Memphis is known for blues music, but frankly, I was disappointed by Beale Street. It is definitely a must see, but it is a bit on then seedy side these days. There are lots of bars, restaurants and music venues with bright neon signs and lots be music blasting from all of them. The venues were usually larger than I had imagined hey would be and the music I heard was not blues, but more folk and rock. Over the course of 3 days in Memphis, we had some great BBQ, so it was definitely worthwhile.
We also went to the Cotton Museum, a ground floor exhibit area in the former Cotton Exchange Building. It’s a good history of how cotton transformed the south and focuses on the social and economic impacts of the crop.
