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Isaac Lee Hayes Jnr (August 20th 1942 - August 10th 2008) born in Covington Tennessee. Second child to Isaac Snr and Eula Hayes.

The Blues Brothers movie stars Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi as Elwood and Jake Blues as they flee the cops, try to keep an orphanage open, all the while causing chaos.

Steve Cropper is a music industry legend. A founding member of Stax house-band Booker T and the MGs, he is on everyone's favourite playlist, even if they don't know it.

Despite soul music dominating the singles charts of the 1960s, it was not until the early 1970s that the genre caught up with its rock companions album-wise.

Isaac Hayes inspired generations of musicians with groundbreaking Soul, R&B, The Memphis Sound and Rap. Hayes overcame a background of poverty to win two Grammy Awards.

Largely seen as the forerunner of British Club culture, the Northern Soul scene never broke out of the provinces during its' mid-1960s heyday.

A road trip with family or friends is the perfect way to explore Tennessee's place in the birth of country, rockabilly, and rock and roll music.