News Briefs From Around Tennessee At 1:58 A.m. Edt

Stretching from Nashville to Memphis to New Orleans — and encompassing points in between — the triangle includes locations in the South that contributed to the birth of the musical genres, from Clarksdale, Mississippi, the home of blues masters Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker, to Muscle Shoals, Alabama, site of the famed music studio where Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones and many others recorded songs. Destinations are connected by the so-called "Gold Record Road," a 1,500-mile stretch of highway made up of Interstate 40 from Nashville to Memphis, Highway 61 —the Blues Trail — from Memphis to New Orleans, and the Natchez Trace Parkway from Nashville to Natchez, Mississippi. Travelers planning road trips can use a flashy website, or web "guide," pinpointing destinations in the triangle and describing points of interest in more than 30 communities in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. Preston hopes the triangle gives traveling music lovers, both foreign and domestic, a multi-state, Internet-based, interactive guide of the cradle of America's music, while also spurring enough interest for community leaders to preserve these spots for future educational and tourism opportunities. State and local tourism officials hope much-needed dollars flow into their towns from travelers with cash to spend on restaurants, music shows, shops, and even gas stations and car washes. (AP) — A group of artists has created a pop-up gallery in a soon-to-be-demolished Nashville apartment building. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett has offered a strong defense of Berkshire Hathaway's manufactured home unit at the start of Berkshire's annual meeting. Buffett said Saturday that he won't make any apologies for Clayton Homes' lending standards because he believes the company's practices are sound.

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