Although U.S. 61 begins in New Orleans and runs through Baton Rouge, the portion known as the Blues Highway starts around Vicksburg, Mississippi, and moves north through the Delta to Memphis, ...

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In an Aug. 31 piece about Richard Knight's book The Blues Highway, NPR's Jacki Lyden erroneously said that Highway 61 runs from New Orleans to Chicago. In fact, if you travel north on Highway 61, you ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - State Representative John Voss recognized the importance of Highway 61 to Cape Girardeau and Missouri. The resolution was presented to Brenda Newbern at the VisitCape ...

The Great River Road. The Blues Highway. Route 61. The 1,400-mile stretch of open road that runs from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Wyoming, Minnesota, is known by names, and like all great ...

61 highway blues.--Jim and John.--I'm gonna live anyhow 'till I die.--Little Sally Walker.--Old devil's dream.--Po' boy blues.--Fred MacDowell's blues.--Stewball.--God's unchanging hand.--Keep your ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - A mural celebrating 100 years of the “Blues Highway” is underway and you can add to it. VisitCape and Painted Wren Art Gallery is hosting the paint-for-a-cause mural.

Although U.S. 61 begins in New Orleans and runs through Baton Rouge, the portion known as the Blues Highway starts around Vicksburg, Mississippi, and moves north through the Delta to Memphis, ...