Kennett in Dunklin County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Kennett Sound Studios

(1971-1997)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 21, 2024

1. Kennett Sound Studios Marker, Side One

Inscription. Joe Keene designed, built, and operated a one-story, concrete block recording studio at this location beginning in 1971. More than 350 performers and dozens of backing musicians recorded country, gospel (Black and Southern), and rock music here and in an earlier studio. including nationally and internationally known recording artists Stephen Ackles (Norway), Mildred Pulliam Whitehorn (aka Veda Brown), Jack Campbell, Sheryl Crow, Narvel Felts, the McGruders. David Nail, Billy Lee Riley, John Wesley Ryles, and Trent Tomlinson. Offices for Keene's music publishing companies including a room for songwriters were also located here. The building was later converted into medical offices.

Erected 2021.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1971.

Location. 36° 13.509′ N, 90° 3.725′ W. Marker is in Kennett, Missouri, in Dunklin County. It is at the intersection of South Jackson Street and Missouri Highway VV, on the left when traveling south on South Jackson Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 407 State Hwy VV, Kennett MO 63857, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Missouri Bootheel.

It is also in the American Mississippi Delta,

in the Ozarks,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Kennett (approx. 0.9 miles away); Kennett City Hall and Masonic Lodge

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(approx. 0.9 miles away); The Village of Kennett (approx. one mile away); Deering (approx. 10.2 miles away); Clay County Veterans Memorial (approx. 13.1 miles away in Arkansas); Hornersville (approx. 13.1 miles away); First Appointed Officals of Clayton County - Later Clay County, Ar. (approx. 13.1 miles away in Arkansas); Pfeiffer-Janes House (approx. 13½ miles away in Arkansas). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kennett.

Also see . . .
1. Joe E. Keene. Joe Keene grew up in New Madrid, Missouri and began his career in the music business as a performer with his own band in October 1956. (Acclaim Press) (Submitted on August 27, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

2. Kennett Sound Studios. Discogs entry on the studio includes details about who recorded there. (Submitted on August 27, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Kennett Sound Studios Marker, Side Two image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 21, 2024

2. Kennett Sound Studios Marker, Side Two

Kennett Sound Studios Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 21, 2024

3. Kennett Sound Studios Marker

The former studio is behind the marker.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 27, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 27, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 519 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 27, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.