You can't help but imagine the casual chatter and camaraderie among the men, smell the catfish dinner brought up from room service, see the wisps of cigarette smoke, then hear the shot. The home of blues music, historic Beale Street, is just five blocks north of the civil rights museum. At the head of the famed street, which boasts more than a dozen blues clubs and several rib joints, sits B.B. King's legendary restaurant and club. Artwork depicting such blues legends as Stevie Ray Vaughn, B.B. King and others graces several walls. Celebrities frequently request the VIP Room, which overlooks the stage from the upper left side of the club.
House bands perform on weeknights, and national blues acts play on the weekends.
B.B. King jams here three or four times a year. Beale Street is also the hub for Memphis in May and the Beale Street Music Festival on May 5-7. Four stages and more than 60 acts will perform this year, including Little Richard, George Thorogood, Foo Fighters, Percy Sledge, Run DMC, the Allman Brothers Band, Isaac Hayes and more. Hiking Tennessee's Mt. LeConte can be an education for all ages. News Jobs AP Shopping Archives Entertain.