The Birthplace of America’s music and where so many creative trailblazers have found their passion, Mississippi speaks to generations of music lovers with historical landmarks, trails, music festivals ...
His blues were North Mississippi blues ... which is 40 miles or so to the south of Memphis. He was certainly old enough to have been recorded in the pre-war rush to put Delta bluesmen in the ...
When I learned Mississippi had a Blues Trail honoring the people and places ... to "Blues Boy," and finally B.B. In 1935, at 10 years old, King was singing at church and working the cotton fields ...
Tennis and women’s sport legend Billie Jean King waved to the crowd from a 100-year-old Rolls Royce ... sing the music of Mississippi, including Elvis and the blues, on the Visit ...
Fans at the Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, Mississippi got a big surprise when actor Morgan Freeman joined Al Green on stage during his performance on New Year's Eve. Freeman and Green sang a ...