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Rock
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Capitals of Jazz
Roots
of Blues
Sounds of the
South
Sounds of the
North
The Blues Highway
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| Rock
'n' Blues Cruise (7 nights) |
From Elvis to Muddy
In association with Blues Matters! magazine
Put some BB King on the stereo, some gas in the tank and
get ready for a classic road trip through America’s musical
cradle. You’ll explore the roots of blues, rock &
roll, soul and gospel music from Sun Studios in Memphis to
the rocking juke-joints of the Mississippi Delta. Let the
good times roll!
Day 1 - Memphis
Day 2 - Tupelo
Day 3 - Clarksdale
Day 4 - Tunica
Day 5 - Memphis
| Capitals
of Jazz (14 nights) |
America for jazz lovers
Fly in style between America's first cities of jazz and explore
the music's story from its origins in Congo Square to maturity
in the clubs of Harlem. Along the way you'll experience South
Side Chicago where Satchmo defined the classic era of jazz
and St Louis where Scott Joplin, Miles Davis and Clark Terry
made their mark on music. You'll find great clubs, first-rate
performers and a chance to feel jazz in the streets where
it grew up. Our Capitals of Jazz tour is also a great opportunity
to get to know four of the most exciting and vibrant cities
in the US.
Day 1 - New York
Day 4 - New Orleans
Day 8 - St Louis
Day 11 - Chicago
| Roots
of Blues (14 nights) |
America for blues lovers
Spend time exploring the sultry streets of the Big Easy before
heading north into the vast expanse of the Mississippi Delta
where blues grew up on plantations like Dockery. Here you'll
feel the ghosts of Charley Patton and Robert Johnson as you
drift north through beautiful cottonfields and past evocative
crossroads. There'll be time to hear blues in authentic 'juke-joints'
before moving on to Memphis, the birthplace of rock &
roll and home to Sun Studios and Graceland, before flying
to St Louis with its sizzling music scene and Chicago where
Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf brought blues to the attention
of the world.
Day 1 - New Orleans
Day 4 - Jackson
Day 5 - Greenville
Day 6 - Clarksdale
Day 7 - Memphis
Day 10 - St Louis
Day 12 - Chicago
| Sounds
of the South (14 nights) |
Discover jazz, blues, Cajun, zydeco, country, gospel and
rock & roll
The American South breathes music. This tour leads from the
jazz-filled streets of New Orleans to French-speaking Lafayette
where Cajun and zydeco music provide a soundtrack to those
steamy Southern nights. In the Mississippi Delta you'll see
the plantations where blues was born. From Memphis, one of
America's most lively and colourful cities, the likes of Elvis
Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Otis Redding stormed the charts
the world over with rock & roll and soul. Finally you'll
roll into Nashville, 'Music City USA', where country and bluegrass
battle in the bars and clubs of Second and Broadway.
Day 1 - New Orleans
Day 4 - Lafayette
Day 6 - Natchez
Day 7 - Jackson
Day 8 - Clarksdale
Day 10 - Memphis
Day 13 - Nashville
| Sounds
of the North (14 nights) |
Discover jazz, blues, country, gospel, soul and rock &
roll
This northern tour picks up where our southern odyssey ends.
After exploring Memphis and Nashville, you'll journey through
the rolling fields of Missouri to Cape Girardeau and on into
St Louis. Here the funky Soulard district supports one of
the liveliest music scenes in America. From St Louis head
for Chicago via Springfield, the historic home of Abraham
Lincoln, or Davenport, where cornet virtuoso Bix Beiderbecke
learned jazz on the banks of the Mississippi River. Chicago
itself is where jazz, blues and gospel began to dominate popular
music. You'll discover trendy North Side bars, the raw clubs
of Chicago's South Side and some of America's most exciting
music landmarks.
Day 1 - Nashville
Day 4 - Memphis
Day 7 - Cape Girardeau
Day 8 - St Louis
Day 10 - Davenport, Ia or Springfield, Il
Day 11 - Chicago
| The
Blues Highway (28 nights) |
Journey through the cradle of American music
This is our flagship tour which follows the Blues Highway,
the route take by migrant African-Americans as they left the
South in search of better lives in Chicago. As they travelled,
so they took their music with them. That's why one road, Highway
61, tells the story of American music from Southern fields
to Northern tenements. You'll jive to jazz in New Orleans,
dance zydeco in French Louisiana, feel the roots of blues
in the Delta, sing into Elvis's microphone in Memphis, listen
to country talent searches in Nashville and explore the rich
musical heritage and sparkling music scenes of St Louis, Davenport
and Chicago. This is, truly, the trip of a lifetime for music
lovers.
Day 1 - New Orleans
Day 5 - Lafayette
Day 7 - Natchez
Day 8 - Jackson
Day 9 - Greenville
Day 10 - Clarksdale
Day 12 - Memphis
Day 16 - Nashville
Day 18 - Cape Girardeau
Day 19 - St Louis
Day 22 - Fort Madison
Day 23 - Davenport
Day 24 - Chicago
America is home to some of the world's most exciting music
festivals. We can help you get tickets if you choose to time
your trip to coincide with one. Call us for dates and details.
New Orleans
Mardi Gras
French Quarter Festival
Jazz and Heritage Festival
Lafayette
'Le Cajun' Music Awards
Zydeco Festival
Mississippi
Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival
Delta Blues and Heritage Festival
King Biscuit Blues Festival
Memphis
WC Handy Awards
Memphis in May
St Louis
Juneteenth Heritage Jazz Festival
Davenport
Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival
Mississippi Valley Blues Festival
Chicago
Chicago Blues Festival
Chicago Jazz Festival
New York
New York JVC Jazz Festival
Harlem Week
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