Goin' down to the Crossroads

Highway 61 Itinerary: A Historical Journey Through American Music

3/24 (Tue)
Evanston, IL (driving time)
Hammond, IN (1 hr)
B.B. King Concert
Urbana Champaign, IL (2.5 hr)

3/25 (Wed)
Memphis, TN (6.5 hr)
Graceland
Gibson Memphis Factory
Beale Street Historic District
W. C. Handy House & Museum

3/26 (Thu)
Memphis, TN
Sun Studio
Memphis Rock n’ Soul Museum
Stax Museum of American Soul Music
Tunica, MS (1 hr)
Tunica RiverPark
Blues Trail markers: Son House, James Cotton, and Highway 61
Clarksdale, MS (1 hr)
Delta Blues Museum
Crossroads (Highway 61 & 49)
Riverside Hotel
Muddy Waters Homesite
Ground Zero Blues Club
Blues Trail markers: Cottton Pickin' Blues at Hopson Plantation, Riverside Hotel, Sam Carr, Frank Frost, Bertha, Muddy Waters, Robert Nighthawk, and Sam Cooke.

3/27 (Fri)
Rosedale, MS (1 hr)
Crossroads (Highway 1 & 8)
Blues Trail markers: Inspiration to Bluesman like Robert Johnson
Greenville, MS (1 hr)
Highway 61 Blues Museum (Leland)
Birthplace of Kermit the Frog (Leland)
Blues Trail markers: Nelson Street, and Freedom Village
Indianola, MS (1/2 hr)
B.B. King Museum
Club Ebony
Charley Patton Gravesite (Holly Ridge)
Blues Trail markers: Club Ebony, Church Street, B.B. King's corner, and Charley Patton's gravesite.
Greenwood, MS (1/2 hr)
Greenwood Blues Heritage Museum and Gallery
Robert Johnson Gravesite
Mississippi John Hurt Gravesite & Museum (Avalon)
B.B. King’s Birthplace (Berclair)
Blues Trail markers: Robert Johnson's gravesite, B.B. King's birthplace, WGRM Radio Station, Elks Lodge, and Hubert Sumlin's birthplace.
Memphis, TN (2.5 hr)

3/28 (Sat)
Urbana Champaign, IL (6.5 hr)
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
Chicago, IL (2hr)
Muddy Waters Gravesite (11700 S Laramie Ave. Alsip, IL 60803)
Willie Dixon Gravesite (4400 W 127th St Alsip, IL 60803)
Junior Wells Gravesite (1035 E 67th St, Chicago, IL 60637)
Evanston, IL (1/2 hr)