Highway 61 Tour

Somewhere along this famous highway, a young man named Robert Johnson came to a crossroad. Legend says he made a deal with the devil - his eternal soul for the ability to wail some serious blues.

Now nobody knows if this legendary event really happened. What we do know for certain is that Robert Johnson sired the music genre known as the Delta Blues and has long been recognized as one of its leading influences.

Today, you can tour the land where the blues was born - the Mississippi Delta - with a road trip down Highway 61. This tour takes you to the neon lights of Las Vegas-style casinos with championship golf courses and resort facilities; through the rich, flat lands of the Delta into historic river towns, antebellum mansions and the magic of music, moonlight and magnolias. Somewhere along the way - no one knows the exact spot - you'll pass the legendary crossroads that played such an important role in the life of a man called the "King of the Delta Blues Singers".

Highway 61 Tour:

• Highway 61 Itinerary

Other Pages of note:

Student's Page

Cities Included in this Itinerary:

• Memphis
• Clarksdale
• Greenville
• Vicksburg
• Natchez