Mississippi Delta Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
northwest section of the U.S. state of Mississippi
About Mississippi Delta
The blues; the famous Mississippi Delta juke joints. This section of the country is poor economically, but the birthplace of the blues has more culture than some entire U.S. states. Modern American music—and hence modern music the world over—traces its roots right back here, to the old juke joints of Mississippi. These rural bars, in cinder-block or wood structures just about as poor as their customers, were where black Mississipians would escape from their hard lives of hard work with a good dose of music, alcohol, back-room gambling, the occasional fight, and cavorting with some members of the opposite sex. The word juke is believed to come from the Gullah wordjoogfor rowdy—and it was these rowdy run-down joints that bred the music that was the soul of black America and would become the
Mississippi Delta Travel Guide Sections
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