Bowling Green has a rich musical heritage. We’ve covered many famous musicians and artists who called Bowling Green home. This week, Porter Parish Grainger’s blues music and culture came home and was celebrated for the first time. At the inaugural Porter Parish Grainger Blues Festival at the historic Capitol in Downtown Bowling Green, this homecoming took center stage with live music, workshops, and making new memories.

Born in Bowling Green in October 1891, Porter Parish Grainger faced challenges to the African American community culture at the turn of the 20th century. Growing up in the post-Civil War era of Jim Crow, there were still lingering memories of enslaved life in the Deep South. Grainger grew up in the historic Shake Rag district at the Southern Queen Hotel, in the home of Jam

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