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Delta Blues Inspires W.C. Handy

200 Court St., Cleveland, MS, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 33° 44' 40.722", -90° 43' 28.4988"
  Mississippi State Historical Marker
 
    Mississippi State
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While leading his orchestra at a dance on this site c. 1905, Handy was unable to perform requested blues numbers. A local band stepped in and stole the show. “My enlightenment came in Cleveland. That night an American composer was born,” he wrote. Handy later penned such blues classics as Memphis Blues and St. Louis Blues.

Last updated: 6/17/2009 10:15:00
   
     
 
Delta Blues Inspires W.C. Handy Historical Marker Location Map, Cleveland, Mississippi