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Jul-Sep
Summer is steamy, often unpleasantly so, and locals hit the beaches.
Best Places to Stay
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21c Museum Hotel (
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Nashville Downtown Hostel (
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Lodge on Little St Simons (
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Shack Up Inn (
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Mansion on Forsyth Park (
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Best Places to Eat
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Proof (
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Prince's Hot Chicken (
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Boucherie (
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Octopus Bar (
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Restaurant August (
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THE SOUTH FOR MUSIC LOVERS
The history of American music is the history of Southern music: the blues,
bluegrass, jazz, gospel, country and rock 'n' roll were all born here. Music hot spots
include: Nashville, the birthplace of country music and home to more boot-stomp-
in' honky-tonks than anywhere in the world; Memphis, where bluesmen still groove
in the clubs of Beale St; and New Orleans, where you can hear world-class jazz,
blues and zydeco every night of the week. Asheville, NC, is an emerging center of
Appalachian revival music, while Kentucky claims bluegrass as its own.
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Understanding Southern Culture
Southerners have long been the butt of their fellow countrymen's jokes. They're slow-
moving, hard-drinking, funny-talking and spend all their time fixing their pickup trucks
