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“home of the father of the blues”
William Christopher Handy was known as the "Father of the Blues" When he moved to Memphis in 1909 from Alabama, after touring through Mississippi, he settled in a two-room shotgun house on Jeanette Place in South Memphis. In the mid-1980s, the home was moved to Beale Street in downtown Memphis, Tennessee and restored where it serves as an interpretive center operated by Heritage Tours. The W.C. Handy Home and Museum features photos, memorabilia and artifacts and even the desk at which W.C. Handy wrote many of his most famous songs, like "The Memphis Blues," "St. Louis Blues," and "Beale Street Blues."
Went for tour was very informative love the history and background . Only down side is wish was more too it than one room of memorabilia and pictures. Read more
I learned a lot about shotgun houses in the south (it's where the house has a door in the front and back and they both line up to where you could shoot a shotgun straight through)! This... Read more
Worth it! The importance of W.C. Handy to American music, and specifically the blues, cannot be overemphasized. Son and grandson of preachers, he was expected to become a preacher but his soul's... Read more
W C Handy Museum & Gallery
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