe & Bar - such delicacies as Southern Fried Catfish, BBQ dry-rub ribs and I had Southern Style Smothered Chicken!
Went wandering in & out of bars listening to music.... one fellow on the footpath was really insistent that we go in to his club (Blues City Cafe) because the band was starting at 7pm.... we weren't keen but he said it was 'Gary and the Tennessee Two' doing a tribute to Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash (the 'Millionaire Quartet).... so we went in and got a table and thought we'd stay a 'polite' 10 minutes.
Well - that was the best decision we've ever made - we sat there for the next 3 hours and listened to excellent music and were entertained by their funny stories and jokes - it was absolutely fabulous! AND with $5 32oz beers! That's the band in the pic above....
On the way home, more horses and carriages for hire - but had to take a pic of this one lit up with 'fairy' lights - like Cinderella's converted pumpkin! David offered to take me home in it - but I thought we should walk off some of the beer ....!
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