Backroads of American Music

• Jimmie Lunceford's Memphis

  Imagine the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown without Willie Mays, or the courtyard of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood without the imprints of Jimmy Durante's nose or Marilyn Monroe's hands. Our own walk of fame down on Beale Street... Posted Sep 24 2007, 03:46 PM by Preston with | with no comments Filed under: Memphis, Tennessee, Genres, Regions, Sites, Jazz, Jimmie Lunceford

• Holt Cemetery, New Orleans

  527 City Park Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana 70119 Holt Cemetery is basically a potter's field-- the final resting place for some of New Orleans poor and indigent peoples for over a century. Because it's a cemetery for the poor, people are buried... Posted Sep 19 2007, 08:02 PM by Preston with | with no comments Filed under: Genres, Regions, Sites, Soul, Louisana, New Orleans, Jazz, Buddy Bolden, Jessie Hill, Holt Cemetery

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