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Mississippi Blues Trail Historical Markers
The Mississippi Blues Trail was created by the Mississippi Blues Commission in 2006 to place interpretive markers at the most notable historical sites related to the birth, growth and influence of the blues throughout (and in some cases beyond) the state of Mississippi.There are over 210 Mississippi Blues Trail markers already placed.
By Mark Hilton, September 14, 2014
Gatemouth Moore Marker (Rear)
201 ► Mississippi, Yazoo County, Yazoo City — 118 — Gatemouth Moore —  |
| Front Arnold Dwight “Gatemouth” Moore was one of America’s most popular blues singers in the 1940s before becoming a renowned religious leader, radio announcer, and gospel singer. He served as pastor of several churches in . . . — — Map (db m77260) HM | |||
| 202 ► Mississippi, Yazoo County, Yazoo City — 148 — Tommy McClennan — |
| Front Tommy McClennan (c. 1905-1961) was one of America's most successful down-home blues recording artists during the period when he recorded 20 singles for the Bluebird label (1939-1942). Among McClennan's most notable numbers were . . . — — Map (db m77258) HM | |||
| 203 ► New York, Monroe County, Rochester, Corn Hill — 187 — Son House — Delta Blues Comes to Rochester — Mississippi Blues Trail — |
| Mississippi Delta blues icon Eddie James "Son" House became one of the most heralded figures în the blues revival of the 1960s, when he and his wife Evie lived in an apartment building here on Greig Street. House moved from Mississippi to . . . — — Map (db m170963) HM | |||
| 204 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 154 — The Blues Foundation — |
| Front The Blues Foundation, the world’s premier organization dedicated to honoring, preserving, and promoting the blues, was founded in Memphis in 1980. Mississippi-born performers and business professionals in the Foundation’s Blues Hall . . . — — Map (db m63288) HM | |||
| 205 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 72 — The Blues Trail From Mississippi to Memphis — |
| The bright lights of Beale Street and the promise of musical stardom have lured blues musicians from nearby Mississippi since the early 1900s. Early Memphis blues luminaries who migrated from Mississippi include Gus Cannon, Furry Lewis, Jim Jackson . . . — — Map (db m82863) HM | |||
| 206 ► Wisconsin, Ozaukee County, Port Washington — 195 — Paramount Records & F.W. Boerner Company — Mississippi Blues Trail — |
| Port Washington played a historic role in the production and distribution of some of America's greatest blues and gospel music in the 1920s and '30s. The talent roster of Paramount Records, founded here in 1917, featured many iconic blues . . . — — Map (db m191374) HM | |||
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