We visited the Museum of American Soul Music located at the site of the old Stax recording studio. http://www.staxmuseum.com/. Stax has a rather rich legacy of some of the best black music of it's time. Where Motown was releasing polished black music for consumption by the white community Stax was releasing the real deal.
It's seemed Stax was almost a shoe string operation compared to the biggies but Stax brought us the likes of Albert King, Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, Wilson Picket and a host of others. Some of the Stax finds were quite literally from the local neighborhood. Well worth a tour if you are in Memphis.
Then we went in search of something more along Rosalie's line. The Children's Museum of Memphis. A very nice museum with plenty of hands on for the kiddos.
Dinner was on the upper patio at Alfreds. About the only outdoor venue that overlooks Beal street. A great place for people watching.
Topped off the evening with a horse carriage ride back to the truck in the Cinderella carriage no less...
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