Day 6 Dyersburg to Memphis
Easy drive into Memphis with Eoin dominant at the wheel of the Beast. Congratulations to him on his driving and on a job......done.
Parked up at the celebrated Peabody and waited for the duck parade to begin. This tradition dates back to the 1500s whereby ducks were forced to take an elevator from the top floor down to a fountain where they swam around for 6 hours before being strangled and plated for that evening’s banquet. It was thought that the strenuous exercise on their last hours added quality and texture to the duck’s muscular sinews. We later walked out to Sun Records which was a real highlight with a great tour and lots of interesting facts about Sam Phillips (who sold Elvis’ contract for $35,000 to RCA and never regretted it) as well as Roy Orbison, Cal Perkins and Johnny Cash, all four known as the Millionaire quartet.
Ubered over to Graceland (first to the Rock and Roll cafe for lunch) which was a bit OTT re commercialism. The house is surprisingly small and the tour (via audio iPads) was all about his trappings - he and his parents all died quite young - Elvis at 42 and his mother at 46 and his father at 63. His grandmother, Minnie Mae, outlived then all. His plane had the famous TBC logo on it (taking care of business).
Back for BBQ ribs at the famous Central (that's where we lost Eoin) then a kip and up to see Voodoo Gumbo on the Peabody roof followed by a crawl on the famous Beale Street where, separately, Frank and Mike both got propositioned by ladies of the night (“where you going darlin'?”). Belle Tavern was quite decent with Dramshambo whiskey.
Parked up at the celebrated Peabody and waited for the duck parade to begin. This tradition dates back to the 1500s whereby ducks were forced to take an elevator from the top floor down to a fountain where they swam around for 6 hours before being strangled and plated for that evening’s banquet. It was thought that the strenuous exercise on their last hours added quality and texture to the duck’s muscular sinews. We later walked out to Sun Records which was a real highlight with a great tour and lots of interesting facts about Sam Phillips (who sold Elvis’ contract for $35,000 to RCA and never regretted it) as well as Roy Orbison, Cal Perkins and Johnny Cash, all four known as the Millionaire quartet.
Ubered over to Graceland (first to the Rock and Roll cafe for lunch) which was a bit OTT re commercialism. The house is surprisingly small and the tour (via audio iPads) was all about his trappings - he and his parents all died quite young - Elvis at 42 and his mother at 46 and his father at 63. His grandmother, Minnie Mae, outlived then all. His plane had the famous TBC logo on it (taking care of business).
Back for BBQ ribs at the famous Central (that's where we lost Eoin) then a kip and up to see Voodoo Gumbo on the Peabody roof followed by a crawl on the famous Beale Street where, separately, Frank and Mike both got propositioned by ladies of the night (“where you going darlin'?”). Belle Tavern was quite decent with Dramshambo whiskey.
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