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The Associated Press
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Published: Thu, September 11, 2008 - 6:12 pm
Last Updated: Thu, September 11, 2008 - 6:51 pm
INDIANOLA, Miss. (AP) - Blues icon B.B. King found himself at aloss for words during a tour a new multimillion dollar museum
dedicated to his career.
The 20,000-square-foot Center">B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive
Center opens to the public this weekend in King's hometown of
Indianola. It was built around a cotton gin where King once worked.
It features four phases of King's life, from his years in the Delta
to the present.
The $15 million project was mostly paid for with private
donations.
King says the museum will serve as an educational tool as well
as an outlet for blues musicians.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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i am in indianola on a regular basis and will have to stop and look at the museum. Mister King is legenday there as well as everywhere else. i great part of mississippi where many of the blues singers orignated from but of you ever go there, say to the crossroads in clarksdale you will certainly know why it is the home of the blues ! hot, humid and otherwise beautiful