Backroads of American Music

• Jerry Lee Lewis Home, Nesbit, Mississippi

  The Lewis Ranch 1595 Malone Rd Nesbit, MS (About 30 minutes south of Memphis) When I pilgrimate to Jerry Lee Lewis’s home in Nesbit, Mississippi, I’m never sure whether I want The Killer to be home or not. On one hand, it would be nice to know that I... Posted Oct 04 2007, 11:58 AM by The Millington Kid with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Regions, Sites, Mississippi, North Mississippi, Jerry Lee Lewis

• Charley Nelson: Piney Woods Piano Man

  Charley Nelson will not be playing at a juke joint near you. It would be unfair to leave his story out of the Backroads project on such a technicality, though. Nelson’s an 88-year-old master of the 88s. He lives on land his parents bought in the piney... Posted Oct 03 2007, 12:59 PM by Preston with | with no comments Filed under: Artists, Genres, Regions, Mississippi, Blues, South Mississippi, Charley Nelson

• Natchez Rhythm Club Fire Monument

  Disaster struck Natchez, Mississippi the night of April 23, 1940. About 300 mostly African-American dancers packed the Rhythm Club to swing to the popular Walter Barnes and His Royal Creolians Orchestra. As the Natchez Democrat reported next day: “The... Posted Sep 27 2007, 06:33 AM by Preston with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Regions, Sites, Mississippi, Howlin' Wolf, Natchez Fire Monument, Natchez, Alan Lomax, Elmo Williams

• Gus Cannon's home and final resting place

  Gus Cannon's Memphis, 1331 Hyde Park Avenue, Memphis, and Oak Grove M.B. Church, Nesbit, Mississippi Gus Cannon [pictured left with Jim Stewart and Sam Phillips in one of the greatest Memphis music photos ever] is listed at this North Memphis address... Posted Sep 24 2007, 03:52 PM by Preston with | with no comments Filed under: Memphis, Tennessee, Regions, Sites, Mississippi, Hill Country, Banjo, Gus Cannon

• Red’s Lounge

  395 Sunflower Avenue Clarksdale, Mississippi Mississippi’s a strange place. Now, you might ask “what other obscured truths will you reveal, o swami? Summer hot? Sky blue? Hobo like ham sandwich?” Okay, our minister of the obvious here at Backroads has... Posted Jun 22 2007, 03:13 AM by Preston with | with no comments Filed under: Venues, Regions, Clarksdale, Mississippi, Blues, Mississippi Delta, Super Chikan, Red's Lounge, Juke Joints

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