Chilly Billy Considers

Reflections, conversations, and observations from the Delta

Thankful for Clarksdale Disc Golf

A little over two years ago a couple local guys were instrumental in getting a nine-hole Clarksdale disc golf course operational right along the banks of the Sunflower River. John...
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A Delta Bohemian Manifesto

“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” – Paul in his letter to the Corinthian church Who doesn’t want to...
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“Paddle to the Amazon” Adventurer Dana Starkell

Delta Bohemian Tours was on its regular Regional Identity Tour a couple days ago, including an almost mandatory stop at the Mississippi River near historic Friars Point, MS, when we...
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CraigCat on an Oxbow with Chilly Billy

What's that? A CraigCat on an Oxbow?!! Hey Man, this is Chilly Billy Howell, your personal tour guide with DELTA BOHEMIAN TOURS (deltabohemiantours.com). When I am not giving tours to folks...
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Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down in Clarksdale Town

Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down in Clarksdale Town [VIDEOS] On a Sunday morning sidewalkI'm wishing, Lord, that I was stoned'Cause there's something in a SundayThat makes a body feel aloneAnd there's...
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Greatest Radio Station in the Whole Wide World

I just can’t help talking like my friend, Clarksdale’s friend and friend of Blues lovers the whole wide world over, Charlie Musselwhite. Charlie regularly refers to the whole wide world,...
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Incredibly Unique Experience in Clarksdale

The following is a transcript from the above RADIOLAND VIDEO with Chilly Billy. Hey, man, I’m pissed. Where do you start? I just was patronizing an establishment in Clarksdale and had an incredibly unique...
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Delta Bohemian Examines Faith in the Mississippi Delta

Faith is a crucial component in the lives of most Deltans, and to understand the Mississippi Delta it is imperative to be acutely cognizant of the prominence faith in the...
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The Ugly Path: God Don’t Like Ugly

The Ugly Path. God don’t like ugly, and often a reckoning is required to turn us around when we are resolutely traveling down the ugly path. Given a choice, I...
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Mississippi Delta Dichotomies

Extremes searching for SynthesisBy 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...
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