Twist, Arkansas | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Country | United States |
State | Arkansas |
Twist is an unincorporated community in Cross County, Arkansas, United States. [1] Twist was named after a nearby plantation of the same name. [2]
Twist was mentioned in the B.B. King song "Lucille" as the location of a club where he once played. It was at this club in Twist where two men started a fight over a woman named Lucille which set the place on fire. Because of this incident, King named his famous guitar Lucille.
The blues musician Little Mack Simmons (1933–2000) [3] [4] was born in Twist.
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