The first photo of Elvis Presley was taken while visiting his father in Mississippi’s notorious Parchman Farm prison — the same farm which housed blues musicians including Bukka White, T Model Ford & Son House.

Elmore James recorded the proto-rock n roll hit “Dust My Broom” in the back of a furniture store on Farish Street in Jackson, Mississippi in 1951. The building still (barely) stands.

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