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Explore America’s musical roots across five states


Couple listening to music on a road trip — Photo courtesy of iStock / Prostock-Studio

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The transformative nature of a live music experience is singular. A Facebook Live performance of the New York Metropolitan Opera or YouTube videos of old Johnny Cash gigs are great, but they just don’t tickle serotonin receptors like the throb of drums and bass vibrating right through a body.

Why not combine your appreciation of travel and music born and bred in the USA with a five-state road trip loop that transports you through blues and rock to country, bluegrass, soul and the Great American Songbook? Launch your symphonic road trip at any point in the loop that visits Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis and Nashville, Kentucky and Indiana.

Drive times between cities are eminently doable in one pass, but there are places to stop to stretch the legs and have a regional bite in between. Count on museums stocked with magical musical archives; retro, stylish and rustic places to recharge; and dishes Elvis, Bill Monroe, Chuck Berry and Loretta Lynn would approve. Because what makes people happier than music and food? Call…



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