By PANNY MAYFIELD (Clarkdale, Mississippi) Despite overcast chilly skies, a large crowd attended the prestigious Mississippi Heritage Blues Trail marker unveiling honoring Clarksdale’s Delta Blues Museum Thursday afternoon, April 11. Speaking on the program beneath the canopy facing the marker are
Mississippi Delta Dichotomies
April 9, 2013 2 Comments
Extremes searching for Synthesis By POOR WILLIAM (Clarksdale, Mississippi) DOCUMENTED CLARKSDALE MUSIC VIDEO The Mississippi Delta is all about discrete entities rubbin’ against each other symbiotically in a search for synthesis, peace and order. Iron sharpening iron! We are black, we are white, we are rich, we are poor; we embody in one geographical/cultural place extreme […]
Clarksdale lover Performing Live at White House for Memphis Soul Concert
April 9, 2013 Leave a Comment
By MAGICAL MADGE (Clarksdale, Mississippi) When I see Charlie Musselwhite in my email Inbox, I know it is always going to be something delightful and fun. My most recent correspondence back and forth with Mr. Musselwhite did not disappoint. WOW! His news this time? Get this. Charlie is performing LIVE at the White House in a […]
Displaced Deltan Falls in Love with Hill Country Blues. It happens!
April 7, 2013 Leave a Comment
By POOR WILLIAM, a tone-deaf blues-aficionado (Clarksdale, Mississippi) VIDEO and PHOTOS Familiar tale? “Hey man, we didn’t appreciate what was in our own backyard; now we get it!” Could be a statement made by thousands of folks recognizing later in life what was inherent at the genesis. For Poor William, it was the blues! I […]
Clarksdale is Smoking …
April 7, 2013 6 Comments
A Whim by POOR WILLIAM, a reformed smoker and libertarian (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Smoke! What you gonna do with it? Put it out? Fire it up? Run from it like the plague? Grin and bear it? Or stay at home? All good questions! The choice is yours! I am a reformed smoker; quit almost five years […]
Got Enough Money to Burn a Wet Dog During the Juke Joint Festival? DBGuest House is open.
April 1, 2013 Leave a Comment
A Wet Dog. The Dirty Dandelion. The Dirty D. Dandy. By POOR WILLIAM (Clarksdale, Mississippi) DBGuesthouse.com What is meant by having enough money to burn a wet dog? Surely Poor William is not gonna set ablaze a clammy canine? Is he? Why hell no! But, if any of you Delta Bohemians out there or anybody […]
Clarksdale Samaritans – A Place Where Perfect Strangers Wave At You
April 1, 2013 Leave a Comment
By MAGICAL MADGE (Clarksdale, Mississippi) My wallet was found? I didn’t even know it was lost! The day started with a personal commitment and challenge to let thankfulness temper all my thoughts. Was it even possible to walk through my entire day with a grateful attitude and would this exercise enable me to see
Clarksdale and New York City Go Head To Head on UDIA VPELA Urban Developments Tour of USA
March 28, 2013 Leave a Comment
(Clarkdsdale, Mississippi) Going head to head with cities like New York, Chicago, New Orleans and Memphis don’t scare us none. We got it covered here in CLARKSDELTA, the Golden Buckle of the Mississippi Delta. But who the hell is UDIA/VPELA and why are they coming to America?
SOUNDS AROUND TOWN IN CLARKSDALE March 25th thru 31st 2013
March 26, 2013 Leave a Comment
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) Fresh off the press – SOUNDS AROUND TOWN. Check out our Watcha Gonna Do page every week to know what is LIVE IN CLARKSDALE, the heart of the Mississippi Delta. For more happenings around the Delta, visit Cat Head’s Music Calendar at www.cathead.biz. Sounds Around Town courtesy of First National Bank, Your Hometown Bank […]
A Fascination With Art: Making it Your Life – Sounds interesting, huh?
March 25, 2013 Leave a Comment
(Jackson, Mississippi) by Magical Madge – On Tuesday, April 16, 2013, you can dine while talking art in a setting that is sure to impress. How could it not? The Jackson Symphony League is hosting a Spring Luncheon and the one and only Mississippi Interior Designer and Lifestyle and Design Blogger MS Design Maven, Marilyn Trainor Storey, […]
The New York Times values Shonda Warner’s opinion when it comes to farmland prices – What do you think?
March 21, 2013 Leave a Comment
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) -by Guest Bohemian Fat Clyde, aka Mr. Lil John McKee Hello all you Bohemians out there; check out our own Shonda Warner’s quote in the New York Times about the recent surge in farmland prices. Miss Shonda did not fall off a watermelon trailer yesterday, and the DB suspects that she is right […]
This Year’s Blue Biscuit Festival in Indianola is June 1st – Always the First Saturday Every June!
March 20, 2013 2 Comments
(Indianola, Mississippi) Trish Berry wasn’t deterred from hosting her already planned music festival when the BB King Homecoming Celebration decided to skip on over to August instead of their usual First Saturday the month of June in Indianola, Mississippi. Nope. She claimed that First Saturday in June as Indianola’s Blue Biscuit Festival Day and hasn’t […]
People of the Delta – A Passion of Joey L
February 16, 2013 Leave a Comment
Look what I stumbled upon while surfing the ofttimes life-sucking internet. (Jump ahead and watch his video HERE or wait and read a bit more….then you will be directed to it at the end of the story.) Joey L. — a young Canadian professional photographer, director and published author living in Brooklyn, NY but with a yearning to […]
When A Friend Asks For Help, Respond. Is The Mississippi River Your Friend?
February 15, 2013 Leave a Comment
By Magical Madge (Clarksdale, Mississippi) VIDEOS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST I had just emailed John Ruskey an apology for neglecting to do something today I had promised although I knew he would understand. Still. When a friend asks for something, I want to respond. It disappointed me that I couldn’t, didn’t remember to […]
Was Caroline Kennedy Really in Clarksdale, Mississippi?
February 6, 2013 Leave a Comment
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) – PHOTO GALLERY IN POST – Believe it or not, Caroline Kennedy, while promoting her latest book “Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy”, not only stopped in Clarksdale but she spoke to a large crowd. Lucky us! Caroline signed her books in Memphis, Oxford and Jackson but in Clarksdale […]
An Organ Concert in Clarksdale – Come hear an organ sing!
February 6, 2013 1 Comment
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) – There is an instrument in Clarksdale that sits silent most days until it comes alive, usually on Sunday mornings, when Jay Westfaul tickles it’s keys during church services at St. George’s Episcopal Church. Another fine organist of note is coming to town Thursday, February 7th at 6:30 pm to sit on the […]
Charlie Musselwhite Making Headlines with Ben Harper for GET UP!
January 30, 2013 5 Comments
Clarksdale, Mississippi – A sweet surprise landed in Poor William’s inbox last week. He then forwarded the message to moi. The message said “the little white lines at the bottom of the video player….if you ffwd to the very last white line we are the last segment.” It contained a link. A link to NBC’s […]
Steve Kolbus – RAW & UNCUT at Tricia’s PIE HOLE and GZBC in Clarksdale
January 19, 2013 2 Comments
By Magical Madge CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI VIDEO IN POST – Steve Kolbus, former standup comic for 22+ years, is now a fixture in Clarksdale. He moved here and opened a restaurant called Tricia’s Italian Eatery and Pie Hole which is sadly now closed. It was a first for Clarksdale to have a pie hole! Poor William […]
3rd CLARKSDALE FILM FESTIVAL puts Mississippi under the Hollywood spotlight
January 19, 2013 Leave a Comment
CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI – For its third year in a row, the Clarksdale Film Festival aims to make you laugh, cry and, occasionally, rock out. Organizers promise attendees a feast of Mississippi and Southern filmmaking – plus a little fresh popcorn. According to Garden & Gun magazine, “Mississippi gets its close-up… to celebrate the Magnolia State’s films and […]
Music strikes a chord whether with Jose in Downtown Sydney or in the Blues Capital of the World – Clarksdale, Mississippi
January 14, 2013 Leave a Comment
CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI – VIDEO IN POST – It’s a dreary day today in Clarksdale, smack dab in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, and all is cold, wet, icy, barren and the wind is blowing. Why not take today to remember Australia and how it continues to affect my senses. I hope you take pleasure […]
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