The days of sharecroppers may be gone, but, 15 authentic (albeit refurbished) shacks now sit on Hopson Plantation, off highway 61 about 1.5 hours south of Memphis. The Shack Up Inn is in a world of its own, where you could spend the day away in your rocking chair on the back porch or strumming your guitar. Each shack has a nickname, for example, "Pinetop" (where The Campbells' laid their heads at night) is named after Pinetop Perkins, one of the last Mississippi bluesmen still performing, who used to drive a tractor on that very cotton plantation. We stayed in Electric Blue, appropriately named for the shocking color of our exterior. And, yes, it did have electricity.
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