Bluesman Jimmy "Duck" Holmes plays a quick ditty at the Blue Front Cafe in Bentonia, Miss., Jan. 21, 2021. Holmes' ninth album, "Cypress Grove…

Bluesman Jimmy "Duck" Holmes speaks of the area musicians he learned the style of the Bentonia Blues from at the Blue Front Cafe in Bentonia, …

An album cover featuring the portrait of blues performer Jimmy "Duck" Holmes peers behind the bluesman as he talks of the area musicians from …

Blues performer Jimmy "Duck" Holmes plays a quick ditty at the Blue Front Cafe in Bentonia, Miss., Jan. 21, 2021. Holmes' ninth album, "Cypres…

Resting his hand against the head of his acoustic guitar, blues performer Jimmy "Duck" Holmes' fingertips show the wear after years of perform…

Bluesman Jimmy "Duck" Holmes gestures as he speaks of the area musicians he learned the style of the Bentonia Blues from at his Blue Front Caf…

Portraits of Henry Stuckey, the originator of the Bentonia blues, second from right, and area resident and bluesman Jack Owens, hang high on t…

A customer walks out of the Blue Front Cafe in Bentonia, Miss., while a YouTube video of owner and bluesman Jimmy "Duck" Holmes plays on the t…

Bluesman Jimmy "Duck" Holmes says he can play the Bentonia style of blues on any type of guitar, but prefers using an acoustic model such as t…

The Blue Front Cafe in Bentonia, Miss., photographed, Jan. 21, 2021, is one of oldest surviving juke joints in the state, and owned by bluesma…