Mississippi Blues Trail

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The Mississippi Blues Trail, created by the Mississippi Blues Commission, is a project to place interpretive markers at the most notable historical sites related to the growth of the blues throughout the state of Mississippi.

Establishment and building

The list of markers and locations has been developed by distinguished blues scholars and historians. The trail is being implemented in stages as funds become available. The National Endowment for the Arts has provided a grant for partial funding.

More blues singers have come from the state of Mississippi, especially the Mississippi Delta, than all the other Southern States combined. These include Son House, Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton, Muddy Waters, Skip James, Bukka White, John Lee Hooker, and B. B. King. The Mississippi blues trail extends from the Louisiana border to Memphis, just across the border in Tennessee.

The first marker was placed at Holly Ridge in 2005. It is dedicated to Charlie Patton as the "Father of the Mississippi Delta Blues".

The second marker is located on Nelson Street in Greenville, the historic strip which in the 1940s and 1950s drew crowds to the flourishing club scene to hear Delta blues, big band jump blues and jazz.

The third marker ceremony was at the WGRM radio station location in Greenwood where B. B. King first broadcast.

Current markers

Marker Name	Marker Location
Blue Front Cafe	Bentonia, Mississippi
Bo Diddley	McComb, Mississippi
Broadcasting the Blues	Gulfport, Mississippi
Charley Patton gravesite	Holly Ridge, Mississippi
Columbus	Columbus, Mississippi
Elvis Presley and the Blues	Tupelo, Mississippi
Hickory Street	Canton, Mississippi
Highways 10 & 61	Leland, Mississippi
HoneyBoy Edwards	Shaw, Mississippi
Howlin' Wolf	West Point, Mississippi
Jimmie Rodgers	Meridian, Mississippi
Magic Sam	Grenada, Mississippi
Memphis Minnie	Walls, Mississippi
Muddy Waters' cabin site	Clarksdale, Mississippi
Nelson Street	Greenville, Mississippi
Otis Rush	Philadelphia, Mississippi
Peavine Branch	Boyle, Mississippi
Rabbit Foot Minstrels	Port Gibson, Mississippi
Riverside Hotel	Clarksdale, Mississippi
Robert Johnson gravesite	Greenwood, Mississippi
Robert Nighthawk	Friars Point, Mississippi
Rosedale	Rosedale, Mississippi
Son House	Tunica, Mississippi
Subway Lounge	Jackson, Mississippi
Tommy Johnson	Crystal Springs, Mississippi
Trumpet Records	Jackson, Mississippi
WGRM Radio Studio	Greenwood, Mississippi
Willie Dixon	Vicksburg, Mississippi
James Cotton	Tunica, Mississippi
Bertha Lee	Lula, Mississippi
Sam Carr	Lula, Mississippi
Frank Frost	Lula, Mississippi
Mississippi John Hurt	Teoc, Mississippi

See also

• Delta Blues Museum

References

External links

• Mississippi Blues Trail official web site
• Implementation Proposal submitted to The National Endowment for the Humanities
• Delta Blues in the Lower Mississippi Valley
• Mississippi Statute ammended designating markers
• Mississippi Delta Blues Society of Indianola

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