Tupelo Quotes

(1956) "The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I`m doin` now, man, for more years than I know. They played it like that in their shanties and in their juke joints and nobody paid it no mind `til I goosed it up. I got it from them. Down in Tupelo, Mississippi, I used to hear old Arthur Crudup bang his box the way I do now and I said if I ever got to a place I could feel all old Arthur felt, I`d be a music man like nobody ever saw."

The level of assistance was amazing. People really got involved. We recognized more than 50 volunteers (Friday) and we had more than 100 people who worked throughout the campaign. Tupelo people get involved and they give.