The 3rd annual music pilgrimage to the Birthplace of America’s Music has begun and Blind Mississippi Morris is back in Tunica for another great evening of live blues music. Named as one of the 10 best harmonica players in the world by Bluzharp magazine, Morris will perform from one of the Delta’s most unique venues – the Gateway to the Blues Visitor Center Stage alongside Blues Highway 61 on Wednesday, October 8th at 5:30 pm.
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The thermometers rise has not cooled off the progress from here alongside Blues Highway 61 at the Gateway to the Blues Visitor Center and soon to be Museum. In fact, August has seen this project get hotter than a Mississippi Delta Juke Joint on a Saturday night!
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It’s been about twenty years or so since I commented to my then wife to be, “look around you, is this not the most beautiful place on earth!” The comment was made during one of our late afternoon trips through the Mississippi Delta.
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The Gateway to the Blues Visitor Center opened recently in Tunica County on US Highway 61. The center marks the first phase of a project that will transform what was a visitors center much like other visitors centers across the state into a cultural center and museum that authentically conveys the rich music history of the Mississippi Delta.
The basic structure of the Gateway to the Blues Visitor Center is a turn-of-the-century wood-frame train depot. It was moved from Dundee, Miss. and renovated to become the new center.
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The 2nd Annual Golf & Blues Week is fast approaching and there are just a few spots left.
Play all Day & Party all Night! Join us for a fun-filled week of golf and blues, October 9 – 15, 2011.
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If you visit our offices at the Tunica Visitor Center anytime soon, you will see construction. You’ll also see a historic Mississippi wood frame train depot, built at the end of the 19th century, that was moved recently from Dundee, Mississippi, to be renovated and become the Gateway to the Blues Visitor Center.
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