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The Documented Birthplace Of Rock And Roll

Would you believe Hattiesburg, Mississippi is where Rock And Roll got its start? It is well document. The heart of rock and roll may be in Cleveland, but its ovaries are in Hattiesburg.

Not that Wikepidia is the leading authority on the topic, but here is their take: Birthplace of Rock and Roll

"It is a little-known fact that music scholars consider Hattiesburg to be the historic birthplace of rock and roll. [weasel words] As noted in the Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll, Hattiesburg was a recording location of Blind Roosevelt Graves and his brother, Uaroy Graves, who, along with piano player Cooney Vaughn, recorded two songs in 1936 that "...featured fully formed rock & roll guitar riffs and a stomping rock & roll beat." The Graves Brothers and Vaughn--performing as the Mississippi Jook Band--recorded the songs 'Barbecue Bust' and 'Dangerous Woman' for the American Record Company, reportedly at the Hattiesburg Train Station."

I do not know why my hometown of Hattiesburg failed to promote such an important topic, when it is well-documented and so many other towns and cities make similar claims. I haven't a clue . Maybe it didn't understand the importance, perhaps it was embarrassed. I did not even know until years after I left the area. They have not erected anything but a large green highway sign commemorating this important event which heralds, "Hattiesburg, Birthplace Of Rock And Roll".

Only ten years later, a talent just out of military service from Tupelo, Ms also made a name for himself, later forever seen in the Rock N' Roll hall of fame. He was known as Elvis Pressley but most just called him "Elvis". It said that Elvis was always a very polite young man who was reluctantly pushed into fame and fortune, but actually enjoyed "the creative process" much more than the fame. Many close to him said the fame made him so stressed and uncomfortable, it led to his untimely death.

In that geographic area, close to Elvis' birthplace came Morgan Freeman, John Grisham, Eudora Weldy, Willie Morris, B.B. Kingand other greats that, usually all have formal educations. Of course Grisham and Weldy did but most the others did not, How could that be, being in the least educated state in the country at the time, and in that particular part of the state, the poorest?

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