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By Dee Evans, July 2000
The Memphis Home of W.C. Handy
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On 352 Beale Street west of South Danny Thomas Boulevard (Tennessee Route 1). |
| | Musician • Composer • Publisher. 1873–1958. Father of the Blues. In this house was born Memphis Blues, St. Louis Blues, Beale Street Blues and other great songs. This house was moved here from 659 Janette Street in 1983 and . . . — — Map (db m3240) HM |
| Near Hightower Place south of Veterans Drive (Alabama Route 133), on the left when traveling south. |
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Born in Florence in 1873, W.C. Handy wrote some of the country's most recognizable blues music such as the "St. Louis Blues." He became internationally known as the "Father of the Blues." — — Map (db m219308) HM |
| On Issaquena Avenue at Blues Alley, on the right when traveling south on Issaquena Avenue. |
| | "Father of the Blues" composer and family lived at this site 1903-05. In
Clarksdale Handy was influenced by Delta blues which he collected
and later published as well as his own famous and influential music. — — Map (db m89929) HM |
Apr. 29, 2024
