The Mississippi Country Music Trail

Philadelphia native Marty Stuart began his country music career as a teenage mandolin player with Lester Flatt before becoming a Grand Ole Opry star, “hillbilly rock” hitmaker, accomplished songwriter, multi-instrumentalist bandleader, and prolific collector of country music memorabilia. […]

Moe Bandy became one of country music’s most popular singers of the 1970s and ‘80s. He was successful as a solo recording artist, as a member of the “Moe and Joe” duo with Joe Stampley, and later as a prime […]

Rod Brasfield was the Grand Ole Opry’s top male comedian from 1947-1958 as a beloved sad sack foil for Red Foley and Hank Williams and a comic sparring partner for Minnie Pearl and June Carter. […]

Since its founding in 1987, the Sparta Opry has hosted more than 100 country, bluegrass, blues, and gospel performances. The volunteer-led and staffed Opry has become an institution for the small town of 200 residents and a beloved destination for […]

The promise of country music stardom in Nashville attracted many performers, songwriters and producers from nearby Mississippi, including Jimmie Rodgers, Tammy Wynette, Charley Pride, Moe Bandy, and Faith Hill […]

Mississippi Country Music Trail – Billy Ray Reynolds Trail Marker Location: Mount Olive Marker Front: Guitarist, singer, and songwriter Billy Ray Reynolds of Mount Olive arrived in Nashville in the 1970s, just as the “outlaw” movement in country music was […]

Charley Pride recorded fifty-two top-ten singles, twenty-eight of them hit the top of the charts. Singing honky tonk songs in his remarkable baritone, Charley Pride became a country music legend and the genre’s most successful African American artist. […]

Mississippi Country Music Trail – Chris LeDoux Trail Marker Location: Biloxi Marker Front: Born in Biloxi, Chris LeDoux (1948-2005), the Singing Bronc Rider, pursued dreams of success as both a competitive rodeo cowboy and latter day Western singing star and […]