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The many homes of Elvis Presley
Elvis left the building. Many times. Although only two of Elvis’s many homes, his birthplace in Tupelo and deathplace of Graceland, get sustained publicity, the King spent much of his abbreviated life...
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Al Green’s Full Gospel Tabernacle Church
787 Hale Road Memphis, TN 38116| 901-396-9192 After cementing countless encounters with a voice that speaks directly to the genitals, in 1976, Al Green found Jesus. While Green reports his conversion...
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The Jerry Lee Lewis Ranch
The Lewis Ranch | 1595 Malone Rd |Nesbit, MS | (About 30 minutes south of Memphis) When I pilgrimate to Jerry Lee Lewis’s home in Nesbit, Mississippi, I’m never sure whether I want The Killer to be...
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Chitlin’ Circuit Landmark: The Hippodrome
The vacant lot at 500 Beale Street has stories to tell. The site of a skating rink-ballroom called the Hippodrome, it was the scene of many a wild night. It figures significantly into The Chitlin’...
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The Stroll Then & Now: Monroe, LA
“We are now driving down DeSiard Street, the stroll in Monroe, Louisiana,” wrote chitlin’ circuit pioneer Walter Barnes in 1936. DeSiard buzzed back then, at least in Barnes’ infectious, up-tempo...
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