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Music in the Deep South
Atlanta (Georgia) - Nashville (Tennessee) - Memphis (Tennessee) - Natchez (Mississippi) - Lafayette (Louisiana) - New Orleans (Louisiana) - Mobile (Alabama)- Montgomery(Alabama) - Atlanta (Georgia)
There’s a lot of pickin’ and grinnin’ and real earthy blues. Gospel choirs that knock your socks off, jammin’ into the wee hours, and country music stars with stories right out of a novel. Jazz so hot it’ll make your ice cream melt. And then, of course, there’s Elvis, who we’re sure you’ll spot somewhere. Welcome to America’s South, where every form of popular music in America today has its roots.
The Scots-Irish brought their fiddles south with them when they came down the Great Wagon Road to settle in far southwestern Virginia. Telling their stories through music in the “hills and hollers” led to the first recording of country music in 1926. Soon, they combined their music with the African banjo, generating a sound that today fills radio stations across the country. More earthy forms of banjo picking turned into bluegrass. The blues came straight out of the working fields of the south. Jazz is a combination of many kinds of sounds, including the Cajun music of Louisiana. Elvis Presley, born and raised in Mississippi, gave those sounds a “beat,” and rock and roll was born. Churches ring with African American gospel spirituals “lifting all voices to sing.”
A trip around the south will have your toes tapping as you sway to the beat, clapping your hands, and cheering. You might even have tears come to your eyes from a soulful performance or stand in awe of a powerful sound coming from any number of places.
This trip is meant to be enjoyed! Let yourself respond to the music. Get down with the beat, hear the stories and listen to the sounds. Enjoy the cultural insights into why the music is like it is. This is the only way and the only place on earth to experience “the South’s Best Music.”
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