page_title: Mojo Triangle
section_title: Talent from the Mojo Triangle
hierarchical_section_title: Mojo Triangle / Talent from the Mojo Triangle
caption_attribution_description: English: Blues musician Jessie Mae Hemphill dancing outside her bus at a blues concert in the Mississippi Delta, mid-1980s.
context_page_description: 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 'n' roll. The Mojo Triangle has presented the world with an astonishing array of creative artists, not just in music, but also in literature and films.
context_section_description: MUSIC
  Deborah Allen, Mose Allison, Lisa Angelle, Lil Hardin Armstrong (1898–1971), Louis Armstrong (1901–1971), Estelle Axton (1918–2004), Booker T. & the M.G.'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. King, Jimmie Lunceford (1902–1947), Bobby Manuel, The Mar-Keys, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Mac McAnally, Memphis Minnie, Mississippi Sheiks (Armenter Chatmon, Sam Chatmon, Lonnie Chatmon, and Walter Vinson), Willie Mitchell (1928–2010), Chips Moman, Brandy Norwood.
  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.
  FILM
  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.
  LITERATURE
  Stephen E. Ambrose (1936–2002), Ace Atkins, Howard Bahr, John M. Barry, Larry Brown (1951–2004), Jimmy Buffett, Will D. Campbell, Hodding Carter (1907–1972), Hodding Carter III, Turner Catledge, Ellen Douglas, John Faulkner (1901–1963),  William Faulkner (1897–1962), William R. Ferris, Richard Ford, Shelby Foote (1916–2005), John Grisham, Barry Hannah (1942–2010), Beth Henley, Greg Iles, Willie Morris (1934–1999), Lewis Nordan, Walker Percy (1916-1990), William Alexander Percy (1885-1942), Anne Rice, Elizabeth Spencer, Kathryn Stockett, Margaret Walker (1915–1998), Eudora Welty (1909-2001), Curtis Wilkie, Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), Richard Wright (1908-1960), Steve Yarbrough, and Stark Young (1881-1963).
caption: Jessie Mae Hemphill backstage at blues concert
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