Jimmy Buffett was born in Pascagoula, MS and graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1969. Mississippi was also home to Malaco Records, a well-known indie R&B label. Soul singer and songwriter Jerry Butler was born in Sunflower. Electric blues singer and guitarist Little Milton was born in Inverness.
R&B singer Rufus Thomas was born in Cayce. McComb was the birthplace of Bo Diddley (d.2008), a highly influential early rock and roll artist. The Leake County Revelers' brand of folk music saw some national popularity late in the 1930s, at around the same time as Mississippi native Jimmie Rodgers innovated modern country music. Country blues artist Robert Wilkins and Songster Jim Jackson of Hernando made influential recordings in the late 1920s-1930s. The fiddle and banjo are common folk instruments in Mississippi, which has also seen some development as a gospel, country music, and Appalachian folk music center. The hip hop scene of Mississippi is rare but includes performers such as David Banner, Dear Silas, and more. The Delta blues is the style most closely associated with the state, and includes performers like Charley Patton, Robert Johnson (buried in Greenwood, MS), David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Willie Brown, Tommy Johnson, Ishmon Bracey, Bo Carter, Sam Chatmon, Mississippi John Hurt, Furry Lewis, Son House, Skip James, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Pinetop Perkins, and B.B. Mississippi is best known as the home of the blues which developed among the freed African Americans in the latter half of the 19th century and beginning 20th century. JSTOR ( February 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: "Music of Mississippi" – news Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.
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