The Rolling Stone Illustrated History Of Rock And Roll

In 1929 the Graves Brothers(Blind Roosevelt Graves and Uaroy Graves) of Hattiesburg "recorded 'rocking and reeling' spirtuals for Paramount..." and made several records in 1936 under the name Mississippi Jook Band. Their songs "...featured fully formed rock & roll guiter riffs and a stomping rock and roll beat." (p.4)

I guess what Rock 104 says is ture. We are the birthpalce of rock and roll. (I don't give us that much credit, but we certinaly helped.) --TWDS

Here is some stuff about them and the recording session from USM: http://www.lib.usm.edu/~archives/blind.htm

Listen to some music: http://shop.fye.com/product.aspx?sku=60040448&loc=50244

Apparently Cooney Vaughn was from Hattiesburg as well.