Memphis Sense of Place: David Dye’s top five sites

January 17, 2013

11:01 AM

All week on World Cafe with David Dye, the Sense of Place series is exploring the city of Memphis and its musical heritage. Today, David Dye shares his top five Memphis sites. You can listen to the Sense of Place series on WXPN at 2 p.m. Monday through Friday all this week, or at 7 p.m. on XPN2: Singer-Songwriter Radio.

Some more of the places you should not miss on any Memphis visit: Graceland and the National Civil Rights Museum were the two most defining visits of our trip. Spend a Sunday morning at Reverend Al’s. And Leavitt Shell is a beautiful outdoor venue.

Graceland
3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard Memphis, TN 38116
(901) 332-3329
http://www.elvis.com/graceland/

National Civil Rights Museum
450 Mulberry Street Memphis, TN 38103
(901) 521-9699
http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/

Full Gospel Tabernacle Church (Al Green’s church)
787 Hale Road Memphis, TN 38116
(901) 570-1464
http://www.algreenmusic.com/fullgospeltabernacle.html

Leavitt Shell
1928 Poplar Avenue Memphis, TN 38104
(901) 272-2722
http://www.levittshell.org/

Memphis Rock N Soul Museum
191 Beale Street Memphis, TN 38103
(901) 205-2533
http://memphisrocknsoul.org