: Blues Music Now Blog This blog is part of the bluesmusicnow.com Web site . Check it out for CD reviews , news and touring information about your favorite blues . artists Friday , September 17, 2010 Mississippi Blues Trail heads north to the Badger State The Mississippi Blues Trail a collection of important blues locations , winds its way through Mississippi , Memphis , Arkansas , Alabama and , eventually , Chicago . This weekend , the trail extends another 100 miles north to the small town of Grafton , Wisconsin , which is the home of Paramount Records . The record label produced 78 rpm records of early blues pioneers including Charley Patton Skip James Son House Ma Rainey and Blind Lemon Jefferson According to ParamountsHome.org more than 1,600 songs were recorded in Grafton between