Highway 61...Chicago to New Orleans?

Subject: Highway 61...Chicago to New Orleans?
From:
Date: 03 Dec 97 - 05:15 PM

i'm really interested in doing a blues tour in reverse, from chicago through memphis into the delta and to new orleans. does anyone know what's up with highway 61? does it still exist? i'd also welcome suggestions for stops along the way...

please email me at the above address with invaluable advice and wisdom.

thanks, caleb maskell

Subject: RE: Highway 61...Chicago to New Orleans?
From: Bill D
Date: 03 Dec 97 - 07:32 PM

well...Mississippi has a whole list of places to visit starting in Memphis...http://www.decd.state.ms.us/H61DIR/H61MEM.htm

Subject: RE: Highway 61...Chicago to New Orleans?
From: Elwooddelta
Date: 03 Dec 97 - 09:04 PM

Well C.J.

If I were making that trip I'd get out of Chicago and go South on U.S. 55 through St. Louis where Highway 61 paralels U.S. 55. It may even be used as access road in some places South to Memphis where 61 separates and goes through Clarksdale Ms. (a fer sure stop dude!) then it continues to New Orleans.

Of course I wouldn't go to New Orleans, I'd just stay in Clarksdale a year or two and soak up what I could. :}

Have a good trip.