Gulfport was once home to an active blues and rhythm & blues scene, particularly in the North Gulfport area. John Lee ” Jaimoe” Johnson famed drummer with the Allman Brothers Band, was raised in Gulfport, as was the band’s onetime […]
The Mississippi Gulf Coast Blues & Heritage Festival, one of the longest running blues festivals in the Deep South, was founded in 1991 by the Mississippi Gulf Coast Blues Commission, Inc. Since 1991 this festival has featured southern soul, blues, […]
Mississippi Blues Trail – Moss Point Blues
Moss Point
Moss Point was a center of African American music even before the city was incorporated in 1901, producing an abundance of talented musicians. […]
Mississippi Blues Trail – Ocean Springs Blues
Ocean Springs
Music has been an integral component of the Ocean Springs legacy as a cradle of the arts and a sponsor of festive celebrations. Notable African-American musicians born in Ocean Springs include Jaimoe (Johnnie Lee Johnson), a founding member of the […]
Mississippi Blues Trail – Lil Green
Port Gibson
Lil Green was one of the nation’s best-loved African-American singers of her era, hailed in an Apollo Theater ad as “the greatest of all blues singers” when she appeared in Harlem in 1943. […]
Brookhaven has been home to a diverse array of singers and musicians in the blues and related genres. […]
Mississippi Blues Trail – Mel Brown
Waterloo, Ontario
Mississippi Blues Trail – Mel Brown Trail Marker Location: Waterloo, Ontario Marker Front: Mississippi-born guitarist Mel Brown compiled a remarkable resume in blues, jazz, funk and country music during his decades of touring and recording in America with a host […]
Mississippi Blues Trail – B.B. King Museum Trail Marker Location: Indianola Marker Front: In the early 2000s, a group of locals organized to plan a museum that would celebrate King. The famously humble musician was initially resistant, but King ultimately […]
Mississippi Blues Trail – Grits & Gravy Trail Marker Location: Clinton Marker Front: Grits & Gravy was a historic recording studio housed in the building that once was the Hilltop Theatre. Before it was demolished in 2013, the structure also […]
Mississippi Blues Trail – Junior Kimbrough
Holly Springs
Trail Marker Holly Springs Marker Front: A distinctive artist whose “cotton patch blues” had a hypnotic quality, David Kimbrough, Jr. (1930-1998) was born in Hudsonville and played actively at clubs in the Holly Springs area beginning in the 1950s. During […]
Learn more information about this great destination or click below to save it to your Trip Planner!
