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Mural in the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame The Hall of Fame Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame Legendary Musicians Book Cover The Great Mississippi Jazz Guitarists Reunion CD Lucille, Lu and Rick Lewis playing at the MMHF museum at the Jackson Evers Airport Lucille, Rick Lewis, Lu Ingram of the Lucille Band playing for the show recorded by Walt Grayson. Walt Grayson's film crew filming the concert Rick Lewis, drummer for Lucille. King Edward, Blues musician, playing at the MMHF Aiport Museum. King Edward and Carty McMullen King Edward with Dr. Jim Brewer King Edward, Carty McMullen and Dr. Brewer King Edward, Blues musician. MMHF Board meeting held at the Airport Museum Dr. Jim Brewer Bill Howlin Madd Perry, blues musician, sporting his MMHF shirt along with Peggy Brown, Director of the MMHF. Honey Boy Edwards Pine Top Perkins rehearsing Ryan Perry of Homemade Jamz from Tupelo. Abdul Rasheed of the Houserockers on the left. Dr. Alphonso Sanders on the right, 2009 Second place winner in the solo/duo competition in the International Blues Challenge. Ben Payton, blues musician. Grady Champion, vocalist and harmonica player with Ben Payton. Dr. Alphonso Sanders and Mickey Rogers, blues guitarist. London Moffett and James Evans of the Houserockers of Subway fame. Deidra Hurdle, vocalist, and Billy Gibson, vocalist and harmonica player. B.B. King King Edward and Blind Mississippi Morris T-Model Ford Lightnin' Malcolm, vocalist and guitar player. The late, legendary Willie King, Peggy Brown and Lightnin' Malcolm. Homemade Jamz Robert Melvin Housecat Hendrix, keys and vocals. Cedric Burnside, drummer and vocalist. Chris Gill, vocalist and guitar player. Blues legend, Dorothy Moore. Eden Brent, keyboard player and vocalist, with Dorothy Moore. Bluesman, Mickey Rogers. Bonnie Raitt, friend of MS Musicians. Eddie Cotton, one of the Williams Brothers, DMar The Williams Brothers The Williams Brothers Pine Top Perkins - blues inductee Pine Top Perkins - blues inductee Rufus McKay of The Red Tops accompanied by Ben Shaw Ace Cannon - The Godfather of the Saxophone Ace Cannon Dr. Jim Brewer - Founder and Chair of the MMHF Mac McAnally, singer and songwriter, and Peggy Brown.Dr. Jim Brewer, Chairman and Founder of the MMHF, standing with the sign at the Jackson/Evers International Airport. Dr. Jim Brewer, Chairman and Founder of the MMHF. Governor Haley Barbour and Dr. Jim Brewer at the unveiling ceremony for the new State welome signs. Gov. Barbour and blues guitarist, Ben Payton. Blues guitarist Ben Payton and members of the Gov's staff at the unveiling ceremony. Bill Howlin Madd Perry, blues musician, sporting his MMHF shirt along with Peggy Brown, Director of the MMHF. Pine Top Perkins - 96 year old Blues piano player from Belzoni. Inducted in 2005. Marie Dixon, wife of the late Wille Dixon. Willie Dixon, born in Vicksburg, was a bass player and profilic song writer whose songs were recorded by many blues musicians and rock bands. Super Chikan Super Chikan and band Super Chikan and band Vasti Jackson Honey Boy Edwards receiving MMHF Induction plaque for 2008 induction. Honey Boy is a blues guitarist and vocalist born in Shaw, Ms in 1915. Peggy Brown, Director of the MMHF presenting the induction plaque to Honey Boy at the HWY. 61 Blues Festival in Leland, MS. Vera Johnson Collins receiving induction for her uncle Tommy Johnson. Tommy Johnson, blues guitarist and vocalist is a 2008 inductee. He was a blues legend born in Terry, MS in 1896. Vera Johnson Collins, and another Tommy Johnson family member, receiving the induction placque from Peggy Brown, Director of the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. Ace Cannon, Godfather of the Saxophone, receiving his 2008 induction plaque. Ace Cannon and his drummer Replica of Bluesman Robert Johnson's house in Crystal Springs, MS Replica of the Yellow Dog Railroad and a typical house for black field workers on a plantation. Railroad blues songs were the second most popular blues songs. Tutwiler train station where W.C. Handy discovered Replica of the Yazoo Delta train that played a large part in the movement of blues musicians in the early days of the development of blues music. Slideshow for Web by VisualLightBox.com v4.4

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