201 ► Mississippi, Scott County, Forest — 52 — Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup —

Front Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, one of the most prominent blues recording artists of the 1940s, was born on his grandparents' land in Forest on August 24, 1905. After Elvis Presley recorded three Crudup songs in the 1950s, . . . — — Map (db m77153) HM

202 ► Mississippi, Scott County, Polkville — 26 — Smith County Jamboree — Mississippi Country Music Trail —

(front) Founded in 1972 as the Taylorsville Bluegrass Jamboree when ray Jones and other area pickers looked for a place to play together for their growing audience, this grass roots event soon became a spur and focal point for bluegrass . . . — — Map (db m178938) HM

203 ► Mississippi, Scott County, Sebastopol — 4 — Leake County Revelers — Mississippi Country Music Trail —

The most renowned Mississippi string band of the 1920s, the four Revelers—fiddler Will Gilmer, mandolinist R. O. Mosley, banjoist Jim Wolverton and guitarist Dallas Jones—were based here in Sebastapol, and played live across the Southeast. They had . . . — — Map (db m191750) HM

204 ► Mississippi, Sharkey County, Rolling Fork — 58 — Muddy Waters —

McKinley Morganfield, better known as Muddy Waters, was one of the foremost artists in blues history. In the late 1940s and 1950s he led the way in transforming traditional Delta blues into the electric Chicago blues style that paved the road to . . . — — Map (db m80120) HM

205 ► Mississippi, Sunflower County, Drew — 141 — The Staple Singers —

Roebuck "Pops" Staples, who lived on the Dockery plantation near Drew in the 1920s and '30s, was the founder of the Staple Singers, one of America's foremost singing groups. The group included his children Cleotha and Pervis Staples, who were born . . . — — Map (db m174057) HM

206 ► Mississippi, Sunflower County, Holly Ridge — 1 — Charley Patton —

The most important figure in the pioneering era of Delta blues, Charley Patton (1891-1934), helped define not only the musical genre but also the image and lifestyle of the rambling Mississippi bluesman. He roamed the Delta using Dockery as his most . . . — — Map (db m170525) HM

207 ► Mississippi, Sunflower County, Indianola — 147 — Albert King —

Albert King (1923-1992), who was billed as "King of the Blues Guitar," was famed for his powerful string-bending style as well as for his soulful, smoky vocals. King often said he was born in Indianola and was a half-brother of B. B. King, . . . — — Map (db m77319) HM

208 ► Mississippi, Sunflower County, Indianola — 49 — Church Street —

Front Church Street catered to every need of the African American community during the segregation era, when most area residents worked in the cotton fields during the week and came to town on weekends. Church Street (also designated . . . — — Map (db m77308) HM

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209 ► Mississippi, Sunflower County, Indianola — 84 — Club Ebony —

Front Club Ebony, one of the South’s most important African American nightclubs, was built just after the end of World War II by Indianola entrepreneur Johnny Jones (1907-1950). Under Jones and successive owners, the club showcased Ray . . . — — Map (db m77307) HM

210 ► Mississippi, Sunflower County, Indianola — Riley B. King — A Mississippi Musical Note — MS Delta Blues Trail —

It was on this corner, when B.B. was just a young man of 17, that locals first heard the musician destined to become the "King of the Blues". On June 6, 1980, B.B. King placed his handprints and signature in the walk. — — Map (db m77321) HM

211 ► Mississippi, Sunflower County, Inverness — 68 — Little Milton Campbell —

Front Little Milton Campbell, one of the world’s leading performers of blues and soul music for several decades, was born on the George Bowles plantation about two miles southwest of this site on September 7, 1933. Acclaimed as both a . . . — — Map (db m77276) HM

212 ► Mississippi, Sunflower County, Moorhead — 182 — "Where the Southern Cross the Dog" —

W. C. Handy, "The Father of the Blues," immortalized the crossing of the Southern Railway and the Yazoo Delta ("Yellow Dog") Railroad at Moorhead in his 1914 song "Yellow Dog Rag," better known under its later title, "Yellow Dog Blues." Handy wrote . . . — — Map (db m170520) HM

213 ► Mississippi, Sunflower County, Moorhead — "Where The Southern Crosses The Yellow Dog" —

At the start of the twentieth century, the rail crossing once located nearby was an important land transportation point. The junction of the Southern Railroad and the Yazoo Delta Railroad (the “Yellow Dog”) was established in 1897. . . . — — Map (db m77207) HM

214 ► Mississippi, Sunflower County, Moorhead — 22 — Johnny Russell — Mississippi Country Music Trail —

John Bright “Johnny” Russell (1940-2001) was born and raised in Moorhead and went on to become a star of the Grand Ole Opry and a popular country recording artist, with such hits as “Catfish John” and “Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon . . . — — Map (db m77168) HM

215 ► Mississippi, Sunflower County, Parchman — 113 — Parchman Farm Blues —

The Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman has inspired many songs, including “Parchman Farm Blues” by singer-guitarist Booker “Bukka” White, who was once an inmate here, and “Parchman Farm” by jazz singer-pianist Mose Allison. Folklorists from . . . — — Map (db m174051) HM

216 ► Mississippi, Sunflower County, Ruleville — 171 — "Greasy Street" —

Front For many decades this block of Front Street, known locally as “Greasy Street," was the center of commercial activity for African Americans in the Ruleville area. On Saturday nights Greasy Street was packed with . . . — — Map (db m160403) HM

217 ► Mississippi, Sunflower County, Ruleville — 144 — Jimmy Rogers —

Front Born James A. Lane at Dougherty Bayou just west of Ruleville, guitarist and vocalist Jimmy Rogers (1924-1997) played a pioneering role in the post-World War II Chicago blues scene. A member of Muddy Waters first band in . . . — — Map (db m160405) HM

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218 ► Mississippi, Tallahatchie County, Glendora — 63 — Sonny Boy Williamson — Mississippi Blues Trail —

Front Sonny Boy Williamson (c. 1912-1965), one of the premier artists in blues history, was born on a Glendora plantation under the name Alex Miller. A colorful character and charismatic performer, he was widely known as “Rice” Miller . . . — — Map (db m90025) HM

219 ► Mississippi, Tallahatchie County, Tippo — 149 — Mose Allison —

Pianist, vocalist and songwriter Mose Allison was born in 1927 in Tippo, where he often listened to blues records on the jukebox at his father’s service station. In 1956 Allison moved to New York City, where he soon achieved acclaim as a jazz . . . — — Map (db m174101) HM

220 ► Mississippi, Tallahatchie County, Tutwiler — Legendary Home of the Blues — A Landmark of American Music —

In his autobiography, father of the blues, W.C. Handy stated that he first heard the blues, a native negro ballad form, in the railroad station of Tutwiler in 1895. — — Map (db m89919) HM

221 ► Mississippi, Tallahatchie County, Tutwiler — 95 — W.C. Handy Encounters the Blues —

Front Bandleader W. C. Handy was waiting for a train here at the Tutwiler railway station circa 1903 when he heard a man playing slide guitar with a knife and singing “Goin’ where the Southern cross’ the Dog.” Handy later . . . — — Map (db m90027) HM

222 ► Mississippi, Tate County, Coldwater — 165 — Tate County Blues: Coldwater —

The Coldwater area has been home to a wide array of African American singers and musicians, including Chicago-based singer Big Time Sarah (Streeter), R. L. Burnside’s son Duwayne Burnside, soul vocalist Bill Coday, and Stonewall Mays, who often . . . — — Map (db m174094) HM

223 ► Mississippi, Tate County, Senatobia — 125 — Jessie Mae Hemphill —

Front One of the few female performers of country blues, Jessie Mae Hemphill (c. 1923 – 2006) was a multi-instrumentalist who performed in local fife and drum bands before gaining international recognition in the 1980s as a . . . — — Map (db m102871) HM

224 ► Mississippi, Tate County, Senatobia — 9 — O.B. McClinton — Mississippi Country Music Trail —

Front Country music singer and composer O. B. McClinton, born and raised here in Senatobia, found his first musical success as a songwriter for 1960s Memphis soul labels. When Stax-Volt founded the Enterprise imprint for release of his . . . — — Map (db m102890) HM

225 ► Mississippi, Tate County, Senatobia — 199 — Sid Hemphill — Mississippi Blues Trail —

Sid Hemphill (1878-1961) was the most storied African-American musician in the Mississippi hills in the early decades of the 20th century, a multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer, bandleader and instrument maker whose music largely predated the . . . — — Map (db m174073) HM

226 ► Mississippi, Tishomingo County, Belmont — 6 — Mac McAnally — Mississippi Country Music Trail —

(side 1) Lyman Corbitt “Mac” McAnally, Jr., grew up in Belmont, where he sang and played piano at Belmont First Baptist Church before becoming a session musician and songwriter at the age of fifteen. McAnally wrote and recorded hit songs, . . . — — Map (db m41122) HM

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227 ► Mississippi, Tishomingo County, Burnsville — 38 — Pete Pyle — Mississippi Country Music Trail —

Vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Pete Pyle (1920- 1995), a native of Burnsville, played an important role in the development of modern country music. Pyle began his career playing over regional radio stations and after making his first . . . — — Map (db m219979) HM

228 ► Mississippi, Tunica County, Commerce — 75 — Abbay & Leatherman —

Abbay & Leatherman, one of the oldest and largest cotton plantations in the Delta, is known to music enthusiasts worldwide as the boyhood home of blues icon Robert Johnson (c. 1912-1938). Johnson lived here with his family in a tenant shack by the . . . — — Map (db m174079) HM

229 ► Mississippi, Tunica County, Tunica — 54 — Harold "Hardface" Clanton —

Long before casinos brought legalized gambling and big-name entertainment to Tunica, African American entrepreneur Harold "Hardface" Clanton (1916~1982) ran a flourishing operation here that offered games of chance, bootleg liquor, and the best in . . . — — Map (db m51763) HM

230 ► Mississippi, Tunica County, Tunica — 30 — James Cotton —

James Cotton, one of the world’s most popular and dynamic blues harmonica players, was born just east of this site on the Bonnie Blue plantation on July 1, 1935. Cotton apprenticed with harmonica master Sonny Boy Williamson No. 2 (Rice Miller) in . . . — — Map (db m51770) HM

231 ► Mississippi, Tunica County, Tunica Resorts — 40 — Highway 61 Blues —

U.S. Highway 61, known as the "blues highway," rivals Route 66 as the most famous road in American music lore. Dozens of blues artists have recorded songs about Highway 61, including Mississippians Sunnyland Slim, James “Son” . . . — — Map (db m68076) HM

232 ► Mississippi, Tunica County, Tunica Resorts — 13 — Son House — Mississippi Blues Trail —

Eddie James "Son" House (1902-1988) plumbed the emotional depth of the blues perhaps more than any other Delta blues artist. A preacher at times, a barrelhousing bluesman at others, House was fiercely torn between the sacred teachings of the . . . — — Map (db m235156) HM

233 ► Mississippi, Tunica County, Tunica Resorts — 177 — The Hollywood Cafe —

The Hollywood Café, both at this site and its original location in Hollywood, Mississippi, earned fame as a Delta dining institution but has also shared in the area's musical history. Pianist Muriel Wilkins performed here for years, and she and the . . . — — Map (db m174082) HM

234 ► Mississippi, Union County, New Albany — 91 — Elder Roma Wilson & Rev. Leon Pinson —

Front The down-home gospel sounds of renowned Union County musicians Elder Roma Wilson (b. 1910) and Rev. Leon Pinson (1919-1998) won them many admirers among blues and folk music audiences, although they were evangelists rather than . . . — — Map (db m96789) HM

235 ► Mississippi, Union County, New Albany — 59 — Mosley and Johnson —

Front Although the African American community of New Albany has been small in number, it has produced many citizens of distinction. In the fields of blues, rhythm & blues, and gospel music, the names of Sam Mosley, Bob Johnson, Billy . . . — — Map (db m96783) HM

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236 ► Mississippi, Warren County, Vicksburg — "The Blues are the Roots, the Rest are the Fruits"-Willie Dixon —

Famed musician and prolific song writer Willie Dixon was born in Vicksburg in 1915. In 1936, he moved to Chicago, taking with him an appreciation of African field songs, gospel, blues, and country music. Over the next 50 years, Dixon created a . . . — — Map (db m190864) HM

237 ► Mississippi, Warren County, Vicksburg — 64 — 61 Highway —

Side 1: The rise of the automobile and the development of a national highway system in the 1920's and '30s coincided with the initial boom of blues, jazz, and spiritual recordings by African American artists. Songs in the African American . . . — — Map (db m97080) HM

238 ► Mississippi, Warren County, Vicksburg — 98 — Marcus Bottom —

Front The historic African American community of Marcus Bottom was an important center of early blues, jazz, and gospel music activity. Pianist Eurreal “Little Brother” Montgomery, one of the premier blues artists of the . . . — — Map (db m103895) HM

239 ► Mississippi, Warren County, Vicksburg — Miss Mississippi —

The Miss Mississippi Scholarship Pageant was started in 1934 with the annual event held in different cities until 1958. In that year, Vicksburg hosted its first pageant under the leadership of Mayor Johnny Holland and the Vicksburg Jaycees, and it . . . — — Map (db m190840) HM

240 ► Mississippi, Warren County, Vicksburg — 140 — The Blue Room —

Front One of the most storied night spots in the South, the Blue Room, which stood across the street at 602 Clay Street, was operated for more than thirty years by flamboyant owner Tom Wince. Ray Charles, Fats Domino, B. B. King, Dinah . . . — — Map (db m103897) HM

241 ► Mississippi, Warren County, Vicksburg — 33 — The Red Tops —

Front Between 1953 and 1974 the Vicksburg-based Red Tops entertained legions of dancers with their distinctive mix of blues, jazz, and pop. Under the strict direction of drummer and manager Walter Osborne, the group developed a devoted . . . — — Map (db m103896) HM

242 ► Mississippi, Warren County, Vicksburg — 205 — William R. Ferris — Mississippi Blues Trail —

(side 1) The long and distinguished career of William “Bill” Ferris, one of America’s leading folklorists, was inspired by the blues, religious music, and stories he heard while growing up on his family’s farm in rural Warren County. . . . — — Map (db m148589) HM

243 ► Mississippi, Warren County, Vicksburg — 14 — Willie Dixon —

(front) Willie Dixon, often called “the poet laureate of the blues,” was born in Vicksburg on July 1, 1915. As a songwriter, producer, arranger, and bass player, Dixon shaped the sound of Chicago blues in the 1950s and '60s with . . . — — Map (db m69778) HM

244 ► Mississippi, Washington County, Dunleith — 43 — Jimmy Reed —

Mathis James “Jimmy” Reed, one of the most influential blues artists of the 1950s and ‘60s, was born here on the Shady Dell plantation on September 6, 1925. Reed was one the first bluesmen to achieve “crossover” success, . . . — — Map (db m170523) HM

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245 ► Mississippi, Washington County, Greenville — B. B. King — King of the Blues —

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246 ► Mississippi, Washington County, Greenville — Charles K. Rickard — "Guitar Charlie" — Greenville, Mississippi —

I got the blues from my head, down to my shoes Toured with Little Milton. Warmed up for B.B. King. Played with Booba Barnes, Willie Foster, John Horton, Little Dave Thompson, Lee "Shot" Williams, Booga-Loo and many others around the . . . — — Map (db m90397) HM

247 ► Mississippi, Washington County, Greenville — Charley Patton — King of the Delta Blues —

1891 - 1934 b. Heron's Place Hinds Co. d. Heathman-Dedham Plnt. Sunflower Co. Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues. — — Map (db m108687) HM

248 ► Mississippi, Washington County, Greenville — David "Honey Boy" Edwards — b. June 28, 1915 - Shaw Mississippi —

"Who May Your Regulars Be" "Drop Down Mama" "Old Friends" "The World Don't Owe Me Nothing" "Mississippi Delta Bluesman" Played with Robert Johnson Tommy Johnson Little Walter Jacobs Big Joe Williams Kansas City Red . . . — — Map (db m90401) HM

249 ► Mississippi, Washington County, Greenville — Donald Hayes Brown — "Downtown Donnie Brown" b. October 9, 1951 — Greenville, Mississippi —

Donnie, his brother Jerry Brown and Thomas "Boogie" Hobart were the "Candy Shoestring", the premier Rock and Roll / Blues Rock Band of the region in the 60's & 70's. They opened for Ted Nugent, Lynard Skynard, Rare Earth and . . . — — Map (db m108696) HM

250 ► Mississippi, Washington County, Greenville — 50 — Freedom Village —

(Front) The first Mississippi Delta Blues Festival was held on October 21, 1978, here at Freedom Village, a rural community founded as a refuge for displaced agricultural workers. In 1987 the festival, organized by Greenville-based M.A.C.E. . . . — — Map (db m154769) HM

251 ► Mississippi, Washington County, Greenville — George "All Nite" Allen — Greenville, Mississippi — August 13, 1949 - September 6, 2010 —

Born into a musical family. Played with B.J. Thomas in "Electric Cyrkus", then Sassy Jones. Worked with producer and musician Jim Dickinson. Worked with many great musicians in all types of genres. A true renaissance man. I'm a black man . . . — — Map (db m90394) HM

252 ► Mississippi, Washington County, Greenville — James Michael Dill — Greenville, Mississippi —

Began playing at 14. Played with Billy Marquis, Eden Brent, Willie Foster, Lil Dave Thompson, Mississippi Slim, John Horton, Lil Bill Wallace, The Xracker-Jacks and everyone else. — — Map (db m90395) HM

253 ► Mississippi, Washington County, Greenville — Mississippi Sheiks — Mississippi's Most Influential String Band — Bo Carter, Sam Chatmon, Walton Vinson, Lonnie Chatmon —

Recorded - 1926 - 1935 Sitting on Top of the World Stop and Listen Blues Livin' in a Strain — — Map (db m108701) HM

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254 ► Mississippi, Washington County, Greenville — 2 — Nelson Street —

Front Nelson Street was once the epicenter of African American business and entertainment in the Delta. Nightclubs, cafes, churches, groceries, fish markets, barbershops, laundries, record shops, and other enterprises did a bustling . . . — — Map (db m107636) HM

255 ► Mississippi, Washington County, Greenville — 196 — Prince McCoy — Mississippi Blues Trail —

Side A Prince McCoy (1882-1968), a prominent early 20th century Greenville musician, played a pivotal yet long unacknowledged role in blues history. At a dance in Cleveland, Mississippi, an astonished W.C. Handy watched a crowd throw money at . . . — — Map (db m157534) HM

256 ► Mississippi, Washington County, Greenville — 32 — Steve Azar — Mississippi Country Music Trail —

Greenville native Steve Azar burst onto the national country scene in 2001 with his album Waitin’ on Joe, which featured the #2 hit "I Don’t Have to Be Me (‘Til Monday)"; it and the title track also topped the music video charts. Inspired . . . — — Map (db m170465) HM

257 ► Mississippi, Washington County, Greenville — Walter Horn, Jr. — "Mississippi Slim" — "8th Wonder of the World" —

August 12, 1943 Shelby, MS April 14, 2010 Greenville, MS Opened for - BB King, Bobby Rush, Little Milton, Tyrone Davis and others 1974 Album - " Crying in the Arms of Another Love" 1999 CD - "Miracles" 2009 CD - "You Can't Lose . . . — — Map (db m108694) HM

258 ► Mississippi, Washington County, Hollandale — 5 — Ben Peters — Mississippi Country Music Trail —

Front A native of Hollandale who picked cotton as a child, a University of Southern Mississippi graduate and Navy pilot, Ben Peters (1933-2005) went on to become a Nashville songwriting legend, penning fourteen number-one hits, including . . . — — Map (db m121117) HM

259 ► Mississippi, Washington County, Hollandale — 86 — Sam Chatmon —

Front Sam Chatmon (c. 1899-1983), a celebrated singer and guitarist who spent most of his life in Hollandale, sometimes performed with his brothers in a renowned family string band billed as the Mississippi Sheiks. He embarked on a new . . . — — Map (db m121115) HM

260 ► Mississippi, Washington County, Leland — Birthplace of Kermit the Frog — Leland, Mississippi —

Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets, grew up and played along Deer Creek during the years 1936-1948, exploring its flora and fauna from here to Stoneville. Sometimes he was joined by his friend, Kermit Scott. These experiences and fond memories . . . — — Map (db m12942) HM

261 ► Mississippi, Washington County, Leland — 7 — Corner of 10 and 61 —

Front A major source of income for blues artists in the first half of the 20th century was tips. This corner, formerly the intersection of highways 10 and 61, was a profitable spot, particularly on Saturdays when people from the . . . — — Map (db m90131) HM

262 ► Mississippi, Washington County, Leland — 76 — James “Son” Thomas —

Front James Henry “Son” Thomas, internationally famed blues musician and folk sculptor, worked as a porter at the Montgomery Hotel, which once occupied this site, after he moved to Leland in 1961. Born in the Yazoo County . . . — — Map (db m90136) HM

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263 ► Mississippi, Washington County, Leland — 109 — Johnny Winter —

Guitar icon Johnny Winter’s emergence on the national music scene in 1969 created a sensation among rock and blues audiences. The first of his many hit albums for Columbia Records featured the song “Leland, Mississippi Blues,” which paid tribute . . . — — Map (db m90143) HM

264 ► Mississippi, Washington County, Leland — 136 — Ruby's Nite Spot —

Ruby’s Nite Spot, operated at this site by Ruby Edwards, was one of the most prominent blues clubs in the Delta during the 1940s and ‘50s. Edwards booked nationally known acts such as T-Bone Walker, Little Walter, and Little Richard, newcomers Ike . . . — — Map (db m90129) HM

265 ► Mississippi, Washington County, Leland — 152 — Tyrone Davis —

Front Tyrone Davis, one of America's most popular soul singers, was born on a plantation near Leland on May 4, 1938. Davis lived in Leland before moving to Chicago, where he began his career billed as "Tyrone the Wonder Boy." From 1969 . . . — — Map (db m90130) HM

266 ► Mississippi, Wayne County, Clara — 23 — Jesse Rodgers — Mississippi Country Music Trail —

Jesse Otto Rodgers (1911-1973) born near Waynesboro, first cousin to Jimmie Rodgers, began singing on Mexican border radio stations after relocating to Texas. He wrote songs and recorded for Bluebird Records in the mid-1930s, . . . — — Map (db m80349) HM

267 ► Mississippi, Wilkinson County, Woodville — 94 — Woodville Blues —

Musicians from Woodville demonstrate the breadth of the blues’s influence on American music. Composer William Grant Still incorporated the blues into his “Afro-American Symphony,” while the innovative saxophonist Lester . . . — — Map (db m50907) HM

268 ► Mississippi, Winston County, Louisville — 16 — Carl Jackson — Mississippi Country Music Trail —

[Front] Born in Louisville in 1953, Carl Jackson played banjo here as a boy, and by age fourteen was backing Jim & Jesse on the Grand Ole Opry. By the age of twenty he had established a versatile career as a recording vocalist, . . . — — Map (db m140735) HM

269 ► Mississippi, Yalobusha County, Water Valley — 151 — Casey Jones —

(Front) On April 30, 1900, railroad engineer John Luther "Casey" Jones died when his Illinois Central train, the "Cannonball," collided with a stalled freight train in Vaughan, Mississippi. Jones, who once lived and worked in the railroad town . . . — — Map (db m55641) HM

270 ► Mississippi, Yazoo County, Bentonia — 67 — Jack Owens —

Front Jack Owens became one of Mississippi's most venerated blues artists in the 1980s and ‘90s after spending most of his life as a farmer in Yazoo County. Born November 17, 1904, or 1906 according to some sources, Owens did not . . . — — Map (db m77275) HM

271 ► Mississippi, Yazoo County, Bentonia — 51 — Nehemiah “Skip” James —

Front The haunting quality of Nehemiah “Skip” James’s music earned him a reputation as one of the great early Mississippi bluesmen. James (1902-1969) grew up at the Woodbine Plantation and as a youth learned to play both . . . — — Map (db m77272) HM

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272 ► Mississippi, Yazoo County, Bentonia — 16 — The Blue Front Café —

Front The Blue Front Café opened in 1948 under the ownership of Carey and Mary Holmes, an African American couple from Bentonia. In its heyday the Blue Front was famed for its buffalo fish, blues, and moonshine whiskey. One of the . . . — — Map (db m77274) HM

273 ► 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

274 ► 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

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