enthusiasts will find a coterie of familiar faces adorning the Hall of Fame rotunda at the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience (a.k.a. The MAX), an interactive museum in Meridian that honors the state’s famed writers, actors, musicians and other cultural figures. As the structure ascends from the ground floor through the center’s galleries and toward the open sky, the visages of Robert Johnson, B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Jimmie Rodgers, Howlin’ Wolf, Bo Diddley, John Lee Hooker and Marty Stuart cast a message to visitors that’s echoed in the state’s tourism slogan: “The Birthplace of American Music.” No state has a more
