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Lucious Spiller Wins New Fans Everywhere He Goes
By MAGICAL MADGE MARLEY HOWELL CLARKSDALE, Mississippi -- VIDEOS and PHOTOS in post When we hear blues man Lucious Spiller is leaving his hometown of Little Rock and headed to...
Lightnin’ Strikes at a Shack Up Inn Wedding
By POOR WILLIAM CLARKSDALE, Mississippi -- VIDEOS and PHOTOS in post Steve “Lightnin’” Malcolm, famed Hill Country blues musician and Clarksdale and Shack Up Inn favorite, got all hitched to Bernikki Lewis—Big...
Juke Joint Juggernaut
The Worm Has Turned for Clarksdale By POOR WILLIAM CLARKSDALE, Mississippi — PHOTOS IN POST Whoomp, there it went! Clarksdale’s 11th Annual Juke Joint Festival was insane, rad, gnarly, cool, groovy, boss, far-out,...
He Wants It All in Clarksdale – Juke Joint Festival Week 2014
CLARKSDALE, Mississippi -- VIDEO in postPlease enjoy this video taken on Sunday, April 13, 2014 of Kayla N. Wigley and Kandis Nichole Wigley-Webb, daughter, mother and sisters in Christ, at the...
TEN Juke Joint Festival Do’s and Don’ts
By BILLY "POOR WILLIAM" HOWELL (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) (more…)
Clarksdale Juke Joint Festival Lineup and Map 2014
(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...
Bluesberry Cafe Kicks Off Juke Joint Festival 2014
Magical Madge, Steve Kolbus, Art Crivaro, Watermelon Slim, the late Frank "Rat" Ratliff. Photo by DB ©2011 By BILLY "POOR WILLIAM" HOWELL (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) VIDEO IN...
Rock and Blues Museum has Live Music during Juke Joint Festival
ROCK & BLUES MUSEUM Poster for Juke Joint Festival Week 2014 (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) The Rock and Blues Museum is proud to announce their live music lineup,...
NEW ROXY Clarksdale Open for JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL 2014
(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. (more…)
Paddler Celebration at Quapaw Canoe Company
(CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) PRESS RELEASE FROM QUAPAW CANOE COMPANYWhat: Honoring the Gov. Phil Bryant, Sen. Robert Jackson, Rep. Chuck Espy, Rep. Brad Mayo, and the many others Reps and Senators who...
Pedicab Tours in Clarksdale – Say what?!
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...
Mississippi Welcome Centers welcome Delta Bohemian Guest House
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...