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===Bentonia Blues=== The [[Bentonia School]], "Bentonia-style" or "Bentonia Blues" describe a [[country blues]] style that originated in and immediately around Bentonia.<ref> {{cite web |url=http://bentoniablues.com|title=Bentonia Blues - unique, haunting, country blues still heard in Bentonia, Mississippi|website=Bentoniablues.com|access-date=August 20, 2009}}</ref> The annual Bentonia Blues Festival is held in June in Bentonia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bentoniablues.com/BentoniaBluesFestival.shtml|title=The Official Bentonia Blues Festival Webpage|website=Bentoniablues.com|access-date=August 20, 2009}}</ref> The festival's stage is set up in front of the [[Blue Front Cafe]], which is operated by [[Jimmy "Duck" Holmes]] who, as a young man, learned the local style from Bentonia Blues musician [[Jack Owens (blues singer)|Jack Owens]]. Three markers on the [[Mississippi Blues Trail]] are located in Bentonia: one each to musicians [[Skip James]] and [[Jack Owens (blues singer)|Jack Owens]], and one located at the Blue Front CafΓ©.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msbluestrail.org/blues_trail/|title=Mississippi Blues Commission - Blues Trail|website=Msbluestrail.org|access-date=May 27, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Blue Front Cafe|url=http://www.msbluestrail.org/blues-trail-markers/blue-front-cafe|access-date=March 20, 2021|website=Msbluestrail.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Skip James|url=http://www.msbluestrail.org/blues-trail-markers/skip-james|access-date=March 20, 2021|website=Msbluestrail.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Jack Owens|url=http://www.msbluestrail.org/blues-trail-markers/jack-owens|access-date=March 20, 2021|website=Msbluestrail.org}}</ref>
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