Although U.S. 61 begins in New Orleans and runs through Baton Rouge, the portion known as the Blues Highway starts around Vicksburg, Mississippi, and moves north through the Delta to Memphis, ...
CLARKSDALE, Miss. — Bluesman Robert Johnson played the guitar with such genius that legend has it his talent was a gift from the devil in exchange for the musician's soul. That deal was done, ...
The late 19th and early 20th century work songs and spirituals of the Mississippi Delta have traveled far. They came from Freddie Spruell, Charley Patton, Eddie “Son” House, Chester Burnett (Howlin’ ...
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The community effort and attention around “Sinners,” a blockbuster horror movie, became an opportunity to talk about investing in the Delta town that built the blues. WHY WE’RE HERE We’re exploring ...
The flat fields of the Mississippi Delta seem endless, and they can magically transport a traveler into the past. Sometimes when I’m driving through a stretch of this crescent-shaped part of northwest ...
Blues selections by Delta bluesman Son House, obtained by Sam Charters from the Library of Congrss folksong archive. Tape 2 of 2 given to Moe Asch by Charters to produce an album of blues artist from ...