Mississippi has such a unique history and culture of blues music, why would Jackson, the state capitol, not have a venue to recognize it? That is exactly what Isaac Byrd Jr., owner of the 930 Blues Café, thought. “I saw all of the venues of blues in New Orleans and Memphis and noticed that Jackson didn’t have one. As the capitol, we need one so that we can expose the best of the blues that is seen in other parts of the country,” he said in an interview. In order to introduce the blues, Byrd put his thoughts together and opened the 930 Café in January 2002.
