blues (music) museum

 i landed in st. louis this morning for my annual visit for cardinals baseball games, flying on southwest. i needed to fill in a few hours before i could check into my hotel near the airport so i went downtown on the metro-link light rail system and toured the blues museum, about music not the hockey team. i noticed many of the musicians in the movie 'blues brothers' were covered in this museum, but the movie itself is not mentioned at all. i bought some souvenirs at the end, a sticker, postcard, and magnet. i had lunch before starting the tour at the barbecue place next to the museum. it helped that there was a big orange construction sign advertising it next to the entrance, saying 'BBQ today'. i noticed plenty of stickers on display there, one was of schroeder from the charlie brown comics playing a piano, likely advertising headphones as he is wearing them. cool that even on the signs related to the 'end game' was well-known characters, oscar the grouch for trash and the band kiss for the metal trays. the museum does mention many with st. louis ties such as scott joplin, and chuck berry. first time i had heard of an event sometimes known as 'frankie and johnny', on what is now the hockey arena, which inspired a song. i did think of various songs while there that were relevant to the genre, such as 'at last' by etta james, in the movie 'rain man'. along with marc cohn's 'walking in memphis' and u2's 'angel of harlem'. those two name-checked musicians. when i made it to the hotel to get checked in i didn't stay for long, as i needed to get back downtown for the baseball game. i had a st. louis style hot dog just outside the stadium, then went in. it was an up and down game but the cardinals found a way to win, 7-6 over the cubs. when i made it back to my hotel at the end of the night i drank a can of budweiser and had some planters peanuts while i wrote about the day.