Mud river island series#

James Taylor, performing in the amphitheater during a light rainstorm in 1992, stuck his arm out into the falling water and remarked, 'Mud Island. The band Dash Rip Rock, which has played there several times, recorded a song named Mud Island that can be found on two of their albums.

Mud river island series#

Mud Island is home to a 5,000 seat outdoor amphitheater which has been used for a summer concert series for over two decades. The museum on Mud Island presents the history of the lower Mississippi river valley, with great emphasis on the steamboat, complete with a full-scale replica steamboat.Īn admission fee is charged for the museum. The model empties into a 'Gulf of Mexico' replica which was once a waterpark named Bud Boogie Beach, and on the other side is a small wooden boat named the Maymay which is no longer open to the public.

Major cities and small towns located on the river are marked in the scale model, and markers explain history and facts about the river. The Mississippi River park located on Mud Island includes bike trails, pedal boats, and rafts, as well as a hydraulic scale model of the lower Mississippi River from Cairo, Illinois to New Orleans.