Holly Ridge, Mississippi

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Holly Ridge is an unincorporated community in Sunflower County, Mississippi. It is located in the Mississippi Delta, approximately five miles west of Indianola.

Blues history

The early Delta blues guitarist and singer, Charley Patton (1891–1934), is buried in Holly Ridge. The Mississippi Blues Trail placed its first historic marker at the cemetery in dedication to his iconic status as a bluesman.{{cite web

|url=http://home.nestor.minsk.by/jazz/news/2006/12/1303.html

|title=Haley Barbour Unveils First Marker of Mississippi Blues Trail

|publisher=Jazz News

|accessdate=2007-02-09

}} Fellow blues musicians, Willie James Foster (1921–2001) and Asie Payton (1937–1997), the latter of whom lived in the community, are also buried in the same cemetery.{{cite web

|url=http://www.visitmississippi.org/music/MBTmapbrochure1s.pdf

|title=Introducing the Mississippi Blues Trail

|publisher=Mississippi Blues Commission

|accessdate=2008-01-05

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529055826/http://www.visitmississippi.org/music/MBTmapbrochure1s.pdf

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References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20131021162529/http://www.cr.nps.gov/delta/blues/sites/delta_sites.htm Photo Charley Patton's grave]

Category:Unincorporated communities in Sunflower County, Mississippi

Category:Unincorporated communities in Mississippi

Category:Mississippi Blues Trail