Twist is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in Cross County, Arkansas

Arkansas

Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...

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United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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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 a woman named Lucille started a fight which set the place on fire. Because of this incident, King named his famous guitar Lucille

Lucille (guitar)

Lucille is the name given to B.B. King's guitars. They are usually black Gibson guitars similar to the ES-355.-The story of Lucille:In the winter of 1949, King played at a dance hall in Twist, Arkansas. In order to heat the hall, a barrel half-filled with kerosene was lit, a fairly common practice...

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Blues musician Little Mack Simmons

Little Mack Simmons

Little Mack Simmons was an African American, Chicago blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter.-Biography:...

(1933-2000) was born in Twist.