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Above is a prototype for a "Mississippi Blues Trail" license plate. In order for it to become a reality, though, they need 200 firm commitments by October 15, as indicated in this invitation letter (PDF file). If you'd like to sign up for the license plate, which costs $31, send this form (PDF file) to the Mississippi Blues Foundation, which helps underwrite the costs of the Blues Trail. (Checks will not be cashed until there are 200 on hand). The license plate should be available in January.
An unofficial Mississippi Blues Trail blog by marker text researchers and writers Jim O'Neal and Scott Barretta. The Mississippi Blues Trail (www.msbluestrail.org) is a series of some 180 historical markers being placed throughout Mississippi between 2006 and 2012.
Contributors
Upcoming Blues Marker dedications 2010
- (See www.msbluestrail.org for dates)
- Mississippi to Alabama (Muscle Shoals)
- Cassandra Wilson (Jackson)
- Eddie Taylor (Benoit)
- Hi-Hat club (Hattiesburg)
- Turner's Drug Store (Belzoni)
Links
- official Mississippi Blues Trail site
- Google map for MS Blues Trail
- Jim O'Neal's BluEsoterica blog
- Scott Barretta's Highway 61 Radio blog w/ MS event listings
- Cat Head Mississippi music listings
- Mississippi Delta Blues Society of Indianola
- Living Blues magazine
- Willie King's Freedom Creek festival, Old Memphis, AL (May)
- Chicago Blues Festival (June)
- Highway 61 museum & festival, Leland (June)
- North MS Hill Country Picnic, Potts Camp (July)
- Duck Hill Grassroots Blues Festival, Duck Hill (July )
- Howlin' Wolf museum & festival, West Point (Fri. of Labor Day wknd))
- Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival, Clarksdale (August)
- Tommy Johnson Foundation, festival (Oct.)
- Delta Blues Museum, Clarksdale
- B.B. King Museum, Indianola
- Robert Johnson Blues Foundation
- Mississippi Arts Commission Folk Artist registry
- Blues & the Spirit Symposium, Chicago, May 22-24, 2008
- Blues World
Blog Archive
MS Blues Trail License Plate
Above is a prototype for a "Mississippi Blues Trail" license plate. In order for it to become a reality, though, they need 200 firm commitments by October 15, as indicated in this invitation letter (PDF file). If you'd like to sign up for the license plate, which costs $31, send this form (PDF file) to the Mississippi Blues Foundation, which helps underwrite the costs of the Blues Trail. (Checks will not be cashed until there are 200 on hand). The license plate should be available in January.
Complete list of Blues Trail markers 2006-2009
1- Charley Patton grave site (Holly Ridge) December 11, 2006
2- Nelson Street (Greenville) December 11, 2006
3- WGRM Radio (Greenwood) December 11, 2006
4- Riverside Hotel/Bessie Smith (Clarksdale) January 18, 2007
5- Peavine Railroad (Boyle) February 7, 2007
6- Rosedale /Crossroads myth (Rosedale) February 7, 2007
7- Hwy. 10 & 61/Charlie Booker (Leland) March 29, 2007
8- Honeyboy Edwards (Shaw) April 13, 2007
9- Muddy Waters’ house (Stovall) April 13, 2007
10- Jimmie Rodgers & the Blues (Meridian) May 3, 2007
11- Robert Johnson grave site (Greenwood) May 16, 2007
12- Subway Lounge/Summers Hotel (Jackson) May 30, 2007
13- Son House (Clack/Robinsonville) June 18, 2007
14- Willie Dixon (Vicksburg) June 28, 2007
15- Hickory Street /Elmore James (Canton) July 17, 2007
16- Blue Front Cafe (Bentonia) August 21, 2007
17- Magic Sam (Grenada) August 28, 2007
18- Howlin’ Wolf (West Point) August 30, 2007
19- Memphis Minnie (Walls) September 27, 2007
20- Columbus Mississippi Blues/Catfish Alley (Columbus) September 28, 2007
21- Rabbit Foot Minstrels (Port Gibson) October 9, 2007
22- Tommy Johnson (Crystal Springs) October 19, 2007
23- Bo Diddley (McComb) November 2, 2007
24- Broadcasting the Blues/American Blues Network (Gulfport) November 3, 2007
25- Trumpet Records (Jackson) November 17, 2007
26- Otis Rush (Philadelphia) December 6, 2007
27- Robert Nighthawk (Friars Point) December 13, 2007
28- Elvis and the Blues (Tupelo) January 8, 2008
29- Robert Johnson (Hazlehurst) January 31, 2008
30- James Cotton (Clayton, south of Tunica) February 13, 2008
31- Livin’ at Lula: Charley Patton, Bertha Lee, Sam Carr, Frank Frost (Lula) February 13, 2008
32- Mississippi John Hurt (Avalon) February 23, 2008
33- Red Tops (Vicksburg) March 28, 2008
34- Elks Lodge (Greenwood) March 28, 2008
35- Malaco Records (Jackson) April 8, 2008
36- Natchez Burning/Rhythm Club fire (Natchez) April 18, 2008
37- Birthplace of the Blues?/Charley Patton (Dockery) April 19, 2008
38- Pinetop Perkins (Belzoni) May 3, 2008
39- Hubert Sumlin (Pillow Plantation, Greenwood) May 6, 2008
40- Highway 61, northern end (Tunica) May 8, 2008
41- Hopson Plantation/Pinetop Perkins (Clarksdale) May 9, 2008
42- Alamo Theatre/Dorothy Moore (Jackson) May 22, 2008
43- Jimmy Reed (Dunleith) June 19, 2008
44- Big Walter Horton (Horn Lake) June 20, 2008
45- Hill Country Blues: R. L. Burnside & Jr. Kimbrough (Holly Springs) July 3, 2008
46- Black Prairie Blues: Harrington family (Houston Harrington, Eddy Clearwater & Carey Bell) and Willie King (Macon) August 19, 2008
47- Piney Woods School: Sweethearts of Rhythm, Blind Boys of Mississippi, Sam Myers (Piney Woods) August 29, 2008
48- B.B. King birthplace (Berclair) September 11, 2008
49- Church Street (Indianola) September 13, 2008
50- Freedom Village/DeltaBlues Festival (Greenville) September 17, 2008
51- Skip James (Bentonia) September 18, 2008
52- Arthur Crudup, T-Model Ford, Ruben Hughes (Forest) September 26, 2008
53- Joe & Charlie McCoy (Raymond) October 4, 2008
54- Harold “Hardface” Clanton (Tunica) October 8, 2008
55- Hattiesburg recordings/Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll – Graves Brothers (Hattiesburg) October 18, 2008
56- Big Joe Williams (Crawford) November 3, 2008
57- Bobby Rush (Jackson) November 11, 2008
58- Muddy Waters birthplace (Rolling Fork) December 3, 2008
59- Sam Mosley/Bob Johnson, Billy Ball (New Albany) December 8, 2008
60- Shakerag/Tupelo blues (Tupelo) January 8, 2009
61- Rube Lacy (Pelahatchie) February 13, 2009 (10:00 a.m.)
62- Documenting the Blues: Living Blues, Blues Archive (Oxford) February 27, 2009 (11a.m.)
63- Sonny Boy Williamson No. 2 (Glendora) February 28, 2009 (11:30 a.m
64- Highway 61, southern end (Vicksburg) March 12, 2009
65- Club Desire (Canton) March 31, 2009 (2:00 p.m.)
66- Queen of Hearts/Johnnie Temple (Jackson) April 16, 2009 (4:00 p.m.)
67- Jack Owens (Bentonia) April 17, 2009 (10 a.m.)
68- Little Milton (Inverness) April 17, 2009 (4 p.m.)
69- 1927 flood & Big Bill Broonzy (Scott) April 21, 2009 (10 a.m.)
70- Charlie Musselwhite (Kosciusko) April 24, 2009 (3 p.m.)
71- Fred McDowell (Como) May 7, 2009 (2 p.m.)
72- Mississippi to Memphis (Memphis) May 8, 2009 (11:30 a.m.)
73- Denise LaSalle (Belzoni) May 9, 2009 (2 p.m.)
74- Beale Town Bound: Gus Cannon, Robert Wilkins, Jim Jackson (Hernando) May 27, 2009
75- Abbay & Leatherman Plantation/Robert Johnson (Tunica) May 28, 2009 (10:30 a.m.)
76- Son Thomas (Leland) June 5, 2009 (2 p.m.)
77- Mississippi to Chicago (Chicago) June 11, 2009 (2 p.m.)
78- Chrisman Street (Cleveland) June 22, 2009 (10:30 a.m.)
79- Po' Monkey’s/Juke Joints (Merigold) June 22, 2009 (2:30 p.m.)
80- Baptist Town (Greenwood) July 14, 2009 (10 a.m.)
81- Sam Cooke (Clarksdale) August 7, 2009 (2 p.m.)
82- Otha Turner (Como) August 29, 2009 (11 a.m.)
83- Papa Lightfoot & the Natchez Blues (Natchez) September 4, 2009 (7 p.m.)
84- Club Ebony (Indianola) September 7, 2009 (1:30 p.m.)
85- Charles Evers and the Blues (Fayette) September 23, 2009 (11 a.m.)
86- Sam Chatmon/Blue Front club area (Hollandale) October 2, 2009
87- Ace Records (Jackson) October 5, 2009 (3:30 p.m.)
88- Mississippi to Helena/King Biscuit Time (Helena, Arkansas) October 9, 2009 (2 p.m.)
89- Bukka White (Houston) October 16, 2009 (10 a.m.)
90- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues: Bukka White, Howlin’ Wolf, Albert King (Aberdeen) October 16 , 2009 (4. p.m.)
91- Gold Coast/’Cross the River (Brandon) October 22, 2009 (9 a.m.)
92- Elder Roma Wilson & Reverend Leon Pinson (New Albany) October 26, 2009
93- Summit Street (McComb) November 6, 2009
94- Woodville Blues: Scott Dunbar, Lester Young, William Grant Still (Woodville) November 18, 2009 (11 a.m.)
95- W.C. Handy Encounters the Blues/Sonny Boy Williamson No. 2 grave site (Tutwiler) November 25, 2009 (11:30 a.m.)
96- Harlem Inn (Winstonville) December 4, 2009 (1 p.m.)
97- Henry Townsend (Shelby) December 4, 2009 (2 p.m.)
98- Marcus Bottom/Vicksburg Blues (Vicksburg) December 9, 2009
Note: Although many markers are listed under the name of a single artist or site, several different artists are usually named on each marker. The Henry Townsend marker, for instance, also mentions the following singers and musicians who were born in or lived in Shelby: Erma Franklin, Choker Campbell, Hattie Littles, Gus "Jo Jo" Murray, Tenry Johns ("The King Kong Rocker"), Gerald Wilson, and Willie Kent.
2- Nelson Street (Greenville) December 11, 2006
3- WGRM Radio (Greenwood) December 11, 2006
4- Riverside Hotel/Bessie Smith (Clarksdale) January 18, 2007
5- Peavine Railroad (Boyle) February 7, 2007
6- Rosedale /Crossroads myth (Rosedale) February 7, 2007
7- Hwy. 10 & 61/Charlie Booker (Leland) March 29, 2007
8- Honeyboy Edwards (Shaw) April 13, 2007
9- Muddy Waters’ house (Stovall) April 13, 2007
10- Jimmie Rodgers & the Blues (Meridian) May 3, 2007
11- Robert Johnson grave site (Greenwood) May 16, 2007
12- Subway Lounge/Summers Hotel (Jackson) May 30, 2007
13- Son House (Clack/Robinsonville) June 18, 2007
14- Willie Dixon (Vicksburg) June 28, 2007
15- Hickory Street /Elmore James (Canton) July 17, 2007
16- Blue Front Cafe (Bentonia) August 21, 2007
17- Magic Sam (Grenada) August 28, 2007
18- Howlin’ Wolf (West Point) August 30, 2007
19- Memphis Minnie (Walls) September 27, 2007
20- Columbus Mississippi Blues/Catfish Alley (Columbus) September 28, 2007
21- Rabbit Foot Minstrels (Port Gibson) October 9, 2007
22- Tommy Johnson (Crystal Springs) October 19, 2007
23- Bo Diddley (McComb) November 2, 2007
24- Broadcasting the Blues/American Blues Network (Gulfport) November 3, 2007
25- Trumpet Records (Jackson) November 17, 2007
26- Otis Rush (Philadelphia) December 6, 2007
27- Robert Nighthawk (Friars Point) December 13, 2007
28- Elvis and the Blues (Tupelo) January 8, 2008
29- Robert Johnson (Hazlehurst) January 31, 2008
30- James Cotton (Clayton, south of Tunica) February 13, 2008
31- Livin’ at Lula: Charley Patton, Bertha Lee, Sam Carr, Frank Frost (Lula) February 13, 2008
32- Mississippi John Hurt (Avalon) February 23, 2008
33- Red Tops (Vicksburg) March 28, 2008
34- Elks Lodge (Greenwood) March 28, 2008
35- Malaco Records (Jackson) April 8, 2008
36- Natchez Burning/Rhythm Club fire (Natchez) April 18, 2008
37- Birthplace of the Blues?/Charley Patton (Dockery) April 19, 2008
38- Pinetop Perkins (Belzoni) May 3, 2008
39- Hubert Sumlin (Pillow Plantation, Greenwood) May 6, 2008
40- Highway 61, northern end (Tunica) May 8, 2008
41- Hopson Plantation/Pinetop Perkins (Clarksdale) May 9, 2008
42- Alamo Theatre/Dorothy Moore (Jackson) May 22, 2008
43- Jimmy Reed (Dunleith) June 19, 2008
44- Big Walter Horton (Horn Lake) June 20, 2008
45- Hill Country Blues: R. L. Burnside & Jr. Kimbrough (Holly Springs) July 3, 2008
46- Black Prairie Blues: Harrington family (Houston Harrington, Eddy Clearwater & Carey Bell) and Willie King (Macon) August 19, 2008
47- Piney Woods School: Sweethearts of Rhythm, Blind Boys of Mississippi, Sam Myers (Piney Woods) August 29, 2008
48- B.B. King birthplace (Berclair) September 11, 2008
49- Church Street (Indianola) September 13, 2008
50- Freedom Village/DeltaBlues Festival (Greenville) September 17, 2008
51- Skip James (Bentonia) September 18, 2008
52- Arthur Crudup, T-Model Ford, Ruben Hughes (Forest) September 26, 2008
53- Joe & Charlie McCoy (Raymond) October 4, 2008
54- Harold “Hardface” Clanton (Tunica) October 8, 2008
55- Hattiesburg recordings/Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll – Graves Brothers (Hattiesburg) October 18, 2008
56- Big Joe Williams (Crawford) November 3, 2008
57- Bobby Rush (Jackson) November 11, 2008
58- Muddy Waters birthplace (Rolling Fork) December 3, 2008
59- Sam Mosley/Bob Johnson, Billy Ball (New Albany) December 8, 2008
60- Shakerag/Tupelo blues (Tupelo) January 8, 2009
61- Rube Lacy (Pelahatchie) February 13, 2009 (10:00 a.m.)
62- Documenting the Blues: Living Blues, Blues Archive (Oxford) February 27, 2009 (11a.m.)
63- Sonny Boy Williamson No. 2 (Glendora) February 28, 2009 (11:30 a.m
64- Highway 61, southern end (Vicksburg) March 12, 2009
65- Club Desire (Canton) March 31, 2009 (2:00 p.m.)
66- Queen of Hearts/Johnnie Temple (Jackson) April 16, 2009 (4:00 p.m.)
67- Jack Owens (Bentonia) April 17, 2009 (10 a.m.)
68- Little Milton (Inverness) April 17, 2009 (4 p.m.)
69- 1927 flood & Big Bill Broonzy (Scott) April 21, 2009 (10 a.m.)
70- Charlie Musselwhite (Kosciusko) April 24, 2009 (3 p.m.)
71- Fred McDowell (Como) May 7, 2009 (2 p.m.)
72- Mississippi to Memphis (Memphis) May 8, 2009 (11:30 a.m.)
73- Denise LaSalle (Belzoni) May 9, 2009 (2 p.m.)
74- Beale Town Bound: Gus Cannon, Robert Wilkins, Jim Jackson (Hernando) May 27, 2009
75- Abbay & Leatherman Plantation/Robert Johnson (Tunica) May 28, 2009 (10:30 a.m.)
76- Son Thomas (Leland) June 5, 2009 (2 p.m.)
77- Mississippi to Chicago (Chicago) June 11, 2009 (2 p.m.)
78- Chrisman Street (Cleveland) June 22, 2009 (10:30 a.m.)
79- Po' Monkey’s/Juke Joints (Merigold) June 22, 2009 (2:30 p.m.)
80- Baptist Town (Greenwood) July 14, 2009 (10 a.m.)
81- Sam Cooke (Clarksdale) August 7, 2009 (2 p.m.)
82- Otha Turner (Como) August 29, 2009 (11 a.m.)
83- Papa Lightfoot & the Natchez Blues (Natchez) September 4, 2009 (7 p.m.)
84- Club Ebony (Indianola) September 7, 2009 (1:30 p.m.)
85- Charles Evers and the Blues (Fayette) September 23, 2009 (11 a.m.)
86- Sam Chatmon/Blue Front club area (Hollandale) October 2, 2009
87- Ace Records (Jackson) October 5, 2009 (3:30 p.m.)
88- Mississippi to Helena/King Biscuit Time (Helena, Arkansas) October 9, 2009 (2 p.m.)
89- Bukka White (Houston) October 16, 2009 (10 a.m.)
90- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues: Bukka White, Howlin’ Wolf, Albert King (Aberdeen) October 16 , 2009 (4. p.m.)
91- Gold Coast/’Cross the River (Brandon) October 22, 2009 (9 a.m.)
92- Elder Roma Wilson & Reverend Leon Pinson (New Albany) October 26, 2009
93- Summit Street (McComb) November 6, 2009
94- Woodville Blues: Scott Dunbar, Lester Young, William Grant Still (Woodville) November 18, 2009 (11 a.m.)
95- W.C. Handy Encounters the Blues/Sonny Boy Williamson No. 2 grave site (Tutwiler) November 25, 2009 (11:30 a.m.)
96- Harlem Inn (Winstonville) December 4, 2009 (1 p.m.)
97- Henry Townsend (Shelby) December 4, 2009 (2 p.m.)
98- Marcus Bottom/Vicksburg Blues (Vicksburg) December 9, 2009
Note: Although many markers are listed under the name of a single artist or site, several different artists are usually named on each marker. The Henry Townsend marker, for instance, also mentions the following singers and musicians who were born in or lived in Shelby: Erma Franklin, Choker Campbell, Hattie Littles, Gus "Jo Jo" Murray, Tenry Johns ("The King Kong Rocker"), Gerald Wilson, and Willie Kent.
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