America's Original Beat
12 Days/11 Nights
 There’s a lot of
pickin’ and grinnin’ and real earthy blues.
Gospel choirs that knock your socks off, jammin’ into
the wee hours, and country music stars with stories right
out of a novel. Jazz so hot it’ll make
your ice cream melt. And then, of course,
there’s Elvis, who we’re sure you’ll spot somewhere.
Welcome to America’s South, where every form of
popular music in America today has its roots.
The Scots-Irish
brought their fiddles south with them when they came down
the Great Wagon Road to settle in far southwestern Virginia.
Telling their stories through music in the “hills and
hollers” led to the first recording of country music in
1926. Soon, they combined their music
with the African banjo, generating a sound that today fills
radio stations across the country. More
earthy forms of banjo picking turned into bluegrass.
The blues came straight out of the working fields of
the south. Jazz is a combination of many
kinds of sounds, including the Cajun music of Louisiana.
Elvis Presley, born and raised in Mississippi, gave
those sounds a “beat,” and rock and roll was born.
Churches ring with African American gospel spirituals
“lifting all voices to sing.” A trip around the
south will have your toes tapping as you sway to the beat,
clapping your hands, and cheering. You
might even have tears come to your eyes from a soulful
performance or stand in awe of a powerful sound coming from
any number of places. Click here to see Destination Distinctive Accommodations for this trip!
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