I hope they enjoy their trip as much as I enjoyed reading the thread. If I were going I'd try to spend as much time as possible in Austin, Memphis, Nashville, and New Orleans. With all due respect to Guest Jeff, I can't imagine taking a musical tour and not going to the Grand Ole Opry. Makes a good story when you get home if nothing else.

When I work with Brits over here they are always surprised by travel distances that seem unremarkable to those of us who live in Texas. It would be easy to spend a majority of the trip just driving from one city to another. Most of the states they will visit are about the size of England. They might consider flying between some of the cities or taking a train. For example, you can leave Memphis on the City of New Orleans at night and be in New Orleans in the morning after a good night's sleep instead of spending a whole day driving.

The leg between New Orleans and Houston has a scenic stretch between Baton Rouge and Lafayette where the highway goes over the Atchafalaya Basin. Be sure to do that part in daylight. We always time our trips so we can eat at a place called Landry's in the town of Henderson between the Atchafalaya and Breaux Bridge.

Feel free to PM me when the trip gets closer and I'll see who is playing in the Dallas/Fort Worth area in September.
- Phil