the Rabbit's Foot Company to the development of the blues in Mississippi. In 2006, an exhibition, The Blues in Claiborne County: From Rabbit Foot Minstrels to Blues and Cruise, was shown in Port Gibson, exploring the history of the show, with artifacts and memorabilia. Cultural references The song "The W. S. Walcott Medicine Show", on the Band's 1970 album Stage Fright, written by Robbie Robertson, was based on stories Levon Helm had told him about the Wolcott troupe. It had regularly performed in Arkansas when Helm was growing up there. References External links "Rabbit's Foot Minstrels," Mississippi Blues Commission video African-American cultural history Vaudeville Mississippi Blues Trail