{"id":2717,"date":"2020-02-18T13:47:16","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T19:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visitms.azurewebsites.net\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2717"},"modified":"2023-03-22T12:00:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T17:00:38","slug":"discover-americas-music-roots-in-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/experiences\/discover-americas-music-roots-in-mississippi\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover America&#8217;s Music Roots in Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DAY 1 \u2022 MEMPHIS \u2013 TUPELO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow advgb-dyn-a4a98319\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20210427-elvis-presley-statue-night-tupelo-mississippi-17-Edit-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18000 lazyload\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20210427-elvis-presley-statue-night-tupelo-mississippi-17-Edit-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18000 lazyload\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20210427-elvis-presley-statue-night-tupelo-mississippi-17-Edit-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20210427-elvis-presley-statue-night-tupelo-mississippi-17-Edit-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20210427-elvis-presley-statue-night-tupelo-mississippi-17-Edit-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20210427-elvis-presley-statue-night-tupelo-mississippi-17-Edit-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20210427-elvis-presley-statue-night-tupelo-mississippi-17-Edit-540x360.jpg 540w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20210427-elvis-presley-statue-night-tupelo-mississippi-17-Edit.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tupelo, Mississippi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow advgb-dyn-fa7352ae\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<p class=\"advgb-dyn-fdaa93de wp-block-paragraph\">Once you cross the state line into the Birthplace of America\u2019s Music, make your way to Tupelo where you can explore the hometown of the King of Rock n\u2019 Roll, Elvis Presley. Start the day at the all-encompassing Elvis Presley Center, which includes the humble, two-room house where Elvis was born, Elvis Presley Park and the Elvis Presley Museum and Memorial Chapel.<br><br>Take a short drive downtown to visit the hardware store where Elvis\u2019 mother Gladys purchased his first guitar. Stand where Elvis stood when he first held it. A couple of blocks down Main Street is the Fairpark District where you can find the larger than life statue of Elvis based on his 1956 Homecoming Concert at the Tupelo Fairgrounds. The statue offers a wonderful photo opportunity to commemorate your Tupelo trip.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DAY 2 \u2022 TUPELO &#8211; OXFORD &#8211; CLARKSDALE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow advgb-dyn-fbd9d57a\" style=\"flex-basis:38.46%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large advgb-dyn-41a3ca6a\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/clarksdale-crossroads-6-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18006 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/clarksdale-crossroads-6-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18006 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/clarksdale-crossroads-6-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/clarksdale-crossroads-6-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/clarksdale-crossroads-6-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/clarksdale-crossroads-6-1536x1018.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/clarksdale-crossroads-6-540x358.jpg 540w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/clarksdale-crossroads-6.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Clarksdale, Mississippi: Devil&#8217;s Crossroads<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow advgb-dyn-404b6174\" style=\"flex-basis:61.54%\">\n<p class=\"advgb-dyn-313eeb9a wp-block-paragraph\">Less than an hour from Tupelo lies Oxford, a charming college town immortalized in the writings of William Faulkner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"advgb-dyn-6f29d31f wp-block-paragraph\">Begin your day with a stroll around the town square, where you can peruse literature at the quaint local bookstore, Square Books, or the musical offerings at the End of All Music record store. Renowned for its culinary offerings, the square has numerous restaurants to choose from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"advgb-dyn-84197e59 wp-block-paragraph\">Before you leave the square, don\u2019t forget to grab a photo with Faulkner \u2013 the town has a bronze statue of the world-famous author on a bench in front of City Hall. You can then walk south of the square and tour his home, Rowan Oak. Originally built in 1844 and sitting on more than 29 acres of land, this is where the great literary mind wrote a few of his masterpieces \u2013 there is even an outline of his novel, A Fable, scribbled on the study wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"advgb-dyn-43d26c23 wp-block-paragraph\">From Rowan Oak, hop on University Avenue and head towards the University of Mississippi campus, known as \u201cOle Miss.\u201d Tour the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, a research center for Southern Music, literature and folklore, then visit the University of Mississippi Blues Archive, the only research facility in the country dedicated to the study of the blues. The archive houses artifacts, photographs, recordings and the personal collections of blues legend and Mississippi native, B.B. King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"advgb-dyn-e91d2ebe wp-block-paragraph\">Depart Oxford and head east towards Clarksdale in the Mississippi Delta region, where the blues was born.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DAY 3 \u2022 CLARKSDALE \u2013 CLEVELAND \u2013 INDIANOLA \u2013 GREENWOOD \u2013 YAZOO CITY \u2013 JACKSON<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow advgb-dyn-fbd9d57a\" style=\"flex-basis:38.46%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large advgb-dyn-6f2a1dce\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GRAMMY-SMALL-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16849 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GRAMMY-SMALL-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16849 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GRAMMY-SMALL-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GRAMMY-SMALL-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GRAMMY-SMALL-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GRAMMY-SMALL-540x360.jpg 540w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GRAMMY-SMALL.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow advgb-dyn-a0195922\" style=\"flex-basis:61.54%\">\n<p class=\"advgb-dyn-da3736a5 wp-block-paragraph\">Once home to blues greats like Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, W.C. Handy, Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson and Howlin\u2019 Wolf, Clarksdale is a mecca for modern day fans. Head for the Delta Blues Museum where you can learn more about these musicians\u2019 beginnings and careers. The museum also houses the actual cabin which served as Muddy Waters\u2019 home as a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"advgb-dyn-938527a9 wp-block-paragraph\">While in downtown Clarksdale, check out Ground Zero Blues Club, a restaurant and club dedicated to showcasing the best of today\u2019s Delta blues musicians. Ground Zero features live blues acts Wednesday through Saturday nights. Depart for your next Delta destination, Cleveland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"advgb-dyn-aa6cd067 wp-block-paragraph\">En route to Cleveland, visit Dockery Farms, a historic plantation listed as the possible birthplace of the blues. Seemingly trapped in time, Dockery Farms offers visitors an authentic look at a full functioning late 19th century farm operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"advgb-dyn-e179fef7 wp-block-paragraph\">From farm to city, make your way into Cleveland proper and check out the state-of-the-art GRAMMY Museum Mississippi. Similar to its sister Museum \u2014 the GRAMMY Museum at L.A. LIVE \u2014 this Mississippi museum is dedicated to exploring the past, present and future of music while casting a spotlight on the deep musical roots of Mississippi. Visitors can engage in a Mississippi-centric display introducing them to the impact of Mississippi&#8217;s songwriters, producers and musicians in the traditional and modern music landscape.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;DAY 4 \u2022 INDIANOLA \u2013 GREENWOOD \u2013 JACKSON \u2013 MERIDIAN<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow advgb-dyn-fbd9d57a\" style=\"flex-basis:38.46%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large advgb-dyn-4ca50d15\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191211-alamo-theater-jackson-mississippi-10-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18013 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191211-alamo-theater-jackson-mississippi-10-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18013 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191211-alamo-theater-jackson-mississippi-10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191211-alamo-theater-jackson-mississippi-10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191211-alamo-theater-jackson-mississippi-10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191211-alamo-theater-jackson-mississippi-10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191211-alamo-theater-jackson-mississippi-10-540x360.jpg 540w, https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191211-alamo-theater-jackson-mississippi-10.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Alamo Theatre Farish Street &#8211; Jackson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow advgb-dyn-81b7a462\" style=\"flex-basis:61.54%\">\n<p class=\"advgb-dyn-c8835202 wp-block-paragraph\">Tour the Highway 61 Blues Museum to learn even more about the Mississippi Delta Blues. Visit the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola where the life and music of the renowned musician is shared along with the rich cultural heritage of the Mississippi Delta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"advgb-dyn-e35fe471 wp-block-paragraph\">Next, follow Highway 82 to Greenwood, home to eight markers on the Mississippi Blues Trail. Tour Greenwood\u2019s Blues Heritage Gallery, dedicated to Robert Johnson, the renowned \u201cKing of the Delta Blues.\u201d Continue through the Delta to Yazoo City and learn about Bentonia Blues and the Skip James connection.<br><br>Press on to downtown Jackson and enjoy blues, rock and country music at one of the local clubs. Local favorite Hal &amp; Mal\u2019s is a premier music venue for acts of all genres which also serves Gulf Coast seafood, poboys, burgers and more. Iron Horse Grill is another favorite for those looking for dinner and live music. Also downtown is F. Jones Corner on historic Farish Street, Martin&#8217;s and Ole Tavern on George Street, all offering live music and bar fare.<br><br>Next stop is Meridian, home of the recently opened, state-of-the-art Mississippi Arts &amp; Entertainment Experience, a 60,000-square-foot facility dedicated to the state\u2019s musicians, actors, writers and other creative artists. The MAX showcases the roots of Mississippi\u2019s most famous contributors to the arts with state-of-the-art interactive exhibits. From Tupelo\u2019s Elvis, to Indianola\u2019s B. B. 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