Editing Greenville, Mississippi (section)

===Nelson Street===
[[File:NelsonStreetBluesTrailMarker.jpg|thumb|Nelson Street Mississippi Blues Trail Marker]]
African Americans in the Delta developed rich varieties of innovative music. Nelson Street is a historic strip of blues clubs that drew crowds in the 1940s and 1950s to the flourishing club scene to hear [[Delta blues]], [[big band]], [[jump blues]] and [[jazz]]. Record companies came to Greenville to recruit talent.<ref>
 {{cite web 
 |url=http://www.atlantamagazine.com/uploadedFiles/Atlanta/Travel/November07%20Travel.pdf 
 |title=Great Southern Getaways – Mississippi 
 |work=Atlanta Magazine
 |date=November 2007
 |access-date=2008-05-31 
 |last=Cloues 
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 |archive-date=September 18, 2008 
 |url-status=dead 
 }}</ref> It was similar to [[Beale Street]] in  mid-20th century [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]].<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.visitmississippi.org/music/MBTmapbrochure1s.pdf
|title=Introducing the Mississippi Blues Trail
|publisher=The Mississippi Blues Commission
|access-date=2008-05-29
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529055826/http://www.visitmississippi.org/music/MBTmapbrochure1s.pdf
|archive-date=2008-05-29
}}
</ref>

In the early 21st century, the [[Mississippi Blues Commission]] was established to commemorate this music in the state's history and culture. It has identified sites throughout the Delta as part of the [[Mississippi Blues Trail]].

Southern Whispers Restaurant on Nelson Street in Greenville was the second site identified on this trail; this was a stop on the [[Chitlin' Circuit]] in the early days of the blues. The historic marker in front of the restaurant commemorates its importance in the history of the [[blues]] in Mississippi.<ref name="bluesmatters">[http://www.bluesmatters.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2493] {{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.msbluestrail.org/blues_trail/
|title=Mississippi Blues Commission – Blues Trail
|website=Msbluestrail.org
|access-date=2008-05-28
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509122945/http://www.msbluestrail.org/blues_trail/
|archive-date=2008-05-09
|url-status=live
}}</ref>