Mojo Triangle

The Mojo Triangle, a geographical and cultural area located within a triangular connection between New Orleans, Nashville and Memphis, is the birthplace of country, blues, jazz, and rock and roll.

In the mid-1950s, Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore and Bill Black took the work of Rodgers and Johnson and gave shape to rock and roll, creating an unbroken circle of creativity that continues to this day.

's (Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Al Jackson), Lance Bass, Jimmy Buffett, Ace Cannon, Joe Frank Carollo, Johnny Cash (1932–2003), Sam Chatmon, Alex Chilton (1950–2010), Jack "Cowboy" Clement, Sam Cooke (1931–1964), Rita Coolidge, Harry Connick, Jr., Tommy Couch, Miley Cyrus, Del Rays (Jimmy Johnson, Norbert Putnam, Jimmy Ray Hunter and Roger Hawkins), Rick Dees, Jim Dickinson (1941–2009), Bo Diddley, Willie Dixon (1915–1992), Fats Domino, Dr. John, 827 Thomas Street Band (Bobby Emmons, Reggie Young, Bobby Wood, Mike Leech, and Gene Chrisman), and Sleepy John Estes.

Fred Ford, Aretha Franklin, John Fry, The Gants (Sid Herring, Don Wood, Vince Montgomery, and Johnny Freeman), Rambling Steve Gardner, Bobbie Gentry, The Gentrys, Buddy Guy, Rick Hall, W. C. Handy (1873-1958), Jessie Mae Hemphill, Faith Hill, Al Hirt, David Hood, John Lee Hooker (1917–2001), Jimi Jamison, Jimmy Johnson, Robert Johnson, Albert King, B.B.

Dolly Parton, Charlie Patton (1891?-1934), Pinetop Perkins (1913–2011), Sam Phillips, Elvis Presley, Charley Pride, Jimmy Reed, Road Runners (Terry Dunn, Jimmie Dunn, Tom Smith, Curt Ayers, James L. Dickerson), LeAnn Rimes, Jimmie Rodgers, Percy Sledge, Jim Stewart, Britney Spears, Pops Staples (1914–2000), Ole Miss Strokers (Jay Sheffield, Bunker Ex Hill, Bill Lemmon, Mike Daniel, James L. Dickerson), Marty Stuart, Greg "Fingers" Taylor, Carla Thomas, Irma Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Justin Timberlake, Allen Toussaint, Ike Turner (1931–2007), Muddy Waters, Jim Weatherly, Tim Whitsett and The Imperials, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin' Wolf, and Tammy Wynette.

Dana Andrews (1909–1992), Shannen Doherty, John Dye, Morgan Freeman, James Earl Jones, Diane Ladd, Dorothy Lamour, John Larroquette, Gerald McRaney, Parker Posey, Annie Potts, Cybill Shepherd, Stella Stevens, Fred Thompson, Ray Walston (1914–2001), Sela Ward, Carl Weathers, Oprah Winfrey, and Reese Witherspoon.

A swamp on the Natchez Trace.
Blues, rock 'n' roll, jazz and country—all potent brews of the swamp. This alligator-bearing cypress swamp bumps against the Natchez Trace just outside Jackson, Mississippi, in the heart of Mojoland.
Faith Hill performing in Jackson, Mississippi
Jessie Mae Hemphill backstage at a blues concert