By BILLY “POOR WILLIAM” HOWELL (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi)
Clarksdale Juke Joint Festival Lineup and Map 2014
April 8, 2014 Leave a Comment
(CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) Here is your link to the 11th Annual Clarksdale Juke Joint Festival Lineup beginning on Thursday, April 10. →→→CLARKSDALE JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL LINEUP←←← Thank you Roger Stolle and Nan Hughes for this super downtown map for Clarksdale — a Daytime Music Stages and Events Map and a Night Time Venues Map. We have been […]
Bluesberry Cafe Kicks Off Juke Joint Festival 2014
April 8, 2014 Leave a Comment
By BILLY “POOR WILLIAM” HOWELL (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) VIDEO IN POST Monday night saw the official/unofficial advent of the world-renowned, 11th Juke Joint Festival 2014 in Clarksdale, Mississippi—heart of the Mississippi Delta and birthplace of the blues. Bluesberry Café, bastion of live Monday night blues in Clarksdale, owned by Carol and Art “Bongo Daddy” Crivaro, had a […]
Rock and Blues Museum has Live Music during Juke Joint Festival
April 8, 2014 Leave a Comment
(CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) The Rock and Blues Museum is proud to announce their live music lineup, exhibits, reception and fundraiser for Thursday, April 10 – Saturday, April 12 during the 11th Annual Juke Joint Festival 2014. Be sure to drop by and say hello to Theo Dasbach! FREE JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL Rock & Blues Museum Events […]
NEW ROXY Clarksdale Open for JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL 2014
April 8, 2014 Leave a Comment
(CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) The NEW ROXY in the Historic New World District in Downtown Clarksdale is not to be missed during the week of Juke Joint Festival 2014. Owner Robin Colonas.
Paddler Celebration at Quapaw Canoe Company
April 7, 2014 Leave a Comment
(CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) PRESS RELEASE FROM QUAPAW CANOE COMPANY What: Honoring the Gov. Phil Bryant, Sen. Robert Jackson, Rep. Chuck Espy, Rep. Brad Mayo, and the many others Reps and Senators who voted in SB 2972, the new Mississippi legislation specifically addressing river guiding companies on navigable waterways and nature tourism! And many, many others who […]
Pedicab Tours in Clarksdale – Say what?!
April 3, 2014 Leave a Comment
By BILLY “Poor William” Howell (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) MULTIPLE VIDEOS IN POST New Delta Bohemian® Excursions Pedicab Service Debuts in Downtown Clarksdale CLARKSDALE HOT SPOTS TOUR Reservations/Pickup 662-645-9197 or poorwilliam@deltabohemian.com Are you ready? Hell yea, damn right, hotties need a toddy, my legs is mighty-mighty, who in the hell are we? Hey! New Service, pedal-power, rent Poor […]
Mississippi Welcome Centers welcome Delta Bohemian Guest House
April 1, 2014 Leave a Comment
By MAGICAL MADGE MARLEY HOWELL (MISSISSIPPI) My daddy always told me, “Madge, be patient.” He tended to follow that up with, “Seek the truth.” Those words of advice have served me well and I credit him, the late Bouldin Alcorn Marley Sr., on this latest collaboration which took almost a year to complete. We wanted […]
WILL TO CHANGE premiers at Crossroads Film Festival
March 31, 2014 Leave a Comment
By MAGICAL MADGE MARLEY HOWELL (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) TRAILER IN POST I’ve been worshiping with William Kozielski for over a year now. Initially we attended the traditionally black New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksdale on MLK Boulevard. Then, our pastor, the gifted servant of the Lord, Mark Webb, announced he was leaving! Mark left and is […]
Cassidy Bayou Gallery celebrates Spring Exhibition
March 31, 2014 Leave a Comment
By MAGICAL MADGE MARLEY HOWELL (SUMNER, Mississippi) Clarksdalians and many others have been looking forward to Saturday, April 12, 2014; the 11th Annual Juke Joint Festival is finally here! We will enjoy a full week of festivities leading up to, during, and after the magical Saturday we love so much. Thank you, Roger Stolle, Kinchen […]
April is Muddy Waters Month at DBM and Blues at Home in Oxford
March 25, 2014 Leave a Comment
By MAGICAL MADGE MARLEY HOWELL (CLARKSDALE and OXFORD, Mississippi) The above poster caught my eye while walking out of the Juke Joint Chapel at the Shack Up Inn on Monday night. What a cool idea. “April is Muddy Waters Month at the Delta Blues Museum!” The staff at the DBM kicks off their Month Long […]
Clarksdale native Kim Duease Launches Art Fabrics
March 6, 2014 Leave a Comment
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) PRESS RELEASE Kim Duease is an artist. Her palette is vivid. Her canvas is broad. Her inspiration is everywhere. Her creativity is from the heart. A native of colorful Clarksdale in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, Kim began painting and creating as a child and has never stopped. For the last twenty years she has been […]
“Charlie Patton’s War” Right Here in Clarksdale
March 5, 2014 Leave a Comment
By Poor William VIDEO IN POST (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) Twas just another serendipitous Sunday night at the Shack Up Inn. My dawg, Joey Young, local artist and Shack Shaker, called and said there was a band named Charlie Patton’s War who was gonna jam a bit. Well, hell yeah, I’ll swing by. The band’s name was […]
Pastry Chef E’Lane Bobo Williams Shines
February 25, 2014 Leave a Comment
A sweet, Mississippi Delta, Clarksdale girl headed to Memphis soon after studying Patisserie at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. She landed behind the scenes as the Pastry Chef for the artsy, open kitchen Interim Restaurant and Bar. Her name is E’Lane Bobo Williams; her father originally hailed from Bobo, Mississippi, a little town about 5 […]
“Howl-N-Madd” for a KICKSTARTER
February 8, 2014 Leave a Comment
By Magical Madge First they brought you the award-winning documentary True Delta; now they are “Howl-N-Madd” to kick start yet another captivating film. Lucky Find Productions continues their documentary blues portraits with an up-close and candid view of the life of blues man Bill Perry, also known as Howl-N-Madd Perry. We are keen on Mr. Perry and his […]
Delta Magazine launches “The Ultimate Insider’s Guide”
January 28, 2014 1 Comment
By Magical Madge (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) In the not-so-distant past a Delta native returned home with big ideas. Scott Coopwood launched his beloved Delta Magazine in 2003. It’s always a treat when Delta Magazine arrives; it feels like getting a special present. The latest issue has long been the topic of conversations at cocktail parties, coffee shops and dinner tables. […]
LEO BUD WELCH: Sabougla Voices reviewed
January 22, 2014 Leave a Comment
By Poor William (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) VIDEOS IN POST “I believe in the Lord, but the blues speaks to life, too. Blues has a feeling just like gospel; they just don’t have a book (a Bible).” — Leo Bud Welch The duality that is the Delta is the very human duality found in Leo “Bud” Welch. […]
Festival premiers Will Goss feature film CLARKSDALE plus much, much more!
January 22, 2014 Leave a Comment
By Magical Madge (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) Have you ever seen him–the skinny dude from Clarksdale who dons white spectacles and possesses a multitude of artistic abilities? Some have described him as an Underground Experimental Filmmaker, Musician, Writer, Screenwriter, Director, Actor and Mississippi Delta boy. He can now include Teacher. (He is the new Film Professor at […]
SHOUTOUT to Australia from Clarksdale Mayor Luckett
December 4, 2013 Leave a Comment
By Magical Madge (Clarksdale, Mississippi) PHOTOS and VIDEO in POST! For some reason, when John Henshall says “Jump,” we Jump! Henshall, Principal of Essential Economics in Melbourne, our generous host during our trip down under last year, was having another one of his Blues n’ Ribs Party with none other than the Delta’s own Watermelon Slim and […]
Jerry’s Dreamboat, Opening Right on Q – in Clarksdale!
November 29, 2013 2 Comments
By Poor William (Clarksdale, Mississippi) PHOTOS IN POST Have a hankering for unique Mississippi Delta hot tamales? Need a fix of some killer BBQ? Then look no further than downtown Clarksdale, MS, birthplace of the blues. Jerry McCray, of Jerry’s Hot Tamales, and Charles Evans, owner of Clark House Residential Inn, have teamed up to […]
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