EP 70 Musical roadtripping in the USA, get Wicked, world's best bars & unspent holiday cash

Southern USA rings with the sweet sounds of blues, soul and R&B – this week, we’re designing the perfect musical roadtrip through the southern states with iconic rock journalist Glenn A Baker.

“Memphis really is the centre of the journey,” says Glenn, who suggests starting in New Orleans and driving through four or five states – with even a river cruise in the mix – to find the places of legend. We're talking the crossroads where Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil in exchange for fame, the studio where Rolling Stone Keith Richards sat on the toilet and wrote the lyrics to Wild Horses, whether Elvis really was afraid of flying and the Tallahatchie Bridge, to name just a few sights on his dream US roadtrip, follow him here: facebook.com/officialglennabaker   

He’s even built us a soundtrack to drive by. So get a big convertible, plug in the playlist, and step on the gas. 

Also, we’ve got Wicked fever as Belle checks out the new movie and the Novotel Melbourne Central and its Wicked packages. Also, the World’s 50 Best Bars list is out, and three of them are here in Australia, and what do you do with your left-over foreign currency? ALL.com says Australians are sitting on more than one billion dollars in unspent foreign currency! If you have spare cash, you could donate it to the good people at UNICEF via this currency exchange outlet, travelmoneyoz.com/donate-foreign-coin   

For more, see;

www.hardiegrantgift.com.au/books/ultimate-island-escapes-australia-9781741178821
www.theworlds50best.com/bars/index.html
novotel.accor.com/a/en/offers/apac-wicked-the-movie.html
novotel.accor.com/a/en/offers/novotel-family.html 

We also asked Glenn A Baker for his mix tape for a US roadtrip through the musical south. Here's what he gave us:

Elvis Presley - That’s All Right Mama/Good Rockin’ Tonight
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire/Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On
Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely
Little Richard - Tutti Frutti/Long Tall Sally
B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone
Booker T & MGs - Green Onions/Soul Limbo/Time Is Tight
Carla  Thomas - Gee Whiz
Rufus Thomas - Walking The Dog
Otis Redding - I Can’t Turn You Loose
Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman
Sam & Dave - Hold On I’m Coming/Soul Man
Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour/Land of 1000 Dances
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man
The Mar Kays - Soul Finger
Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood
Hank Williams - Move It On Over
Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel