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Encyclopedia > Delta Blues Museum

The Delta Blues Museum exists to collect, preserve, and provide public access to and awareness of the blues. It is located in Clarksdale, Mississippi in a circa-1918 brick building that was previously a railroad depot. It was completely renovated in 1998.


External link

  • Official Web Site (http://www.deltabluesmuseum.org)

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This is where legend has it that Delta Blues King Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil, and Abraham Davis surrendered his soul to God, and his family business still prospers after 75 years.
She was considered to be the Empress of the Blues, the greatest and most influential female singer of the 1920s.
Blues legend W.C. Handy is said to have transcribed the first blues song here and blues queen Bessie Smith died here in a tragic accident.
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