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Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium is the perfect venue for your next football game. Steeped in tradition, Liberty Bowl Memorial is the home of the University of Memphis football team, the Southern Heritage Classic and the AutoZone Liberty Bowl game.…
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Harper's Bazaar The ultimate road trip itinerary across America's Deep South Harper's Bazaar Booke Theis June, 2024 We reached the neon glow of downtown Memphis, driving past buzzy Beale Street – the home of the blues, where artists such as BB…
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With hits including “Walking the Dog” and “Do the Funky Chicken,” singer, songwriter, DJ and dancer Rufus Thomas was one of the most influential entertainers to come out of Memphis. Thomas had both the first hit for Sun Records (with "Bear Cat")…
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W.C. Handy and Memphis Minnie were pioneers of the blues. In 1909, W.C. Handy, “Father of the Blues,” moved to Memphis and scored “The Memphis Blues.” He played Beale Street regularly, and his frequent use of minor third and seventh notes became…
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USA Today"Journey to Space," which opens Friday, is the latest large-scale show to occupy one of the 10,000-square-foot exhibit spaces in the 80,000-square-foot Graceland Exhibition Center, the most recent addition to a Graceland campus that…
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MSNStax Museum of American Soul Music, Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum and The National Civil Rights Museum at The Lorraine Motel read more
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Memphis lässt sich gut auf eigene Faust erkunden. Es gibt aber auch zahlreiche geführte Touren, die genau zu deinem Stil und deinen Bedürfnissen passen! Von Besichtigungsausflügen bis hin zu den besten Musiktouren in Tennessee – erfahre, worum es…
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Hier sind einige der berühmtesten Songs entstanden – und bis heute ist Memphis die Heimat talentierter Musiker, die viel Soul, ein ganze Menge Rock ’n’ Roll und noch einiges mehr im Blut haben. Wo der Rock ’n’ Roll geboren wurde Kein Besuch am…