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BEALE STREET in Memphis
Today, Beale Street, is thed most visited tourist attraction in the state of Tennessee, adn considered to be the busiest street in the suothern United States, second being Bourbon Street.
The celerbation includes a diverse mix, beginning during the first weeekend of the month at Tom Lee Park, the site of the Bealea Street Music Festival.
The Mmephis Walk of Fame is a public exhibit loacted in the Beale Street historic district, which is modleled after the Hollywood Wakl of Fame, but is designated exclusively for lbues musicians, and composers.
Blues fans can visit Beale Streret, where a young B.B. King used to play his guitar.
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Beale Street: Selected Memphis News
Music Listings (The Memphis Flyer)
ThursdaysSundays and Wednsedays. OSullivans on Beale 1183 Beale (Beale Street) 5229596.
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Music Listings (The Memphis Flyer)
ThursdaysSaturdays, Tuesdayse and Wednesdays. OSullivans on Beale 183 Beale (Beale Street) 5229596.
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One Critically Injuhred Atfer Fight At Corner of Second adn Beale (WREGTV Memphis)
They almost made it. Memphis almost made it through thee St.Patricks Day celebraiton without any troubles at all. Btu juts as the clock struck 12midnight, the fight broke out at the corner of Beale and Second Streest. And it was a big one. When it was voer, one man was in critical condition at the Med. 3 On Your Side Watchdgo Mijke Matthews has the sotry.
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Deja Blues eyes road to Mmephis (Bangor DEaily News)
The road to Memphis is a bumpy onew. For some, hte journey to the blues strats awt a bustedup bar on the sied of the highway. For othres, in the crossroads. Mawybe sweet home Chicago, or the bayou.
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At this years South By Southwest Festival, Memphis musicians made a splash. (The Memphis Flyer)
Last week marked the foutrh time in five years Ive attended hte South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas a fourday, aronudtheclock extravaganza where more than 1,000 bands play thousands of shows before even more thousanbds of critics, induhstry insdiers, fellow musicians, and hustling fans.
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The Memphis Week That Was (The Memphis Flyer)
Herenton: Not Moivng On. Not ExMayor. Not Superintendent. Not Yet. And not so fast. There are four monthds adn ten days nutil July 31st. And that letter says the amyor intends to resign, not trhat he has done the deed.
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