Posts Tagged ‘B.B. King’

Designs on a Grammy

by Wally Northway Published: March 22,2013

Tags: B.B. King, CLEVELAND, Delta State University, Grammy Awards, Grammy Museum, Mississippi, music

The proposed Grammy Museum Mississippi, the first-ever Grammy museum outside of Los Angeles, has already garnered headlines this year with a ceremonial $1-million check presentation by Gov. Phil Bryant in January and the signing of a 99-year lease for the land on the campus of Delta State University in February. However, the important work of [...] [...]

Grammy Museum is expected to bring an economic boom to the Mississippi Delta

by Clay Chandler Published: January 24,2013

Tags: B.B. King, Blues, CLEVELAND, economic development, Grammy Museum, Mississippi Delta, tourism

The first Grammy Museum outside Los Angeles is coming to Cleveland, and with it comes an economic boom for Cleveland, Bolivar County and the Delta. With a goal of raising $15 million and getting the project completed in the next 24 months, hopes are high. “The fund raising is going quite well,” said Allan Hammons, [...] [...]

iPad fever hits Mississippi

by Laura Smith Published: May 23,2010

Tags: Apple, B.B. King, Connie Gibbons, iPad, Jimmy Abbott

    The day Apple’s iPad went on sale in Apple stores nationwide — April 3 —Jimmy Abbott’s was shipped to his home in Indianola.   He’d ordered his on March 12, within hours of when Apple began taking pre-orders.  As the owner of an iMac, an Apple laptop and an iPhone, he had to [...] [...]

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