Mississippi Trip Vol 18: Elvis has left the building

Today we enjoyed the last of our touristy sight seeing. We stopped by the Orpheum theatre to cheer on Matt Andersen to victory in the solo category and then we hit Legendary Sun Studio. It was very cool with the exception of the size of the tour and the temperature…..too many people, way too hot in there. The tour obviously focused around Elvis and we would have liked some more johnny cash and Sam Philips but all in all it was pretty cool to walk through the building where rocknroll is considered to have been born!

X Marks the spot! This is where Elvis stood. apparently.

Here is a bit of video from the studio floor. Pretty cool man. LOADS of history in that little room. Still exactly (more or less) like it was a waaaay back then. Very, Very Cool!

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We here at the Bastard Empire would like to extend a huge congrats to our great friend and brilliant performer Matt Andersen. MAtt beat out more than 80 other musicians in the solo category at the 2010 International Blues Challenge. We are REAL proud of him. Much love brother.

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