Welcome to Tutwiler - Where W. C. Handy Discovered the Blues

Gabriel Soria Explains How He Found Rubin Lacy's California Grave

Gabriel Soria Explains How He Found Rubin Lacy's California Grave

Blues Legend Tommy Johnson

Follow along as the Mt. Zion Memorial Fund helped the descendants of Tommy Johnson fight for access to his final resting place.

Billy Smiley Mississippi Blues Musician

Billy Smiley is interred in the Legends Section of the Greenlawn Memorial Gardens in Greenville, MS.

Joe Callicott Mississippi Hill Country Blues

Callicott [https://mtzionmemorialfund.com/project/joecallicott/] recorded only a handful of songs before World War II. On September 23, 1929 at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN, Garfield Akers recorded “Cottonfield Blues—Part I” and “Cottonfield Blues—Part II” with Joe Callicott on second guitar.  On September 25, 1929 in Memphis, TN; Joe Callicott sang and played guitar on Mississippi Boll Weevil Blues, but it was never issued.  On February 20, 1930 in Memphis, TN, Joe Callicott sang and played guitar on Fare Thee Well Blues and Traveling Mama Blues. His records were advertised in such publications as the Chicago Daily Tribune, Nov 30, 1930.

Welcome to Tutwiler - Where W. C. Handy Discovered the Blues

Tutwiler, Mississippi is a dusty wide spot in the road and once home to Sonny Boy Williamson, John Lee Hooker, and W. C. Handy.