Entries Containing All of the Phrases «leake county» AND «mississippi»

By Mark Hilton, October 5, 2019

Leake County Revelers Marker (reverse)

RANKED BY RELEVANCE

1 ► Mississippi, Scott County, Sebastopol — 4 — Leake County Revelers — Mississippi Country Music Trail — Reported damaged

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

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2 ► Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, Farish Street Historic District — 204 — H.C. Speir — Mississippi Blues Trail —

(side 1) Henry Columbus (H.C.) Speir (1895-1972) played a crucial role in the recording of dozens of blues, country and gospel artists in the 1920s and 30s. In his position as owner of Speir Phonograph Company, founded here at 225 N. . . . — — Map (db m148590) HM

3 ► Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, West Capitol Street Historic District — 135 — Edwards Hotel — Mississippi Blues Trail —

Constructed in 1923 and renamed the King Edward Hotel in 1954, the Edwards Hotel was the site of temporary studios set up by OKeh Records in 1930 and the American Record Corporation in 1935 to record blues artists Bo Carter, Robert Wilkins, Joe . . . — — Map (db m49680) HM

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    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.

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