Blues Locations

Details and images of towns, localities and areas historically related to the blues, incorporating blues trail markers, state historical association markers, background information about the town and associated blues musicians, and photo galleries. Where appropriate there are also some details of musicians of other genre (gospel, soul, rock, etc.).

All location photography is from my personal collection taken during numerous Stateside trips.

Click on the following to see the list of locations for each state:

 

Alabama

including Birmingham and Montgomery

 

 

Arkansas

including Helena

 

 

California

including Los Angeles and San Francisco

 

 

Georgia

including Atlanta, Columbus, Macon and Statesboro

 

 

Illinois

including Cairo and Chicago

 

 

Louisiana

including New Orleans

 

 

Mississippi

including Clarksdale, Cleveland, Dockery Farms, Hazlehurst, Indianola, Jackson, Moorhead, Oxford and Port Gibson

 

 

Missouri

including St. Louis

 

 

 

Ohio

including Cincinnati

 

 

North Carolina

including Durham

 

 

South Carolina

including Charleston

 

 

Tennessee

including Chattanooga, Jackson, Memphis and Nashville

 

 

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Notes

1.  Several details of locations in the section are taken from Wikipedia articles reproduced here for educational use only, augmented with photographs and links by Alan White

2.  Source:  www.wikipedia.org  – used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license (CC-BY-SA);