Mississippi Business Journal » musician http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Owners selling Elvis’ ranch; want it to be tourist destination http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/14/owners-selling-elvis-ranch-want-it-to-be-tourist-destination/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=owners-selling-elvis-ranch-want-it-to-be-tourist-destination http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/14/owners-selling-elvis-ranch-want-it-to-be-tourist-destination/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 16:09:47 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74735 HERNANDO — A group of Elvis Presley fans wants to preserve the memory of the king’s cowboy side by finding a buyer for a DeSoto County ranch to make it a destination for visitors. Elvis bought the roughly 150-acre Circle G ranch in 1967 as a place to ride horses and get away from Graceland. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/14/owners-selling-elvis-ranch-want-it-to-be-tourist-destination/feed/ 0 Local officials hoping for state help in funding Wynette museum http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/06/local-officials-hoping-for-state-help-in-funding-wynette-museum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=local-officials-hoping-for-state-help-in-funding-wynette-museum http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/06/local-officials-hoping-for-state-help-in-funding-wynette-museum/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 13:29:04 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74348 TREMONT — Officials in northeast Mississippi are hoping for some money from the state to help to finance construction of the Tammy Wynette Museum in Tremont. Wynette, a country music legend who died in 1998, is a native of the Tremont area in Itawamba County. She was married for six years to George Jones, who [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/06/local-officials-hoping-for-state-help-in-funding-wynette-museum/feed/ 0 Bryant presents $1M check for Delta music museum http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/04/bryant-presents-1m-check-for-delta-music-museum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bryant-presents-1m-check-for-delta-music-museum http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/04/bryant-presents-1m-check-for-delta-music-museum/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:00:01 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=67691 CLEVELAND — Gov. Phil Bryant visited the Delta State University campus yesterday to present a $1-million check to the Cleveland Music Foundation as the first installment for the establishment of GRAMMY Museum Mississippi in Cleveland. GRAMMY Museum Mississippi is planned to be a more than 20,000-square-foot facility dedicated to exploring the past, present and future [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/04/bryant-presents-1m-check-for-delta-music-museum/feed/ 0 New Blues Trail app for iPhones now available http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/08/12/new-blues-trail-app-for-iphones-now-available/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-blues-trail-app-for-iphones-now-available http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/08/12/new-blues-trail-app-for-iphones-now-available/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:02:17 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=44725 JACKSON — The Mississippi Blues Trail mobile app is now available for download from the iTunes store. The free app, currently available only for iPhones, has a variety of features to allow users to navigate the trail and create customized itineraries to explore Mississippi’s musical heritage. “Blues enthusiasts will be able to map their travels [...]

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