Morris "Blind Mississippi Morris" Cummings (b. May 10, 1966) is an American blues artist born in Greenwood, Mississippi. Cummings lost his sight at the age of four, but that didn’t stop him from learning the blues. Morris has become a popular blues act on Beale Street. Morris and his band, the Pocket Rockets, are known as the "real deal from Beale". Morris has a talented lineage. His cousins, Robert and Mary Diggs, led the Memphis Sheiks, and his Aunt Mary Tanner played with the Harps of Melody. Morris is also a cousin of the late Willie Dixon. Morris is the very embodiment of the Delta bluesman. He has been called a new disciple of the Delta blues, he was rated one of the 10 best harmonica players in the world by Bluzharp magazine. He has peformed with legendary artists B.B. King, Rufus Thomas, Howlin' Wolf, David Porter and many other Memphis artist. May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the full twelve note chromatic scale plus the microtonal intervals and a characteristic eight and twelve-bar chord progression. ... Greenwood is situated in Leflore County, Mississippi at the eastern edge of the Mississippi Delta, approximately 96 miles north of Jackson, Mississippi, and 130 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee. ... Beale Street is a street in Memphis, Tennessee and a significant location in black history and the history of the blues. ... Willie Dixons style of blues was one of the inspirations for a new generation of music, rock and roll. ... Delta blues are named for the Mississippi Delta. ... Riley B. King aka B. B. King (b. ... Rufus 1990 album for Alligator Records, That Woman Is Poison! Rufus Thomas (March 26, 1917 – December 15, 2001) was a rhythm and blues and soul singer from Memphis, Tennessee, who recorded on Sun Records in the 1950s and on Stax Records in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), better known as Howlin Wolf or sometimes, The Howlin Wolf, was an influential blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and harmonica player. ...

External links

• Blind Mississippi Morris - Icehouse Records
• Blind Mississippi Morris - You Know I Like That CD
• Blind Mississippi Morris - IMDB Filmography
• Blind Mississippi Morris - Live Review
• Memphis Rock & Soul Museum