Memphis is where you go to learn about the blues, and the birth of rock 'n' roll, and Graceland. In Memphis, ties to the past are strong and deep—and accessible via the living music of the blues.
In modern Memphis, FedEx flies packages in and out around the clock, and the modern city bustles along, but the history is always there. Residents and visitors alike know that it figured strongly in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, and long before that in the Civil War.
Memphis continues to maintain a relaxed, almost sleepy feel and the sense that many of its best attributes haven't changed.
As always, the city welcomes visitors warmly, in the tradition of southern hospitality, and offers them good food, good music and friendly people.
