Rollin' On The River

Ike Turner, "The Father Of Rock And Roll," met Annie Mae Bullock in 1956 and soon they were married.

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Ike had previously been in a rhythm and blues group, The Kings Of Rhythm, who had one major hit song, "Rocket 88." Annie Mae changed her name to Tina and Ike added her to the band along with some backup singers. The group was soon renamed The Ike And Tina Turner Revue.

Tina left Ike in 1976 after enduring years of Ike's emotional, physical and drug abuse.

Tina's ensuing solo career staggered until the 1983 Grammy Award winning hit, "Private Dancer" and co-starring in the third Mad Max movie, "Beyond Thunderdome," (1985) opposite Mel Gibson.

Ike and Tina Turner were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1991.

Mississippi has produced more than its fair share of acclaimed musicians and has produced a musical style named after one of features of the Mississippi River found in the state, "Delta Blues."

The Delta Blues follow a classic three-line, twelve-bar blues pattern, and typically features a guitar, often fretted with a bottleneck, and sometimes a harmonica. The lyrics and vocal stylings are what set the style apart, and is best described as, "Nothing but a good man singing about feeling bad."

Ike Turner, born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, is in good company with other Mississippi-born musicians such as LeAnn Rimes (Jackson, Mississippi), Lance Bass (Laurel, Mississippi), Conway Twitty (Friars Point, Mississippi), John Lee Hooker (Clarksdale, Mississippi), B.B. King (Indianola, Mississippi), Jimmie Rodgers (Meridian, Mississippi), Bo Diddley (McComb, Mississippi) and Elvis Presley (Tupelo, Mississippi).