Mississippi Blues Trail
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Queen City Hotel and 7th Avenue. . Front . For several decades beginning in the early 1900s, the Queen City Hotel, which stood across the street from this site, was at the center of a vibrant African American community along 7th Avenue North. Clubs and ca…
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Holmes County Blues Lexington. . [Front] . Holmes County has been a significant contributor to the legacy of African American blues and gospel music in Mississippi. Heralded blues artists born or raised in the Lexington area include Elmore James (a native…
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Elmore James. . [Front] . The cemetery of the Newport Missionary Baptist Church is the final resting place of Elmore James (1918-1963), often described as the "king of the slide guitar." James' electric style built on the approach of Robert Johnson and lat…
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Otis Rush. . . [Front] . The blues form reached both artistic and emotional peaks in the works of Otis Rush, who was born south of Philadelphia in Neshoba County in 1935. His music, shaped by the hardships and troubles of his early life in Mississippi, c…
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Newton County Blues. . Newton County has a dual claim to blues fame, first as the birthplace of several historical figures and later as the site of an important blues event, the Chunky Rhythm & Blues Festival. Newton County natives include record businessma…
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Lil Green. . . Lil Green was known as the Queen of the Blues in the early 1940s when her distinctive, seductive voice was highlighted on "Romance in the Dark," "Why Don't You Do Right?" and other blues and pop songs recorded for the Blu…