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BITS NEWS SPECIAL:
Sot’on blues man Mo Thomas, and BITS editor Ian McKenzie have had a ‘virtual meeting’ with key figures in that office. During a transatlantic ‘conference’ telephone call, Mo and Ian discussed with Janet Schriver and four members of the five member Copiah County Board of Supervisors, their efforts to refurbish and move the house in which Robert Johnson was born in Hazlehurst, MS and their desire properly to mark the grave of Tommy Johnson (left) (no relative to Robert) who’s burial place currently lies on private ground to which, at the moment, access is restricted if not forbidden.
Vera Johnson-Collins, the daughter of Johnson's brother (and blues man) Mager, never knew her uncle, but she has been at the forefront of efforts to open the grave site said, “For the last six years I've been fighting to try to get the road reopened and the cemetery restored. I think that we have finally made some progress. The MDA (Mississippi Development Authority) has promised a grant, and the Copiah County Board of Supervisors has offered to build the road."
Mo and Ian were questioned by the Trustees about whether or not either or both these sites would be of interest to British blues fans. Of course, they were reassured that Mississippi and Copiah County could expect enormous interest, not just from Brits but from people all over Europe and Scandinavia with an interest in, and love of, the blues. We discussed how tourism might be developed to ‘open up’ the ‘pilgrimage’ experience and how each of us had been emotionally affected by our visits to the Delta.
It was agreed that as information about the refurbishment/ move of RJ’s home and the plans for opening up TJ’s grave site develop, we will be informed and will pass the info direct to BITS readers.


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