A music road trip through America’s Deep South

Old shack on the Blues Highway in Mississippi - photo by Rob McFarland
Old shack on the Blues Highway in Mississippi – photo by Rob McFarland

GQ magazine, Australia – October 2012

Of all the great highway journeys, one has been elevated to pilgrimage status by music fans. It starts in the jazz halls of New Orleans, sweeps through the cotton-rich blues joints of the Mississippi Delta and finishes in the honky-tonks of Nashville.

It’s a 1000km slice of musical history; an opportunity to hear these influential genres in their birthplaces and experience the society that led to their creation.

Read the rest of this story here: Music road trip (PDF)

Published by Rob McFarland

Hi! I'm an award-winning travel writer who divides his time between Sydney, the US and Europe. I regularly speak at travel events and have helped hundreds of aspiring travel writers, PR professionals and tourism operators through my writing courses.

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