Welcome to Mississippi. It’s known as the birthplace of America’s music. Music is one of the most important things coming out of Mississippi. It’s one of the most impactful on American culture, from blues to country to rock and roll. It’s all on display inside the two Mississippi museums in Jackson. Memorabilia of blues pioneers like Ike Turner’s guitar and BB King’s performance jacket, or opera singer Leontyne Price’s record all tell *** story. Oh my God. And Elvis Presley’s bathrobe when he had *** chance to strip off his twinkling jumpsuits. The shaping of the King of Rock started in Tupelo as he sat on *** milk crate with his guitar praying one day to be *** famous musician. Elvis first performed in the fairgrounds when he was 10 years old, of course he wasn’t doing rock and roll, but he absorbed all of these sounds from the different genres of music. right. Eventually breaking into global stardom by the 1950s with songs like Heartbreak Hotel and Love Me Tender. I’m probably the oldest blues man maybe in the world. Surely I’m the oldest one in Mississippi. One of the last living legends of blues music is Bobby Rush. who once performed alongside BB King, Howling Wolf, and Muddy Waters. They all pushed *** rural style of music that captured suffering and hope with acoustic guitars, pianos, and harmonicas. If you don’t like the blues, you probably don’t like your mama. Blues started inside small juke joints in the South, but its influence came from the church. The blues and gospel, I use it in that order, is the root of all music. Adorned in red, white, and blue robes, this group is known as America’s Choir, the Mississippi Mass Choir, and gospel music has always been the music that has given us hope. Marking America 250, I’m Brooklyn Joyner in Jackson, Mississippi.
An upcoming celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, “The Great American State Fair,” recently had several musical guests pull out partly over the event’s ties to President Donald Trump. Now, Trump himself is slated to headline the festivities, the organizers said Saturday.Video above: America 250 | Mississippi’s sound helped define American music“I understand Artists are getting ‘the yips’ having to do with their performance,” Trump posted to his social media platform Truth Social Saturday, adding that he was thinking of bringing “the man who some say is the Greatest President in History (THE GOAT!), DONALD J. TRUMP, to take the place of these highly paid, Third Rate ‘Artists.’”The group organizing the June fair on Washington’s National Mall, Freedom 250, confirmed the billing in a statement, writing, “we are excited to announce that President Trump will personally kick off this historic celebration on Wednesday, June 24.”Trump’s social media post twice referenced him holding a rally “Wednesday,” without a specific date. The White House did not immediately clarify the discrepancy.Danielle Alvarez, a spokesperson for Freedom 250, emphasized the broader fair that is scheduled from June 25 through July 10 includes an array of exhibits, family-friendly attractions, musical performances, flyovers and more.Trump was dismissive of the acts that backed out, suggesting in a follow-up post that the solution is to “Cancel it.”“We should have a giant MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN RALLY, for 250, instead of having overpriced singers, who nobody wants to hear, whose music is boring, and yet who do nothing but complain,” Trump said on social media.Freedom 250 is billed as nonpartisan, but was launched last year by Trump and is led by a former State Department appointee from Trump’s first term. Several artists, including Bret Michaels, the Commodores and Martina McBride, dropped out last week.Michaels and other artists have said that they were misled about the theme of the shows or were otherwise wary of being caught up in a political fight. McBride, in a statement on Instagram, said she had been “presented with an opportunity to perform at a nonpartisan event but that turned out to be misleading.”Other artists plan to attend, including Flo Rida, Fab Morvan of Milli Vanilli and Vanilla Ice. The latter’s representative previously said that the “Ice Ice Baby” rapper was “proud to help celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary!”
An upcoming celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, “The Great American State Fair,” recently had several musical guests pull out partly over the event’s ties to President Donald Trump. Now, Trump himself is slated to headline the festivities, the organizers said Saturday.
Video above: America 250 | Mississippi’s sound helped define American music
“I understand Artists are getting ‘the yips’ having to do with their performance,” Trump posted to his social media platform Truth Social Saturday, adding that he was thinking of bringing “the man who some say is the Greatest President in History (THE GOAT!), DONALD J. TRUMP, to take the place of these highly paid, Third Rate ‘Artists.’”
The group organizing the June fair on Washington’s National Mall, Freedom 250, confirmed the billing in a statement, writing, “we are excited to announce that President Trump will personally kick off this historic celebration on Wednesday, June 24.”
Trump’s social media post twice referenced him holding a rally “Wednesday,” without a specific date. The White House did not immediately clarify the discrepancy.
Danielle Alvarez, a spokesperson for Freedom 250, emphasized the broader fair that is scheduled from June 25 through July 10 includes an array of exhibits, family-friendly attractions, musical performances, flyovers and more.
Trump was dismissive of the acts that backed out, suggesting in a follow-up post that the solution is to “Cancel it.”
“We should have a giant MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN RALLY, for 250, instead of having overpriced singers, who nobody wants to hear, whose music is boring, and yet who do nothing but complain,” Trump said on social media.
Freedom 250 is billed as nonpartisan, but was launched last year by Trump and is led by a former State Department appointee from Trump’s first term. Several artists, including Bret Michaels, the Commodores and Martina McBride, dropped out last week.
Michaels and other artists have said that they were misled about the theme of the shows or were otherwise wary of being caught up in a political fight. McBride, in a statement on Instagram, said she had been “presented with an opportunity to perform at a nonpartisan event but that turned out to be misleading.”
Other artists plan to attend, including Flo Rida, Fab Morvan of Milli Vanilli and Vanilla Ice. The latter’s representative previously said that the “Ice Ice Baby” rapper was “proud to help celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary!”
