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| The Country Music Museum captures history, culture of Louisiana Louisiana is known for its jazz and its blues, but country reigns in its northern sections and is memorialized in a countryside rural community where toe-tapping music is celebrated all year round. Elvis Presley's Louisiana hayride, his life and his tunes remain a centerpiece of the Country Music Museum in Marthaville as are the artifacts and memorabilia of Johnny Cash. It was the heyday of the fifties that saw these rising stars catapult to fame on the shoulders of the rural country folk who embraced the music early on and continue to celebrate that music as fans today. Rebel State Historic Site is the location of the Country Music Museum that celebrates country music. The Site itself traces its origin back to American Civil War days when, according to legend, a young Confederate soldier became separated from his unit near Marthaville, where the museum now resides. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Jazz News :: home page |