It’s hard to separate the Great River Road in Mississippi from its counterpart, the Blues Highway. The history explored by these two routes is not only the story of Mississippi, but also America ...
just off the Blues Highway, U.S. 61, at Panther Burn. That hamlet in northern Sharkey County was the home of Leon Dixon, a juk owner and legendary tractor driver on the McGee and Dean farm ...
Writer and musician Emma John travels south to find the beat—and birthplace—of a special kind of Mississippi music.