Greenwood

• The Greenwood Blues Heritage Museum & Gallery is a showplace dedicated to the memory of Robert Johnson and the other central Delta blues music artists, featuring an exhibition of photographs and memorabilia.

• Robert Johnson’s tombstone marks one of three reputed burial sites for the “King of the Delta Blues Singers” and one of music’s greatest artists.

Hollandale

• See the burial site of legendary bluesman Sam Chatmon. Born in 1899, Chatmon played with two of his brothers in the influential blues band the Mississippi Sheiks. He died in 1983.

Indianola

• Visit the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center, a 20,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility which uses the life story of world-renowned blues artist and native son Riley (B.B.) King as a framework to tell about the Mississippi Delta region and the origins and influence of blues music.

• For live entertainment visit Club Ebony, the 308 Blues Club, The Blue Biscuit and the Gin Mill Galleries.

Leland

• Located in the old Montgomery Hotel, the Highway 61 Blues Museum honors the mid-Mississippi Delta bluesmen and their many contributions to music. In the early era of the blues, over 150 bluesmen lived within a 100-mile radius of Leland.

• James Thomas, one of the favorite sons of the blues, is buried in Bogue Memorial Cemetery, in front of Greater St. Matthews Church.

Meridian

• Visit Highland Park, home of the Jimmie Rodgers Museum. This memorial to the “Father of Country Music” features Rodgers’ specially made guitar, personal belongings and other memorabilia.

• Meridian is home to Peavey Electronics Corporation. Much of today’s music is

produced using products made here by one of the world’s largest manufacturers of musical equipment, amplifiers and guitars.

Nesbit

• At the Jerry Lee Lewis ranch, while the home is not open for tours, the legendary piano-shaped pool remains popular for visitors to view.

Oxford

• Visit the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, a research center for Southern music, folklore and literature.

• Tour the University of Mississippi Blues Archive, one of the largest of its kind.

Starkville

• Any good bluesman will tell you that blues music emerged from the culture surrounding Delta cotton fields. To better understand this and to see the many advancements made in the agricultural industry, visit the Extension Service at Mississippi State University.

Tupelo

• At the birthplace of Elvis Presley, view a statue of Elvis as a boy, tour the humble two-room house where the “King of Rock and Roll” was born, and visit the memorial chapel and the Elvis Presley Museum.

• Other Tupelo sites that were important to Elvis’ early life include the school where his talent first impressed his teachers and classmates, the hardware store where his mother bought him his first guitar and the fairgrounds where he performed early in his career.

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1) B.B. King

2) The Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Museum, Meridian

3) Robert Johnson Grave Site, Greenwood

4) Elvis Presley Birthplace, Tupelo

5) Dockery Plantation, Cleveland

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