Performers named for Delta blues festival

7/2/2009 12:21 PM

GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Blues performers Bobby Rush, Charlie Musselwhite and Shirley Brown will headline the 32nd Annual Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival on Sept. 19 in Greenville.

The festival is sponsored by the Mississippi Action for Community Education.

Other performers will include Kattawar Brothers, Eddie Cusic, T-Model Ford, John Horton and Mississippi Slim.

Howard Boutte Jr., MACE president and CEO, says the concerts will be held at the Washington County Convention Center.

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