AMERICA’S MUSICAL HERITAGE
Ragtime.
New Rosebud Café, St. Louis.
Ragtime on steamboats, St. Louis.
Scott Joplin House, St. Louis
“Blind” Boone Home & Ragtime Museum, Columbia, MO
Scott Joplin Int’l Ragtime Foundation, Sedalia, MO
Blues
Delta Blues Museum, Clarksdale, MS
Robert Johnson Blues Museum, Crystal Springs, MS
Blues Legends and Hall of Fame, Robinsonville, MS
Beale Street, Memphis, TN
W.C. Handy Blues Museum, Memphis, TN
Meeting Place, Greenville, MS
Flowing Fountain, Greenville, MS
Boss Hal’s, Leland, MS
Gully’s Alley Inn, Moorhead, MS
Blues Heaven (Chess Records Studio), Chicago, IL
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago, IL
Knuckleheads, Chicago, IL
Chicago Blues Museum, Chicago, IL
St. Louis Blues Museum, St. Louis, MO
Jazz
Preservation Hall, French Quarter, New Orleans, LA
Jazz Nat’l Historical Park, New Orleans, LA
Jelly Roll Morton’s House, New Orleans, LA
Buddy Bolden’s House, New Orleans, LA
Backstreet Cultural Museum, New Orleans, LA
Louisiana State Museum Jazz Collection, New Orleans, LA
Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro, New Orleans, LA
River Road African American Museum, Donaldsonville, LA
Mutual Musicians Foundation Hall, Kansas City, MO
Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District, Kansas City, MO
American Jazz Museum, Kansas City, MO
Alabama Jazz Museum, Birmingham, AL
Graystone Int’l Jazz Museum, Detroit, MI
Baker's Keyboard Lounge, Detroit, MI (Opened in 1934, Southern food)
National Jazz Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
Louis Armstrong House Museum, New York, NY
Green Mill Jazz Club, Chicago, IL (dating from the 1920s, Art-Noveau Interior).
Bessie Smith Hall, Chattanooga, TN
Billie Holiday Statue, Baltimore, MD
Blues Alley, Washington, DC (Elegant, intimate Jazz club).
Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center, Baltimore, MD
Rock ‘n’ Roll
Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH
Sun Studios, Memphis, TN
Graceland, Memphis, TN
Elvis Presley Park, Tupelo, MS
Soul/Motown
Motown Historical Museum
Stax-Soul USA Museum
Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum, Memphis, TN
Georgia Music Hall of Fame, Macon, GA
Philadelphia Int’l Records, Philadelphia, PA
Fame Recording Studios, AL
Zydeco/Cajun
Zydeco Cajun Prairie Scenic Byway, Acadia region, LA
Cajun Museum Hall of Fame, Eunice, LA
Jean Lafitte Prairie Acadian Cultural Center, Eunice, LA
Acadian Village, Lafayette, LA
Slim’s Y-Ki-Ki Club, Opelousas, LA
Delta Grand, Opelousas, LA
Frank’s Ranch, Lawtell, LA
Richard’s Club, Lawtell, LA
Fred’s Lounge, Mamou, LA
Cajun Swamp Dance Hall, Ville Platte, LA
Liberty Center, Eunice, LA
Museum of the Gulf Coast, Port Arthur, TX
Folk
Woody Guthrie Statue, Okemah, OK
Stephen Foster Memorial Museum, Pittsburg, PA
Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center, FL
Gene Autry Oklahoma Museum
Bluegrass/Mountain
Int’l Bluegrass Museum, Owensboro, KY
Carter Family Memorial Music Center, Hiltons, VA
Country Western
Country Music Hall of Fame, Nashville, TN
Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, TN
Austin City Limits, Austin, TX
Branson, MO
America’s Old-Time Country Music Hall of Fame, Anita, Iowa
America’s Old Time Fiddler’s Hall of Fame, Anita, Iowa
