Instead of doing a traditional ten page term paper for Dr. King's Southern Literature class, we decided to take advantage of his travel option and took a weekend trip to Memphis, Tn and Oxford, MS. I had never been to Memphis before, but it easily became one of my favorite cities in the South. We went out on Beale Street both nights we were there and checked out the various bars and restaurants and heard some awesome Blues.
When we first drove into town on Friday night I was surprised how bright Beale Street is. With everything lit up it's like a theme park for adults, and I think the energy of the people out really reflect this.
Beale Street is closed off to traffic so everyone's free to walk in the streets and take their drinks from bar to bar or order them on the street from a vendor or walk up window. The streets and bars were super crowded both nights, even more so than Nashville usually is. Unlike Nashville, most of the bars have a $5 cover charge, but it is definitely worth it to see the live music and some of the covers are dropped after 1A.M. or so (the bars are open until 3 or later).
One of my favorite bars we hung out at was the Rum Boogie Cafe. We saw the same Blues band,James Govan and the Boogie Blues Band, play there both nights. We ate at a few different restaurants while we were there, and the food was awesome at each place. 
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