On the drive down to Charleston we stopped for lunch in Florence, SC for lunch at Wholly Smokin'.(BBQ 16 ) We spent the weekend at the Spoleto Arts Festival with Joan and Raymond. Charleston has some really good restaurants and after our shows we also caught some live music. Next stop was Savannah, Georgia. It's a beautiful southern city but we caught it during a tropical storm and had to hole up in the motel room for most of the day. In our quest for live music every night, Mondays are often the hardest and so it was we found ourselves in a suburban dive bar called The Wormhole for open mic night.
Atlanta is a good city to spend a few days if you like museums. We chose the High Museum of Art and World of Coke. We round off our stay with dinner at Daddy D'z (BBQ 17) and two evenings of pretty cool funk and blues music.
On Thursday 9 June, we drove to Murfeesboro, TN, where the Embassy Suites was going to be our Bonaroo escape for the next 4 days. We loved the regular shuttle bus service back to a comfy airconditioned room and a fabulous king sized bed. Bonnaroo is a massive music festival held on a farm in Manchester, TN, which is about 60 miles south of Nashville. 85 000 people camping out for 4 days! ( 85000 friendly, happy people all just having a good time ) There are more than eight stages, hundreds of bands performing, all very well organised, in 110F heat - we loved it. We saw so much great music, but Jason Mraz and John Mayer with Dead and Co were my favourites. I even enjoyed Macklemore and Ryan Lewis! There were plenty of food trucks including Hamageddon (BBQ 18 ) and we had lunch in town one day at Jim n Nicks. ( BBQ 19 )
Our last stop before flying west was the Chatanooga Music Festival but I do have to mention Sonnies ( BBQ 20) in Shelbyville as one of the best and Sticky Fingers ( BBQ 21) in Chatanooga.
Atlanta is a good city to spend a few days if you like museums. We chose the High Museum of Art and World of Coke. We round off our stay with dinner at Daddy D'z (BBQ 17) and two evenings of pretty cool funk and blues music.
On Thursday 9 June, we drove to Murfeesboro, TN, where the Embassy Suites was going to be our Bonaroo escape for the next 4 days. We loved the regular shuttle bus service back to a comfy airconditioned room and a fabulous king sized bed. Bonnaroo is a massive music festival held on a farm in Manchester, TN, which is about 60 miles south of Nashville. 85 000 people camping out for 4 days! ( 85000 friendly, happy people all just having a good time ) There are more than eight stages, hundreds of bands performing, all very well organised, in 110F heat - we loved it. We saw so much great music, but Jason Mraz and John Mayer with Dead and Co were my favourites. I even enjoyed Macklemore and Ryan Lewis! There were plenty of food trucks including Hamageddon (BBQ 18 ) and we had lunch in town one day at Jim n Nicks. ( BBQ 19 )
Our last stop before flying west was the Chatanooga Music Festival but I do have to mention Sonnies ( BBQ 20) in Shelbyville as one of the best and Sticky Fingers ( BBQ 21) in Chatanooga.
Daddy D'z
Anish Kapoor Art
BBQ at Bonaroo
Neil chilling at Bonaroo
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