'da House of Khafre
103-105 Main Street
Indianola,
MS
38751
662-887-2900
662-347-8198
www.khafre.us
At 'da House of Khafre, enjoy cultural arts entertainment at "da House Party" every Friday and Saturday from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m. on the Front Porch Stage. "Family Night" is held every Friday night from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. Browse "Afrocentricity: African Art Boutique" Thursday through Sunday from 12 p.m. until 6 p.m. or by appointment. Their Delta g...
“Cast of the Blues” Masks – Ewing Hall
Ewing Hall Delta State University
Cleveland,
MS
38733
668-846-4311
The "life casts" are exact replicas of blues musicians faces, created using damp gauze and plaster. The results are astonishing, three-dimensional images of the facial structure of the musicians. This collection features 55 life casts of a disappearing generation of blues performers.
Aaron Cotton Company
311 Delta Avenue
Clarksdalle,
MS
38614
662-902-9069
Visit the Cotton Museum and learn about the history of cotton and the crops relationship to Blues music.
B. B. King Birthplace Blues Trail Marker
Berclair (Leflore County),
MS
The long and remarkable life of B. B. King began near this site, where he was born Riley B. King on September 16, 1925. His parents, Albert and Nora Ella King, were sharecropers who lived in a simple home southeast of here along Bear Creek. After his parents separated when he was four, King lived in Kilmichael and Lexington before moving as a tee...
B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center
The B.B. King Museum is 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. Centered around the last standing brick cotton gin in Mississippi, the Museum uses...
B.B. King's Corner and Mississippi Blues Trail Marker
Corner of Church St. and Second St.
Indianola,
MS
38751
662-887-9539
"Like a good fishing hole" is the way B.B. King described this spot where he played blues to passersby early in his career. Located on the corner of Church and Second streets and across from the historic Sunflower County Courthouse, this location attracted an audience that would encourage the career of one of America's most influential musicians.
Big Walter Horton Blues Marker
Big Walter Horton, also known as Walter "Shakey Horton" was born in Horn Lake, moved to Memphis as a child and then on to Chicago where he first appeared on the blues scene in the late 1950's. A quiet, unassuming, and essentially shy man, Horton is remembered as one of the most influential harmonica players in the history of blues. His career...
Blue Front Cafe
107 East Railroad Ave
Bentonia,
MS
39040
(662) 528-1900
Founded in 1948, the Blue Front Café offers live Delta blues including the unique Bentonia-style, the genre of such Blues greats as Skip James, Jack Owens and Bud Spires. Also the site of the annual Bentonia Blues Festival, held on the 3rd Saturday each June in Bentonia. For a live entertainment schedule contact Jimmy "Duck" Holm...
Blues & More Driving Tour
Take the backroads. Start your tour from Cleveland. Take a guided driving tour of the 13 Mississippi Blues Trail Markers throughout Bolivar County. Experience the history of where the roots of American Music took shape.
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Blues Trail Markers
The Mississippi Blues Trail Markers tell stories through words and images of bluesmen and womena nd how the places where they lived and the times in which they existed- and continue to exist- influenced their music. The sites run the gamut from city streets to cotton fields, train depots to cemeteries, and clubs to churches. We have a lot to share,...