B.B. King's Museum and highway.(groundbreaking of the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center, Highway 61 in Tennessee renamed B.B. King Highway)(Brief Article) From: Jet | Date: July 4, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 Johnson Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

B.B. KING'S MUSEUM AND HIGHWAY: Blues legend B.B. King admires a portrait of himself as artist Steve Kaufman observes at the podium during a news conference before the groundbreaking of the $10 million B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, MS. The painting, commissioned by a casino, will hang in the 18,000-square-foot museum that will feature four phases of King's life (from years in the Delta to present). At right, King, who said he was "happy and nervous" a...

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