An Essex wedding Wedding Photographer does Memphis

Having 34 relatives in the USA (at the last count) this Essex Wedding Photographer tries to visit them as often as I can.

On this Occasion my cousin Len his Father-In-Law Don and I got in a car and made the 8 hour drive from Indiana to Memphis Tennessee - the home of the Blues and Rock and Roll.
It goes without saying that Gracelands - the home Elvis was top of the list of places to visit.
What struck me about the mansion of perhaps the most famous recording artist ever was how it felt very much a home to be lived in.
It also gave a fascinating insight into the contemporary designs of the time - cathode ray TV's in banks of 3 reflected in glass ceilings.
Pleated fabric walls and ceilings in the snooker room.
Most poignant was The Kings last resting place in the grounds of his home alongside his parents and twin brother.
Memphis is of significant historical interest and houses the National Museum of Civil Rights centred on the Lorraine Motel. It was was on the 4th April 1968 that Dr Martin Luther King Jnr was shot when he left room 206 - the motel is perfectly preserved as it was on that fateful day.
The Sun recording studios are also located in Membphis - Jonny Cash, Elvis started their careers here. The list of recording artists that have used this studio which is still in use could fill a book - Ike Turner, Jerry Lee Lewis and U2 are but a few.
The bullet hole in the studio window was an unexplained mystery however - I thought it better not to ask!