Delta Music Museum

11/19/2024

Check out this awesome feature produced by Karen LeBlanc for Louisiana Public Broadcasting. Thank you Karen. Thanks as well to our local historians and friends Sherrie Jacobs McMahon, Billy Rucker and the incomparable YZ Ealey for making this such a great experience.

During the 1950s, blues, gospel and Rock and Roll converged at a small town in Concordia Parish that became a hot spot of the Mississippi Delta music scene. ...

09/18/2024

Certainly enjoyed your visit to the Delta Music Museum Madam Secretary Nancy Landry. Thank you for your leadership and stewardship of Louisiana’s museum treasures and for all the important work you do

09/18/2024

“Public Notice Announcement “
The Arcade Theater will be the host site for the initial organizational meeting of the Downtown Ferriday Entertainment District Board on Thursday, October 17, 2024 @ 2pm.

This initial meeting will focus on Board structure and development of a mission statement as well other items as presented.
A formal agenda will be posted at the Arcade Theater, 218 Louisiana Street, Ferriday, Louisiana.

08/30/2024

Great day

08/29/2024

Thank you to State Representative C. Travis Johnson and Louisiana Speaker of the House Phillip Devillier for visiting the Delta Music Museum and Arcade Theater. It was an honor to show you all of our treasures.

08/15/2024

07/15/2024

Delta Music Museum is proud to have been awarded the 2023 Louisiana Culture Care Fund Grant. The funding from this grant has supported many ongoing projects at the museum, most notably to purchase echo buffering sound panels for the Arcade Theater and to aid in finishing the work on the Haney’s Big House Exhibit, which is due to open this fall. Funding for this 2023 Louisiana Culture Care Fund Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.

06/28/2024

05/07/2024

Thanks for choosing the Delta Music Museum for your event! Congratulations!

05/07/2024

The Freedom Road Rally paid a visit to the Delta Music Museum this morning! Such a fun group. Local media, elected officials and car lovers came to see our exhibits and the beautiful automobiles that filled downtown Ferriday. Thanks everyone!!!

05/02/2024

In 1981, just after John passed, Paul and Linda invited legendary rockabilly musician Carl Perkins to stay with them on the Island of Montserrat, where producer George Martin had a studio. Paul wanted Carl’s help in recording a song called “Get It” for his new “Tug of War” album.

It was literally just weeks after John’s murder, and both George and Ringo came to spend time with their former bandmate.

The night before Carl was scheduled to leave, a song came to him that summed up his warm feelings about the visit. The song was so clear in his mind that he didn’t even write it down, which was unusual for Carl.

The next morning he played the song, “My Old Friend”, for Paul and Linda, explaining that it was a gift for having him as a guest.

Halfway through the song when Carl sang the words “if we never meet again this side of life, in a little while, over yonder, where there’s peace and quiet, my old friend, won’t you think about me every now and then?”

Paul stood up and abruptly left the room with tears streaming down his face.

Not sure what had just happened, Carl stopped playing, and Linda hugged him. She thanked him for helping Paul grieve, explaining that he hadn’t been able to fully break down since John passed.

Paul later explained that the last words John spoke to him in the hallway of the Dakota building were “think about me now and then old friend”.

Thank you to Boris for this story and photo. ❤️
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04/08/2024

DMM HOF member. RIP Legend ❤️

04/06/2024

Great night at the Arcade Theater with the Concordia Parish Schools Gifted & Talented students. Thank you Darlene Gilbert and Christy Becnel. Awesome show!