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Blind Mississippi Morris (born Morris Cummings; in Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States) is an American blues musician.
 
Life and career
 
Cummings became blind at the age of four, a victim of congenital glaucoma. Morris became a solo blues performer on Beale Street, and his current backing band is called the Pocket Rockets.
 
Morris comes from a musical background; his cousins, Robert and Mary Diggs, led the Memphis Sheiks, while his aunt, Mary Tanner, played with the Harps of Melody. Morris is also a cousin of Willie Dixon. He was named as one of the 10 best harmonica players in the world by Bluzharp magazine.

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  • My Images
  • The guitarists A - F
  • The Guitarist G - O
  • horn section
  • About
  • My Images in Other Places
  • Kid Bangham
  • Junior Brown
  • The Blues Trail
  • Radio Kings
  • Tickets, Please
  • Cross Country Trip
  • The White Mountains
  • State Lines
  • Medline Island
  • National Parks
  • Go Home Lake
  • Doric and Doric II
  • Toronto
  • The Twin Cities
  • Eureka!!
  • Phoenix AR
  • The Suwanna Page