"The music that has flowed up Highway 61 is truly historic," Ferris said. His most recent book, Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues , is a compilation of short memoirs of the ...

The Blues Highway is a journey through the history of American music. The three-part series follows the US Highway 61, from New Orleans through the Mississippi Delta.

Just 20 minutes to the west, the small town of Leland is worth a visit to hear Pat Thomas, son of famed bluesman James "Son" Thomas, play his father's music at the Highway 61 Blues Museum.

Although U.S. 61 begins in New Orleans and runs through Baton Rouge, the portion known as the Blues Highway starts around Vicksburg, Mississippi, and moves north through the Delta to ...

GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi, which hosted the Music Tourism Convention earlier this year, is set to unveil a groundbreaking exhibit titled “Highway 61: Traveling America’s Music Highway” on Friday, ...

Discover showtimes, read reviews, watch trailers, find streaming options, and see where to watch Blues Highway (1994). Explore cast details and learn more on Moviefone.

The aim of my journey for the book Highway 61: Crossroads on the Blues Highway was to explore the history of that country’s most important indigenous musical ... It was a reminder of the “killing ...

As I drive my rented Dodge Hornet south on Highway 61 across the flat Mississippi Delta, the region’s famous native son B.B. King croons “Why I Sing the Blues” on the radio. Music that ...

The Great River Road. The Blues Highway. Route 61. The 1,400-mile stretch of open road that runs from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Wyoming, Minnesota, is known by names, and like ...

Driving his Chevrolet Nova up and down Highway 61 in Mississippi, William Ferris stopped at churches and juke joints and penitentiaries to record the music he found. In his new book, Give My Poor ...

Although U.S. 61 begins in New Orleans and runs through Baton Rouge, the portion known as the Blues Highway starts around Vicksburg, Mississippi, and moves north through the Delta to ...