Delta Blues Museum
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The museum is located in the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Passenger Depot, also known as Illinois Central Passenger Depot or Clarksdale Passenger Depot, which was built in 1926 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]
Museum
The museum houses many artifacts related to the blues, notably the shack where blues legend Muddy Waters purportedly lived in his youth on Stovall Plantation, near Clarksdale. The shack was restored to structural stability through the intercession of Isaac Tigrett, the House of Blues owner, and transported from Stovall Plantation on a tour of HoB venues before being returned to Mississippi to the museum and rebuilt inside.
There is a 2003 30-minute documentary of the same name.
In 2013, a marker was placed outside of the museum as part of the Mississippi Blues Trail.[2]
The museum has been visited by many notable artists such as Eric Clapton and Paul Simon. The Texas-based rock band ZZ Top, especially front man Billy Gibbons, have made this museum their pet project and have raised thousands of dollars in support.
The museum also focuses on educating young people interested in learning to play musical instruments.
Railroad building
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See also
- List of music museums
- Mississippi Blues Trail
- Yazoo & Mississippi Depot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- KFFA (AM)
- Ground Zero Blues Club
- National Blues Museum
- Clarksdale Walk of Fame
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External links
- Official website
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- Mississippi Delta Blues Society
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