The Sun Studio of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee is all about music so much of the city centers on it being the Home of The Blues and Birthplace of Rock and Roll. Taking a musical tour of Memphis is just a great idea and there are many sites to see like Sun Studio. So what makes it so special and keeps people coming in droves year after year? Many say it a true place of music and musical history and many new artists such as U2 and many superstars of today seek it out to record some of the most popular music in the world.
The historic, tiny two room studio functions as a tourist attraction during the day, with tours taking place every half hour that tell the story of Sun Studio. Its humble start through its Rock 'n' Roll day, to its eventual 25-year dormancy and finally to its resurrection as the museum and working studio that it is still today.
In 1950 when DJ Sam Phillips opened Memphis Recording Services in an old radiator repair shop on Union Avenue, to the infamous day when an 18-year-old Elvis Presley came in to record a song for his mother. All the way to today, when artists come from around the world to capture a little bit of the Sun magic, Sun Studios has stood for one thing and one thing only: music.
Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, B.B. King, they all recorded here. Take a tour and see displays from the artists who recorded here, including Carl Perkins, Howlin' Wolf, Johnny Cash, and Roy Orbison and, of course, Elvis. Many visitors of Memphis say this tour is the highlight of their trip.
The historic, tiny two room studio functions as a tourist attraction during the day, with tours taking place every half hour that tell the story of Sun Studio. Its humble start through its Rock 'n' Roll day, to its eventual 25-year dormancy and finally to its resurrection as the museum and working studio that it is still today.
In 1950 when DJ Sam Phillips opened Memphis Recording Services in an old radiator repair shop on Union Avenue, to the infamous day when an 18-year-old Elvis Presley came in to record a song for his mother. All the way to today, when artists come from around the world to capture a little bit of the Sun magic, Sun Studios has stood for one thing and one thing only: music.
Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, B.B. King, they all recorded here. Take a tour and see displays from the artists who recorded here, including Carl Perkins, Howlin' Wolf, Johnny Cash, and Roy Orbison and, of course, Elvis. Many visitors of Memphis say this tour is the highlight of their trip.
