The Volunteer State divides naturally into three geographic areas: mountainous East Tennessee, the rolling hills and basin of Middle Tennessee, and the low plain of the west. Tennessee’s two largest cities rank among the country’s most important music centers. Nashville, the state capital, is the historic heart of the nation’s country music and in the west, Memphis boasts musical shrines such as Sam Phillips’ Sun Studio and Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate. 

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