America's Musical Heritage
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- Nashville: Visit and make a recording at RCA Studio B; sightseeing with a Local Guide including a visit to Honky Tonk Row; visit the Country Music Hall of Fame; reserved seats at the Grand Ole Opry
- Memphis: Visit Sun Studios and the Stax Museum of American Soul Music; sightseeing tour with a Local Guide; visit Graceland
- Clarksdale: Visit the Delta Blues Museum; lunch at Morgan Freeman’s Ground Zero Blues Club with private entertainment
- Greenwood: Sightseeing with a Local Guide, including sites from the movie The Help
- Indianola: Visit the B.B. King Museum
- Natchez: Enjoy dinner at an antebellum mansion
- Frogmore: Visit the Delta Music Museum; visit a cotton plantation
- Lafayette: Special program at Martin Accordions; cruise on the Atchafalaya Basin
- Great river road: Guided visit of Houmas House Plantation
- New orleans: Sightseeing, farewell dinner
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Welcome to Music City, USA! At 6 pm, meet your traveling companions for a welcome drink.
Studios, Stages & Stars Start your day with a visit to [LF] RCA Studio Breakfast, Nashville’s oldest recording studio. Then, enjoy a sightseeing tour of Nashville with a Local Guide, including Centennial Park’s full-size replica of Athens’ Parthenon. See the lege...
Singing the Blues This morning, depart for Memphis, “Home of the Blues,” and visit Sun Studio, one of the most famous recording studios in the world and where rock ‘n’ roll was first recorded. Then, visit the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, a celebration of the g...
Goin’ to Graceland! See all the landmarks of Memphis today. A Local Guide will play and sing selections from the city’s rich musical heritage, along with generous amounts of comedy and interaction. We then travel to Elvis Presley’s Graceland for a tour of the King of...
Mississippi History Today, follow the mighty Mississippi River deep into the heart of the Mississippi Delta, the “Birthplace of the Blues.” From the cotton fields, street corners, and juke joints of the Mississippi Delta came a new kind of music—the blues. Visit the D...
Slide Guitars & Steel Magnolias Visit the B.B. King Museum in Indianola, hometown of the legendary musician. Continue south to beautiful Natchez. Enjoy regional specialties while dining at a local restaurant tonight. (Breakfast,Dinner)
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Louisiana Legacies First stop today is the Delta Music Museum to hear intimate stories on a guided tour about Jerry Lee Lewis, Mickey Gilley, Conway Twitty, and other Louisiana Delta musicians. Then, head through Louisiana into the heart of Cajun Country for a visit t...
Southern History & Tradition Enjoy a morning visit to St. Martinville to see the famous oak tree named for the heroine of Longfellow’s poem, Evangeline. Then, cruise through the swampy waterways of the Atchafalaya Basin. Larger than the Florida Everglades, the pic...
Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler! Let the good times roll in New Orleans with a guided sightseeing tour of the French Quarter. Stop at an above-ground cemetery and learn about the city’s unique funeral customs and drive along tree-lined St. Charles Avenue to see the sta...
Safe travels until we meet again! Your vacation ends with breakfast this morning. (Breakfast)
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