Beale St...Memphis, Tennessee.
Beale St. is not Church St. It's not even Clarkesdale...and tourists will sometimes wondered down into Mississippi under the mistaken impression that the Jukes along 61 Highway are just a more "authentic" extension of Beale.
It's not that people aren't hosptitable or that you can't "tour" The Delta. Some of them little towns are run by drug money from Memphis and, no matter how much you really love the Blues, you don't need to be monkyin' around down there...and just 'cause there's a crowd outside a Grocery on Sunday night it don't mean everybody's welcome.
Still...Beale St. isn't exactly Disney World and it's a lot of fun.
Well it's fun until you're told you ain't allowed in the bars.
That's the Boy trying to convince his Moma that he is big enough to go in.
He was mesmerized by the live music...which passed from Rockabilly to Noise/Jazz/Regga to Chitlin Circuit and Soul Blues...
"Daddy let's go in...we have to go in...I have to go in there."
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12 hours later we had crossed the river twice...the land of lincoln...a long way from Memphis, Tennessee.
Heh,8 beers on tap, catfish and bar-b-q pork sandwiches. Looks like my kinda place... I wish you could get catfish over here more easily, I love that stuff.
ReplyDeleteAnd of course,many thanks for the Fred McDowell, I was listening to Long Way From Home just before I read this, excellent choice sir.
I tried to find the version from a "I Do Not Play No RocknRoll" but I couldn't...obviously that one'll do.
DeleteYou wouldn't believe how expensive catfish has become...partially due to people filling in ponds to grow corn for flippin' ethonal.
It is delicious though.
Looks like the trip is going well, like father like son hey, both wanting to go in and listen to live music. Must admit there isn't anything quite like, sitting watching and listening to live music.
ReplyDeleteHe got his Moma's good looks...but, his problems he got from his Daddy.
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Not exactly like Disney World, eh? How about Downtown Disney?
ReplyDelete-Barb the French Bean
Welcome to the party beans. Make herselves at home.
ReplyDeleteIt's 10:17. I don't intend to be here but about five more hours.
ReplyDeleteThis is a good place e.f.! Hope the trip has gone well... bit of a hairy week here for me -but back on track now. Just in time for another Leeds escapade tomorrow night!
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