Backroads of American Music

• Homes of the Stars! Memphis Style

  Article by Preston Lauterbach Photos by Justin Fox Burks As you know, we here at Backroads deeply value the unmarked landmarks of our grand music history. Owing to the Bluff City's unparalleled legacy as a foster of talent, Memphis, Tennessee contains... Posted Apr 13 2008, 02:19 PM by Preston with | with no comments Filed under: Memphis, Sites, Johnny Ace, Regions: Memphis, Booker T. Jones, Aretha Franklin, Memphis Minnie

• Elvis Presley's Memphis Homes

  The Many Memphis Homes of Elvis Presley Elvis left the building. Many times. Although only two of Elvis's many homes, his birthplace in Tupelo and deathplace of Graceland, get sustained publicity, the King spent much of his abbreviated life at other... Posted Oct 08 2007, 09:08 PM by The Millington Kid with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Memphis, Regions, Sites, Elvis

• 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

• "Tell my friend poor Willie Brown" Good Shepherd Church, Prichard, Mississippi

  Good Shepherd Church Prichard, Tunica County, Mississippi Legendary guitarist and singer Willie Brown (August 6, 1900-December 30, 1952) is buried in an unmarked grave in this small cemetery in Tunica County, Mississippi. Robert Johnson name drops Brown... Posted Sep 27 2007, 04:53 PM by Fourdblues with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Regions, Sites, Mississippi Delta, Good Shepherd Church, Robert Johnson, Willie Brown

• 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

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