Self-drive along the musical trails of the Southern States
Always been a music lover with a soft spot for the culture and nature of America? Then this program must be music to your ears!
You will visit the birthplace of such American greats as Johnny Cash, Elvis and BB King, where you will immerse yourself in the rich history of music. The towns you visit will breathe live music, you will soak up culture on the Mississippi River and delight your taste buds with creations from Creole cuisine. The sounds of this trip will echo in your head for a long time to come. Where the world can't find you...
TIPS & TOPS of music tour southern states:
- You will visit all the big place names in the American music industry such as Nashville, Memphis and New Orleans.
- The legendary Great Smokey Mountains National Park is world-renowned for its diversity of unusual plants and wildlife, the beauty of its ancient mountains and the remnants of southern Appalachian mountain culture.
- Take a look around the Music Row district full of record labels, recording studios and radio stations, walk into a bar where guitar is played or visit an exhibit about Johnny Cash, Elvis and Patsy Montana.
- Tour Graceland, the former villa of Elvis Presley.
- Visit the National Civil Right Museum and Sun Studio, "The Birthplace of Rock'n'Roll," where celebrities like Jonny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis recorded their songs.
- Admire the guitars of Muddy Waters' Cabin & John Lee Hooker at the Delta Blues Museum.
- Indulge in the sounds of live music at Ground Zero Blues Clubs founded by Morgan Freeman.
- The history of the American Civil War comes alive in Vicksburg and Natchez.
