Sunday, October 26, 2008

081003 Memphis, TN (Part II)

Graceland & Sun Studios

Started our day with a walk past Confederate Park. An interesting concept to celebrate with the naming of a park.

Molesting balls outside the Fedex Forum.

Waiting outside one of the Gibson guitar factories for the shuttle bus to...

Graceland!

What was once Elvis' private racquetball court now houses a fraction of his awards.



I wish I had one of these for my own private cemetary.



One of Elvis' many, many extravagant cars.

Jono likes big purple things.

Sun Studios. Probably the best tourist attraction in Memphis.

The famous neon sign.

The window and desk that is replicated in pretty much every movie/TV program made about Elvis or Johnny Cash.

Cool old recording stuffery with knobs and dials.

Studio guitars, some donated and signed by various musicians who have recorded there.

Jono standing at the very 'X' tape mark that Elvis stood at while cutting his very first record.

The manky DIY acoustic paneling that has absorbed so much great and not-so-great music.

The mic I am abusing in this picture is the same one being used by Elvis in the photo behind us. It says something that they had to institute a 'no licking' rule.

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