These days Branson’s ever-changing, ever-growing live performance lineup caters to boomers as well as country music fans. I’m talking hitmakers like Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers and Paul Revere & the Raiders, both of whom I caught live when I was there on a travel writing assigment.

By the way, ya’ll, Mickey Gilley, the Oak Ridge Boys and the Baldknobbers do not float my boat, so Branson would definitely not be the first choice for nourishing my musical muse (San Francisco is more like it). But the Raiders I can dig;... Read More

     'Grand Ole Music' is the theme of today's featured AAA Drive Trip - just one of over 100 available. Click here for a printable itinerary of this 1,071-mile trip, which is broken into four segments as it goes from Nashville to Memphis to Little Rock to St. Louis. You might well get 50 different answers if you asked the question, "Which state is most closely identified with music?"  This five-state jaunt can be traveled on one grand journey or broken into shorter trips that suit your musical tastes.... Read More