
Museum-Hopping on Beale, America’s Most Iconic Street
You may have heard that USA TODAY 10Best named Beale Street America’s most iconic thoroughfare. You may even know that the street is the most visited attraction in all of Tennessee. Even if you hadn’t heard these things, there’s one thing you have heard: the music.
That’s because Beale “is where the soundtrack of your life comes from,” local musician Memphis Jones tells audiences at the street’s B.B. King’s Blues Club. In short, he’s referring to Beale as the cradle of the blues, which influenced the birth of rock ‘n’ roll, kindled the soul music explosion and continues to inspire a diversity of styles by local musicians today.