CLARKSDALE, MS (www.deltabohemian.com) – TWO VIDEOS. Our friends, Erica and Hayden Hall, who opened their unique eatery, OXBOW, in Clarksdale a year ago, were the recent guinea pigs of sorts for a documentary about their restaurant and their life. Barefoot Workshops, founded by Mississippi native and now New Yorker Chandler Griffin, brings his increasingly popular […]
Radioland: Pork Fat in Clarksdale – Need I say more?
March 7, 2012 1 Comment
Radioland: Pork Fat in Clarksdale Need I say more? There is a neighborhood grocery located on the corner of Sunflower Ave. and State Street in Clarksdale, Mississippi, which sells the hell out of “meat!” What kind of meat? Not sure! The meat is likely inspected, tasty and no doubt a great deal. Poor William […]
Clarksdale Juke Joint Festival 2011 – Photo Slideshow by Jill Coursin – Mississippi Delta Semi-Fixture
March 7, 2012 2 Comments
Jill Coursin photographs family, friends, events and places wherever she goes. She hails from such places as Santa Fe, New Mexico and the San Francisco Bay Area, both places the Delta Bohemians want to visit someday. Jill gets around and while she does she is always seen snap, snap, snapping. We met Ms. Coursin in Clarksdale […]
All That Glitters – A Marriage Proposal at Madidi with Robert Plant
March 5, 2012 Leave a Comment
By Poor William Email: poorwilliam@deltabohemian.com The following Poor William’s Whim article was originally published in the Clarksdale Press Register on December 2, 2009. Used by permission. CLARKSDALE, MS (deltabohemian.com) – “You go and I come wit you little babe, you go and I come wit you little babe, you go and I come wit you, […]
All That Glitters … Robert Plant to Headline 25th Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival 2012 in Clarksdale
March 5, 2012 2 Comments
NEWS By Poor William Email: poorwilliam@deltabohemian.com CLARKSDALE, MS (deltabohemian.com) – Clarksdale might have lost Morgan Freeman’s Madidi Restaurant last Thursday, but hearts and hopes were assuaged this past weekend upon hearing the incredible lineup slated for this year’s Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival: Plant, Musselwhite, and Rush. Kinda sounds like flora and fauna! Most […]
Brief Thoughts After a Recent “Blues Show” at Da White House – Red, White and Blues
March 3, 2012 3 Comments
Brief Thoughts After a Recent “Blues Show” at Da White House Red, White and Blues By Poor William “The blues continue to draw a crowd, because this music speaks to something universal. No one goes through life without both joy and pain. (The blues) teaches us that when we find ourselves at a crossroads, […]
Morgan Freeman and Bill Luckett Call It Quits with Clarksdale’s Madidi Restaurant – SIGN SAYS CLOSED
March 2, 2012 6 Comments
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) It was a leap year not to be forgotten in Clarksdale, heart of the Mississippi Delta, and home to the once vibrant Madidi Restaurant. Sadly, owners Morgan Freeman and Bill Luckett changed the locks and closed the doors for good at Madidi at the end of the day Wednesday, February 29, 2012, after […]
Original Clarksdale Hospital in 1923 had a FIRST and her name is Ellen Tabor Gingsberg
March 2, 2012 2 Comments
Clarksdale, Mississippi Ellen Tabor Gingsberg of Dallas was in town for her sister Blanche Tabor Long’s funeral during the first week of February 2012. Ellen and Blanche’s son, Malcolm—a childhood friend of Poor William’s—and his girlfriend Emilie were staying at the Clark House Residential Inn during the time of the funeral. The lovely, sharp-as-a-tack, almost 90-year-old […]
WROX is Alive and Well and Streaming from Clarksdale – heart of the Mississippi Delta
February 29, 2012 4 Comments
WROX Radio is Alive and Well and Streaming from Clarksdale – heart of the Mississippi Delta The first time I tuned in my car radio to listen to the new WROX on 97.5 FM (and 1450 AM) it was nightime, I was feeling no pain, in a good mood, and headed home to Poor William […]
International Blues Challenge 2012 Contestant PRISTINE – a Norwegian Psychedelic Rock Blues Band – Performs in Clarksdale
February 27, 2012 1 Comment
International Blues Challenge 2012 Contestant PRISTINE Performs in Clarksdale a Norwegian Psychedelic Rock Blues Band While catching up on the news during the recent International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis, we ran across an article about the performance of a Norwegian rock blues band called Pristine at the New Daisy Theater on Beale Street. […]
LEVI WAS BEAUTIFUL – eulogies for a friend – Chef Levi Minyard
February 17, 2012 2 Comments
This week’s edition of the Delta Bohemian is thematic; they often are, but this one is centered on someone Madge, Billy and Corinne loved. His name was LEVI! Chef Levi Minyard, from Oxford, Mississippi, was a fine chef and master chef in-the-making. Levi was the last and final executive chef at Madidi restaurant—Morgan Freeman’s restaurant […]
Sermon for the late Chef Levi Minyard – by Lendy Bartlett – Preaching Minister of Oxford Church of Christ
February 17, 2012 1 Comment
Sermon for the late Chef Levi Minyard by Lendy Bartlett – Preaching Minister of Oxford Church of Christ Brother Lendy gave a strong message at the funeral for our friend Chef Levi Minyard. The following is the text from his sermon. We encourage anyone who knew Levi to read it. We encourage all […]
Past Remembrances of Fun Times with Chef Levi Minyard posted on the Delta Bohemian
February 17, 2012 Leave a Comment
The Delta Bohemian was born during a time when we were close friends with the late Levi Minyard. In fact, we announced our launch of The DB at a highly successful Food and Wine Tasting at Madidi Restaurant in August 2010 when Levi was the Executive Chef there. Levi encouraged us to follow our dream […]
A Memorial Slide Show Celebrating Chef Levi Minyard – December 4, 1981 + February 12, 2012
February 17, 2012 1 Comment
A Memorial Slide Show Celebrating Chef Levi Paul Minyard December 4, 1981 – February 12, 2012 Levi Minyard departed this earthy life prematurely;
Where I Begin: A “Movie Review of Sorts” by Poor William for the Delta Bohemian
February 10, 2012 1 Comment
Where I Begin: A “Movie Review of Sorts” by Poor William for the Delta Bohemian “I walked into a world of shit! A place I didn’t belong anymore. Who was I to think I could change this? I can’t change this…Once you are gone; you’re gone!” — Jacob “Where I Begin” is a raw, […]
The More I Get to Know Me, the Less I Think of Me
February 9, 2012 1 Comment
By Poor William and Pontificus Minimus, together, in harmony It’s been a reflective couple of weeks for the lads; much has transpired, much has been learned. When exactly did they think they got so smart anyway? They ain’t! What follows is written in the first-person singular. The lads were strangely of one accord, and they […]
Super Bowl XLVI Champ Eli Manning drops the Love Bomb on David Letterman Show
February 9, 2012 3 Comments
Super Bowl XLVI Champ Eli Manning Drops the Love Bomb on David Letterman Show By Madgical After watching a grown man being interviewed by David Letterman, reflecting on his achievements, which include winning two NFL Super Bowls, voted as the pinnacle game’s MVP, twice, who also happens to be a bad-ass quarterback, my takeaway […]
Men! What Do They Need?
February 8, 2012 4 Comments
By Magical Madge For going on three-plus years now, I have had in my iPhone the following Note (see image): Respected Admired Wanted Now why did I put only those three words into a Note on my iPhone with no explanation?
Adoring A Mississippi Delta Sunset
February 7, 2012 3 Comments
Chilly Billy adoring a Mississippi Delta Sunset while traveling down historic Highway 49 south from the Clarksdale Crossroads—juncture of Highways 49 & 61—Pontificus Minimus was heading on assignment for Legends Magazine to Greenwood, Mississippi to attend the Viking Cooking School’s special Friday night class based on recipes from the hit blockbuster movie, The Help. The […]
RADIOLAND: …But He Didn’t Get Eaten!
February 3, 2012 Leave a Comment
RADIOLAND: …But He Didn’t Get Eaten! Prone to late night conversations about weighty matters, often oiled with liquid feel-good, Magical Madge and Poor William or Pontificus Minimus, depends on who she is fooling around with that night, often engage in dialogue with elements of truth braided with humor and self-deprecating hubris. The […]
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