The Mayor Of Memphis

Had a great couple of days & nights agin in Memphis. Met a great couple from Boston the other night. Also met people from Chicago & met Rudy Williams 'The Mayor of Memphis' - the oldest street musician on Beale Street - he had some amazing stories and used to play trumpet with Louis Armstrong also the cab driver driving back to the Hotel picked up Sam Phillips one time a few years ago. This place can get addictive if you like the music - you walk down Beale Street where the sounds of early rock & roll & blues spill out onto the street from the open windows of the bars, the music can become a drug, where the musicians play for money but also play for the love of the music. Off the Graceland now & then to take pictures of the Mississipi & then one more night in Memphis & then heading down to the Delta to Clarksdale for a few nights.