Smoke Trail Tour: Riding the Blues Highway from Memphis to New Orleans - THE FINAL CUT

Memphis is the birthplace of rock ’n’ roll, New Orleans is the home of jazz, and between them lies a stretch of rich bottomland called the Mississippi Delta, the land where the blues began. Also, there’s a lot of good food and drink along these 400 miles of river road—smoked barbecue, fried catfish, seafood gumbo, beignets, French-roast coffee, and the famous hurricane drinks of New Orleans. Read more: Subscribe to Cycle World Youtube: Read more from Cycle World: Buy Cycle World Merch: