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| Brian De Ville | profile | all galleries >> Galleries >> Nashville & Memphis road trip 2010 | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map |
 Louisville Slugger factory, KY |
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 Churchill Downs, KY |
 Monument to "Barbaro", 2006 Kentucky Derby winner |
 The famous twin towers |
 The final stretch |
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 Millionaire's Row |
 Where's my prize? |
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 The Brown Hotel, Louisville KY |
 The Hermitage Hotel, Nashville |
 The Hermitage Hotel, Nashville |
 The Hermitage Hotel, Nashville |
 The Hermitage Hotel, Nashville |
 The Hermitage Hotel, Nashville |
 The Hermitage Hotel, Nashville |
 Historic Ryman Auditorium, Nashville |
 Ryman Auditorium historical plaque |
 Ryman Auditorium |
 Ryman Auditorium |
 Yum! |
 Nashville new and old |
 "The Bat Tower" (AT&T) Nashville |
 Country Music Hall Of Fame & Museum |
 Brian's surprise meeting with Brenda Lee! |
 Awesome Hatch Show Print poster art |
 Buck Owens' famous guitar |
 Chet Atkins' beautiful Gretsch guitars |
 Cool resonator |
 Hank Williams' Martin acoustic |
 Chet Atkins' D'Angelico Excel |
 The Man In Black |
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 Hank Williams |
 Hank Snow (a Canadian legend!) |
 The cornfield from "Hee Haw" TV series |
 Racking up the kilometres approaching Nashville |
 Belle Meade Plantation, Nashville |
 Belle Meade Plantation, Nashville |
 Sit a spell |
 Belle Meade Plantation, Nashville |
 Hatch Show Print on Broadway - a designer's dream! |
 Hatch Show Print's Canadian content |
 Tennessee State Building |
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 Jack Daniel's Distillery, Lynchburg |
 Jack Daniel's Distillery |
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 Oaky goodness |
 Jack by the cave spring entrance |
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 Historic Lynchburg square, TN |
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 Neighbour to The Simpsons hometown? |
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 Brian contemplates a second mortgage... |
 Gruhn Guitars shop, electrics |
 drool... |
 Gruhn Guitars shop, acoustics |
 Which one?? |
 Gretsch beauties |
 Choices, choices |
 Loveless Cafe (try the famous biscuits!) |
 The Peabody Hotel, Memphis |
 The Peabody lobby fountain, home to the famous ducks |
 The Peabody lobby |
 The Peabody lobby |
 The Peabody lobby |
 Lobby fountain |
 Relax in the history |
 Beale Street neon |
 Beale Street neon |
 Beale Street neon |
 Beale Street neon |
 Beale Street neon |
 Beale Street neon |
 Beale Street neon |
 Gibson Guitar Factory, Memphis |
 Gibson Guitar Factory, Memphis |
 Gibson Guitar Factory, Memphis |
 Where semi hollow body electrics are born |
 Eye candy |
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 Where I fell in love with the J45 (and now own a gorgeous J45 Custom) |
 Sit and try 'em out |
 Dyers on Beale |
 Dyers, a favourite haunt of Elvis' (try the deep fried Twinkie) |
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 Miss Mary Bobos Boarding House Restaurant, Lynchburg |
 A very memorable, authentic, down home meal! |
 One of several dining rooms |
 Sitting room |
 Parlour |
 Portraits |
 A. Schwab's on Beale (a landmark!) |
 Historic Sun Studios, Memphis |
 A young Elvis started it all here... |
 Historic Sun Studios, Memphis |
 Front office |
 Main recording studio (virtually unchanged and still in use!) |
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 The Million Dollar Quartet |
 Orbison to U2 have graced this studio |
 Pick a weapon |
 I'm not worthy - Brian standing on the spot where Elvis recorded |
 Sun Studio memorabilia |
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 Sun Studio memorabilia |
 Sun Studio memorabilia |
 Sun Studio cafe |
 The Lorraine Motel, Memphis (now the Civil Rights Museum) |
 A must visit! Very stirring and emotional experience |
 The balcony where Martin Luther King Jr. was killed |
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 The boarding house where the fatal shot came from (also part of the museum) |
 Graceland, Memphis |
 Graceland, Memphis |
 Graceland |
 Graceland |
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 Graceland |
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 Graceland |
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 Graceland |
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 Graceland |
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 Graceland |
 Graceland (infamous Jungle Room) |
 Graceland (infamous Jungle Room) |
 Graceland |
 Graceland |
 Graceland |
 Graceland |
 Graceland |
 Graceland |
 Graceland |
 Graceland |
 Graceland |
 Bon-Ton Cafe, famous because... |
 ...Elvis used to eat here |
 Autozone Park, downtown Memphis |
 Autozone Park, Memphis (home of the Memphis Redbirds AAA baseball) |
 Memphis Redbirds versus Iowa Cubs |
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 Trolley cars in historic Memphis |
 The Mighty Mississippi |
 Grand Ole Opry, Nashville |
 Opry stage and live show |
 Weather map the night before our horrendous drive from Memphis to St. Louis |
 Approaching storms in Arkansas |
 Not looking good |
 Getting darker... |
 Some of the most horrifying weather we've ever experienced... |
 Tornado sirens on the radio, torrential rain, zero visibility... |
 ...something we'll never forget! |
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