Mississippi Announces New Blues Trail Website
The Mississippi Development Authority’s Tourism Division announced the Mississippi Blues Trail Web site is now available for visitors looking to create memorable trips. The site is availableat www.msbluestrail.org, www.msbluestrail.com, and www.msbluescommission.org.
The site includes a welcome video montage from B.B. King, Marty Stuart, Denise LaSalle, Dorothy Moore, Bobby Rush, Robert Plant and Charlie Musselwhite. A search function allows Web users to find sites by town or artist name. A featured marker section shows interesting photos from marker unveilings. Event lovers will find a calendar of blues-related happenings.
There is a section that has links with information on blues museums both in Mississippi and those out-of-state where Mississippi Blues Trail markers are located. The map section that allow users to view Google maps with the exact placement of the marker or the ability to zoom out and see other markers in the area, plus information from nearby convention and visitors bureaus for places to stay, eat and other area attractions. And for the visually impaired, a link to pages where information from each marker can be enlarged or saved as a file to be opened and read aloud in Acrobat Reader.
The Mississippi Blues Trail is a museum without walls taking visitors on a musical history journey through Mississippi. The trail started with the first official marker in Holly Ridge, the resting place of the blues guitarist Charley Patton, to the hundredth marker honoring Cassandra Wilson in Jackson. The trail winds its way to sites honoring B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Son House and more.
To view the new Mississippi Blues Trail site on the Internet, click one of the new addresses or go through the Mississippi Development Authority’s Tourism site, www.visitmississippi.org. To reach the Mississippi Development Authority’s Tourism Heritage Trails office in Jackson, contact Alex Thomas at 601-359-3297 or athomas@mississippi.org.
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