Blues Musicians Graves

Blues fans may want to visit the graves of blues musicians. Here are some of the blues musicians’ graves we have visited so far.

Mississippi John Hurt's grave, Avalon, Mississippi, with tributes left by fans.
Mississippi John Hurt’s grave, Avalon, Mississippi, with tributes left by fans.

Here are the blues musicians’ graves we have included on the site so far:

Mississippi Fred McDowell's grave, near Como, Panola County, Mississippi
Mississippi Fred McDowell‘s grave, Hammond Hill Missionary Baptist Church cemetery, near Como, Panola County, Mississippi
Sonny Boy Williamson grave near Tutwiler, Mississippi. The grave stone was placed by Lillian McMurray, whose Trumpet Records label made the first Sonny Boy Williamson recordings.
Sonny Boy Williamson grave near Tutwiler, Mississippi. The grave stone was placed by Lillian McMurray, whose Trumpet Records label made the first Sonny Boy Williamson recordings.
Booker "Bukka" White grave, New Park Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee
Booker “Bukka” White grave, New Park Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee

There are organizations making efforts to place markers on the graves of blues musicians which are unmarked.

One of these organizations is the Mt. Zion Memorial Fund, which place the Mississippi Fred McDowell gravestone shown above, along with a number of other grave markers. See the Mt. Zion Memorial Fund website for more details.

Here is a video about another such organization, The Killer Blues Headstone Project

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