Music on St. Catherine Street

Music on St. Catherine Street (HM21LV)

Location: Natchez, MS 39120 Adams County
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Country: United States of America
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N 31° 33.399', W 91° 23.288'

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Alexander Lightfoot"Papa George"
Papa George Lightfoot [1924-1971], he lived down the street from the alley I came up in, down on St. Catherine Street....He was a hustler, he had a snowball wagon, he sold peanuts. He would blow his harp while selling, and he would make some change from that as well.That papa George was something, he was full of fun. He would clown, he'd blow his harp and put two sticks between his fingers and that's how he kept time. You'd hear that "clack, clack" in rhythm
with his playing. He had wooden slats, they looked like rulers.
Elmore Williams, BluesMusician, Guitarist
Jimmy Anderson"Soul Man Lee"
Jimmy Anderson was born in 1934 and known in Natchez as "Soul Man Lee," his deejay nickname. A harmonica player and vocalist, Anderson also played guitar. Anderson's first exposure to the blues was hearing Papa George Lightfoot on St. Catherine Street.
Elmore Williams
The businesses were mostly on St. Catherine Street, you had cafes and juke joints all the way up the street. You could come up St. Catherine and just about every joint you'd find somebody with a guitar. They'd be in there playing, at least on Fridays and Saturdays, and on Sundays they'd have a few joints open, but the rest of the
people would be going to churches up and down St. Catherine Street... You could see that sometimes on St. Catherine, some of them cats would get together and them fife and drums get to boogying down.
Elmore Williams, BluesMusician, Guitarist , born 1933
Hezekiah Early
Hezekiah Early was born in 1934. His early influences were local fife and drum groups with a fife player, two snare drums, and a bass player. Early took up the harmonica when he was about 13 after hearing Papa George Lightfoot playing along St. Catherine Street.
Y.Z. Ealey
Y.Z. Ealey was born in 1937 and began playing guitar as a child. He recalls hearing local street musicians like Papa George Lightfoot and William "Cat Iron" Caradine. He also heard R&B on jukeboxes in businesses along St. Catherine Street.
Robert Lee Watson"Lil Poochie"
"Lil Poochie" Watson, born in 1951, is a vocalist and guitarist who built his first guitar out of a board and fishing wire with nails as tuning pegs. Influenced bu St. Catherine Street musicians, he played at local clubs with different groups and toured with Hezekiah Early.
James Rowan
James Rowan (1926-2010) became interested in making music when he was a seventh-grade student at Brumfield School on St. Catherine Street. He tried 5 instruments before deciding to play the trumpet. Rowan served in the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II and became a band director after graduation from Alcorn State University. Interspersed with his teaching career was his career as a jazz musician in various bands and a steady gig at the Under-the-Hill Saloon.Rowan portrayed the role of Joe King Oliver in more than 100 performances on the musical Satchmo: America's Musical Legend.
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HM NumberHM21LV
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Placed ByCity Of Natchez
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Date Added Monday, September 11th, 2017 at 7:04am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15R E 652986 N 3492421
Decimal Degrees31.55665000, -91.38813333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 31° 33.399', W 91° 23.288'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds31° 33' 23.94" N, 91° 23' 17.28" W
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Area Code(s)601, 769
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 180 St Catherine St, Natchez MS 39120, US
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