Marks, Mississippi

Everything Marks is known for

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Music in Marks

Songs About Marks

Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone
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All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)
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Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'
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Mountain of Love
charley pride
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Rivers & Roads in Song near Marks

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Musical Heritage

The Crossroads, Highways 61 & 49 RoadyGoat

1930

This is the Crossroads, the intersection of U.S. Highway 61 and Highway 49 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, marked by a monument of three giant blue guitars near 599 North State Street. Legend says bluesman Robert Johnson met the Devil here at midnight and traded his soul for guitar genius. Honesty check: the tale is folklore, and the exact 'true' crossroads is disputed (rival claims point to spots near Rosedale or Dockery), but Clarksdale, hailed as a birthplace of the blues, has long staked the claim and put up the sign. Johnson did record only 29 songs before dying mysteriously in 1938 at age 27, and his myth shaped rock and blues for generations. The blue guitars went up in 1999.

16.7 mi away

History of Marks

Delta Blues Museum

1979

Museum in the old Clarksdale freight depot dedicated to preserving the history and legacy of Delta blues music.

17.6 mi away

Ground Zero Blues Club

2001

Blues club in a former cotton warehouse in Clarksdale, co-owned by actor Morgan Freeman, considered ground zero for Delta blues.

17.5 mi away

Things to Do in Marks

Everything Near Marks

9 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

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