Beale Street is modified Bourbon Street after dark. Here’s a street artist who does spray paint work (enamel, and it stinks) on the sidewalk by the Pepsi Pavilion.

Welcome to Memphis. It’s hot, humid and the smell of barbecue is in the air.

We’re here for the first ever Civil Rights Baseball Game (Cardinals vs. Indians) on Saturday, but we’ll be soaking up the scene til gametime: music, food, Graceland, Stax Records Civil Right Museum and even the Peabody ducks.