(Clarksdale, Mississippi) VIDEOS in POST ARTEESTS ABOUND IN CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI. Dr. Alphonos Sanders plays his special music on most Wednesday nights in a bar in Clarksdale. He plays an assortment of old school jazz music mixed with some blues music of his own. He plays alto and tenor sax, trumpet, flute and sings with a […]
Clarksdale regular Semi-fixture Musician Extraordinaire Dr. Alphonso Sanders
December 30, 2010 Leave a Comment
Fight or Flight: Love Ain’t Easy
December 30, 2010 Leave a Comment
By Corinne Vance (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Do you run like Hell or fight for what you want? Where do you draw the line? At what point are your wants overruled by what’s best for you. Everyone knows that love is complicated and never perfect but how complicated and imperfect does it have to become for you […]
Martha’s Benediction
December 30, 2010 1 Comment
By Pontificus Minimus “Lean on your love for God, lean on your love for Beth, and always, always, have a good sense of humor!” — Martha Johnson These timely words were recently reiterated at the Howell, Johnson, & Connell annual Christmas night party, celebrated now for about 45 years! Though Pontificus moved away from the […]
Played by the Blues
December 23, 2010 2 Comments
By Poor William (Clarksdale, Mississippi) VIDEO IN POST NOTE TO READER: Pontificus Minimus started writing this article as a result of being severely affected by his yearly holiday case of the blues. It began as more of a “Poor is me, but shame on me” lament written by a lad seasoned in depression and in […]
Helpless On Mississippi Highway 6
December 23, 2010 8 Comments
By CORINNE VANCE (Clarksdale, Mississippi) The beat of a heart or the flutter of a bird’s wings, things we expect to happen in the blink of an eye. What significance does one second of the day out of 86,400 have? It may claim ownership of a kiss on the cheek, the flash of a camera […]
Delta Dirt: Sand, Clay, and a River’s Love
December 23, 2010 13 Comments
By Lil John McKee (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Billy Howell, the Blogging Bohemian and editor-in-chief of www.deltabohemain.com, happens to be the writer’s best and oldest friend, which should indicate to the reader one of two possibilities: Howell is letting an otherwise untrained and incompetent writer drivel on about farming (the most searched-for word on all of Google, […]
Buttdialer Buttdialer Buttdialer Levi is a Buttdialer
December 20, 2010 5 Comments
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) VIDEO IN POST Executive Chef Levi Minyard is a most excellent Epicurean Master but is technologically not as suave. In other words, my boy can’t even text but constantly butt dials folks and never realizes it even after minutes of, “LEVI, LEVI, LEVI, ARE YOU THERE?” Magical Madge and Poor William started singing […]
Standing in a Mississippi Delta Bathroom at Midnight
December 20, 2010 7 Comments
By Pontificus Minimus (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Standing in a Mississippi Delta Bathroom at Midnight. She is perched on her stool facing away from her Vanity with nothing on but a loosely draped towel after having just gotten out of the bathtub. He is in boxers and a long sleeve shirt facing her while rocking side to side […]
Precisely!
December 16, 2010 2 Comments
By Lil John McKee Guest Bohemian (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Precisely. Following is an excerpt from an interview done last fall in the Clarksdale Press Register by the chief Delta Bohemian himself, Billy Howell. He interviewed me for the purpose of reducing into layman’s terms what exactly is “Precision Farming.” I thought he did a good job […]
Chaos In The Classroom
December 16, 2010 4 Comments
By Huckleberry Ed (Clarksdale, Mississippi) In Huckleberry Ed’s estimation, one of the most severe problems and hurdles to overcome in properly educating a child today in the Mississippi Delta and all over America has to do with utter chaos in the classroom and the home. Too many students live in houses void of silence, order, […]
Delta Strutters
December 16, 2010 6 Comments
By Dingus Batticus (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Those of y’all who know about the Mississippi Delta probably know that the place is famous for blues music. That’s black folks’ music. You also probably know something about the plantation culture that the blues came from. Them is white folks’ plantations. As for me and my folks, we ain’t […]
I Am Not Defined By My Past; I Am Defined By My Dreams
December 15, 2010 2 Comments
FIREWORK by Katy Perry MP3 By Corinne Vance (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Does who you have been define who you can be? And does who you can be define who you will be? Is your future limited based on how good or bad you were in the past or how much potential someone else thinks you have […]
A Gentleman Caller from the Mississippi Delta
December 15, 2010 Leave a Comment
Delta Bohemians Magicalmadge and Gentleman Caller Billy Howell (Clarksdale, Mississippi) An audio capture, without knowledge, of Delta Bohemian Magical Madge of Clarksdale, MS telling her Memphis, TN cousins about her future Delta Bohemian Gentleman Caller boyfriend, Billy. Click this link to LISTEN!!! Gentleman Caller – the story of
Look See–A Passionate Mississippi Delta Artist: Christopher Keywood
December 15, 2010 5 Comments
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) Christopher Keywood was born a child in Mississippi who moved to Port Angeles, Washington, San Diego, California and back to the Mississippi Delta. His life used to only consist of women, drugs, fast cars, motorcycles. . . and it eventually led him to prison. His life today is all about love and happiness […]
Stan Street of Hambone Art Gallery – Transplanted to Clarksdale and local Delta Bohemian
December 15, 2010 1 Comment
(Clarsksdale, Mississippi) Owner of Hambone Art Gallery in Clarksdale, MS — Multi-talented Stan Street As taken from Stan’s website, www.stanstreet.com, the biggest influence on Street’s art is the perspective of being a blues musician. Growing up in New York he was influenced by his father and uncle – classical percussionists – who encouraged his creativity. […]
Classic Rock Christmas Song SANTA CLAUS WANTS SOME LOVIN’ by Lynyrd Skynyrd – This is how we roll in the Mississippi Delta!
December 15, 2010 Leave a Comment
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) A fellow friend on Facebook posted this flashback recently to a killer tune, SANTA CLAUS WANTS SOME LOVIN’, performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd. We like it, too. Enjoy the video! [youtube]http://youtu.be/ZIhcUOdYn-E[/youtube]
BIG T in da house at GROUND ZERO BLUES CLUB
December 15, 2010 Leave a Comment
Clarksdale, Mississippi) Local Blues legend Big T and drumming prodigy Lee Williams jamming at Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, MS! Filmed by The Delta Bohemian at www.deltabohemian.com Enjoy the video! [youtube]http://youtu.be/uugGvT4822g[/youtube]
I Like Living Large
December 10, 2010 10 Comments
By Poor William (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Living Large can mean a lot of things to a lot of people, but it sure does drum up hazy visions of folks smiling, drinking, eating, and enjoying the good life. Poor William likes smiling, eating, and drinking and considers a life full of all three to be a fine […]
MS Delta Ladybugs along the Mississippi River
December 10, 2010 Leave a Comment
(Clarkdsale, Mississippi) Click on the video and watch the path of the ladybugs next to the Mississippi River. [youtube]http://youtu.be/7CpklL-8UG0[/youtube]
A Pure-Blooded Southern Belle
December 8, 2010 1 Comment
By Corinne Vance (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Ask me if cheese grits are the best breakfast snack, I would say, “Yes.” Ask me if watching SEC football is the best way to spend a Saturday, I would say “Of course.” Ask me if the South is the best place on Earth, I would say “Hell yeah!” I […]
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