beale street

     

W.C. Handy wrote a song about this Memphis street sometimes referred to as the "Main Street of Black America"

Trivia about beale street

  • We wonder if General Grant was singing the blues when he set up headquarters on this Memphis street
  • This Memphis street, a birthplace of the blues, is home to a museum devoted to W.C. Handy, Father of the Blues
  • The Handy Awards Festival is up & down this Memphis street. When the blues fills the air, it sounds mighty sweet