MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2009 By
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2009 By: Senator(s) Chassaniol, Ward, Hewes, To: Rules Carmichael, Watson, Burton, Butler, Dearing, Fillingane, Jackson (32nd) SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 700 1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE LEGACY OF KOSCIUSKO 2 BLUES ARTIST CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE ON THE OCCASION OF THE UNVEILING 3 OF HIS MISSISSIPPI BLUES TRAIL MARKER. 4 WHEREAS, on Friday, April 24, 2009, the Mississippi 5 Development Authority Tourism Heritage Trails Program, the 6 Mississippi Blues Commission and the Kosciusko-Attala Development 7 Corporation unveiled a Mississippi Blues Trail marker in honor of 8 legendary Kosciusko blues artist Charlie Musselwhite; and 9 WHEREAS, Charlie Musselwhite lived with his family in 10 Kosciusko until they moved to Memphis, Tennessee, in the fall of 11 1947, when he was three. Attracted to the blues as a teenager in 12 Memphis, Musselwhite learned guitar and harmonica and sought out 13 the blues singers he had read about in the book The Country Blues 14 by Sam Charters, who later produced Musselwhite's debut album. 15 Will Shade, Furry Lewis and Memphis Willie B. (Borum) became his 16 first mentors; and 17 WHEREAS, in November of 1962, Musselwhite moved to Chicago in 18 search of employment, first settling in the Uptown area where many 19 white Southern migrants lived. He was soon immersed in the 20 African-American music and lifestyle of the South Side, however, 21 in 1964, he moved there to be closer to the blues action; and 22 WHEREAS, in 1963-1964, he roomed at the Jazz Record Mart and 23 the Old Wells Records Shop with Big Joe Williams, one of many 24 former Mississippians residing in the Windy City.
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