Blues Highway - Memphis, Tennessee
July 15th 2007 23:06
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Memphis, Tennessee, 1999
Photograph by William Albert Allard
Throngs of people fill Memphis' Beale Street, famed for its many bars and clubs frequented by some of the greatest names in blues music.
As African Americans migrated north from the fields to the cities after the abolition of slavery, their route came to be known as the "blues highway."
The port city of Memphis was the first major stop along the way, becoming a spawning ground for blues, jazz, and rock-and-roll.
(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Traveling the Blues Highway," April 1999, National Geographic magazine)
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Comment by Miswanderlust
Killer Beats
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Comment by Ash
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I`ve never heard of this place before but it sounds like my kinda vacation spot!
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Just as well one of us is.
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I thought of you when I put this up, I thought there was a risk or your running away and leaving us all.
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Comment by Ash
Flashes of memories
hhhmmmm when i see things like this I often think of packing up the ol' kit bag again!
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It sounds like you are quite well informed on these things [better than I ] Good for you.
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