2023 Aug 18, Day Trip to Jackson, Tennessee

Today, we rode Jackson, Tennessee, by way of Highway 72 through Iuka, Burnsville, to Corinth, Mississippi. In Corinth, we took Highway 45 through several small towns to Jacksonville, Tennessee. 

We stopped at Murphy's in Jackson, Tennessee, to fill up with gas, which cost $42.75 at 10:47 AM.

Our first stop was at the Carnegie Legends, "The Legends of Tennessee Music Museum."

This museum is located in the old Carnegie  Library, where Carl Perkins played his first guitar when he was just a boy. 

This museum houses such artists as Carl Perkins, Tina Turner, Eddy Arnold, Sonny Boy Williamson, Maybelle, Isaac Tigrett, and Jonathan Singleton. 

Many items that were once in the Rock-A-Billy Museum are now housed in this museum. 

The gold statue of Elvis Presley and the large poster pictures of Brenda Lee, Johnny Cash, Elvis, and many others are also located in this museum.

GOLD ELVIS

The Rock A Billy Tribute Sculpture of a Guitar by Don Worth on November 29, 2006, was also placed on the lawn of this museum.

Next, we visited Rusty's TV and Movie Car Museum, located at 323 Hollywood Dr in Jackson.

Owner Rusty Robinson has over 35 cars in his museum.

The Blues Brothers 

Some of the cars that you will see are:

Rust-E-Ze # 95 Race Car 

Jurassic Park Jeep #29

The A'Team GMC Van 

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure bicycle 

Barbie's pink Corvette

Tow Mater Towing and Salvage in the movie Cars 

Knight Riders Tran-am 

The Blues Brothers Pq1 Police Car 

The RV was used during the Christmas Vacation. 

Starkey and Hutch Red and White Ford 

The van used by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 

Ghost Busters Station wagon 

the car used in the movie Christine 

The Bat Mobile 

The Mystery Machine Van used by Scooby Doo and Friends 

And many more.

We stopped at the Madison County Courthouse to take pictures of markers. 

We ate lunch at Catfish Cabin around 2 PM, where we ate hushpuppies, shrimp, catfish, white beans, and coleslaw.

On the wall were pictures of WC Handy, Carl Perkins, BB King, and Furry Lewis. 

Golden fried shrimp with White Beans and cole Slaw! Yum!

Some of the towns we came through going home were Finger, Adamsville, Crump, and Savannah, Tennessee.

 

2017 May 19-20, Shoals Front Porch Storytelling Festival

Friday, May 19
8:45-9:00 Opening
9-9:30AM Bil Lep
9:30-10AM Southern Gentleman Tim Lowery told a story about his adventure to the Rattlesnake Saloon.
Break
10:15-10:45 Donald Davis
10:45-12PM Dolores Hydock talked about the USO of WWII
12-2:00PM lunch at the Pie Factory with a friend. I ordered Creamy Tomato Basil dip with bread and Coke
2-2:30PM Don White talked about his teenage daughter
2:30-3:00PM  Bil Lepp
3:00-3:30PM Tim Lowery
3:45-4:15 Donald Davis talked about his camping at the cabin, borrowing a truck, and having fun in the field of milkweeds
4:15-5:00PM Kat Campbell She talked about visiting Ava Mario, Rock City, Lookout Mountain
Supper Break 5-7PM
I ate lunch at Jack
7:7:15PM Bil Lepp talked about his friend Skeeter and the water hoses, condensed steam, Old Faithful, Coal Mines
7:15-7:30PM Don White talked about California and TV

7:30-9:00PM
Mark Narmore sang about Jesse James, What I Like About Sunday's
Kate Campbell sang about her grandfather-in-law's cement boat, burning down Big Mansions
Walt Aldridge sang about the Smell of Rain, Modern Day Bonnie & Clyde
Bobby Horton Speeding, Lord's Supper, Stand a Little Rain, Man of Steel

Saturday, May 20
9:00-9:30AM Don White- Love and Growing Up
9:30-10:00AM Bil Lepp Love my dentist
Break
10:15-10:45AM Donald Davis
10:45-12:15PM Dolores talked about Sally Foster's journal, accompanied by Bobby Horton
Lunch at Legends with a friend, we both ordered a hamburger with lettuce, tomatoes, and onion with water and lemon to drink.
We saw several of the storytellers at the restaurant.
We walked through Wilson Park, looking at all the vendors wearing at Arts Alive
2:00-2:30 Don White talked about his wife
2:30-3:00 Donald Davis talks about his experience in first-grade
3:00-3:30 Tim Lowry talked about finally making it to Disney World after three tries and not losing faith.
My friend and I both left at the 3:30 Break. She was tired, and I was getting sick and was sick for almost two weeks,
Had a great time at the Storytelling Festival