Saturday, April 26, 2008
Memphis - Graceland
Elvis has left the RV. The park we stayed in is owned by Graceland enterprises. We walked across the parking lot to buy tickets and then took a one minute ride across the street to the house. Neither of us are really Elvis fans but he has had such an enormous impact on the entire world with his music it couldn't be missed. What impressed us was how truly simple his life apparently was at Graceland and the fact that he was a major philanthropist. The tour includes the house and grounds with his actual grave, his car collection (with the pink Cadillac), his jump suits, his two airplanes, and all the souvenirs that you would ever want. The house was actually very large, with many sections and out buildings and it was very 50ish. I guess you would have to say that the house was a little gaudy, with the African living room and the pool room totally decorated with fabric etc.. Many of the building are now filled with displays of his outfits and information about all stages of his life. The entire experience enabled us to get a really good idea of his life and the his impact on the world of music. Really really cool. I will include pictures of the tour in the next two posts. Thank You, Thank You Very Much!!!
Additional Pics Nashville
The Batman Building, The Country Music Hall of Fame (where we first saw Elvis and his blue suede shoes), and the Parthenon. We also saw many of the music studios where original recording were made and learned a lot about the history of Nashville. It was a good tour.
Nashville is worth visiting.
Music City Tour
On Monday 4/22 we took the tour of Nashville. Legends Corner Bar has been the start for many of our country music greats. It is right down the block from The Ryman Auditorium which is the sight of the Original "Grand Ole Opry. This is truly a historic entertainment venue. Not just country but all types of music and entertainers. Even though they have a new building for the Grand Ole Opry out near where we are staying, they still use this marvelous old building for some shows, when there are other larger shows scheduled at the new Opry. Unfortunately the shows were already sold out on the nights we would have been able to go. The downtown tour was very interesting. This really is "Music City USA" For those of you that are not aware they have also moved the Parthenon to Nashville. Probably to keep it safe. Picture enclosed (where I can fit it in) Other pictures of our tour are in the next post. We had another great day.
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