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March 2021
Mississippi Meanderings Series: Where the Peep Light Leads
In Collaboration with the Missouri History Museum Mississippi Meanderings is going on-line this year! We're partnering with the Missouri History Museum for river-themed talks on the first three Thursdays in March 2021. Lee Hendrix has spent much of his adult life working on the Mississippi River pursuing the glow of a peep light. In this talk, Hendrix will share stories about his experiences piloting commercial towboats, overnight passenger boats such as the American Queen, gambling boats, day excursion vessels, the massive M/V Mississippi, and dredge tenders. He’ll discuss…
Find out more »Mississippi Meanderings Series: High Water Everywhere: Blues, Gospel, and Country Music Response to the Flood of 1927
In Collaboration with the Missouri History Museum Mississippi Meanderings is going on-line this year! We're partnering with the Missouri History Museum for river-themed talks on the first three Thursdays in March 2021. When the Mississippi River and its tributaries flooded in 1927 it was arguably the greatest natural disaster in United States history. It went on to inspire more than 20 recorded songs. Many of them were blues, gospel, and country—the genres that most appealed to flood victims in the South—and the disaster was referenced in pop music as well. Music scholar and performer David Evans will play selections from these…
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