River Music Experience honors Mississippi River roots in American song
Davenport Iowa debuts the River Music Experience museum tracing the river's influence on jazz, blues, country, and rock through 1929 Jimmie Rogers clips, Delta blues Johnson recordings, Dylan images, and artifacts. The 31000 square foot exhibit space in The Redstone Building highlights Davenport as a historic river music crossroads with links to Louis Armstrong Beiderbecke and the Blues Highway.
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Robert Johnson
Bob Dylan
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Johnny St. Cyr
Bix Beiderbecke
Redstone
Cleveland
Nashville
Experience Music Project
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AME
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General Slocum Fire marks a forgotten New York tragedy
The 1904 General Slocum steamer fire killed over 1,000 on a Lutheran church picnic in the East River, eclipsed by later disasters. The NY Historical Society marks the centennial with an exhibit of artifacts, photos, and survivor stories. The event devastated New Yorks German community known as Klein Deutschland and reshaped its demographics.
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Werner Schmidt
Klein- Deutschland
New-York Historical Society
Anna Liebenow
New York Aquarium
Locust Grove
Long Island
Northport
Hell Gate
Long Island Sound
William Henry van Schaick
North Brother Island
Bronx
Kathleen Hulser
Historical Society
General Slocum
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