Hatch was closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, so Laura and I took a roadtrip to Memphis in search of kitsch, Americana, history and as usual, good eats. (Come to think of it, I'm always in search of kitsch... AND good eats!). We got most of the above. We toured Graceland and Sun Recording Studio (which was totally awesome, the later of the two, that is) and we had some killer fried catfish (cornmeal breaded of course). Sadly, we were unable to go the Civil Rights Museum as we'd hope to. After we toured Graceland we drove over there (the museum is actually the Lorraine Motel, aka where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot..) we pulled up, and there were about 300 people waiting outside to get in. So instead we decided to spend our time by going to Sun Recording Studio, and I'm glad we did. Check it out here and here.
A few goofy photos from our day,
Elvis's badass TV Room
There was an Elvis clambake movie?
Weird!!
Sun Recording Studio
Elvis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis all may have sang out of this microphone... And me too!!!
ah so cool! sun records!
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