The first time most of us traveled to Mississippi on a Blues pilgrimage, the directions went something like this. “Turn left at the second cotton field, follow the dirt road for a bit and look for the wooden church with the graveyard on the right.” In 2003, the Mississippi Blues Commission was created as a state agency to ensure that the thousands of Blues fans who travel to the state could follow Blues history through a series of markers. This statewide system of trail markers features either a significant Blues musician or area important to the development of the Blues. While traveling from site to site, visitors can read detailed information about the State’s seminal Blues artists. With the most up-to-date biographic information available, the State hopes that these markers will pay homage to these sites and keep the Blues alive for future Blues fans.
