CLARKSDALE, Mississippi VIDEO and PHOTO SLIDESHOW The outstanding Clarksdale open air music/event venue began it’s Summer hiatus until the week of King Biscuit Festival in October 2014 with a night of music by local favorites Steve “Lightnin’ Malcolm” and Carl “Stud” White. Hands down, the NEW ROXY is the best music venue in these parts; if […]
Titties, Chicken Wings, & a Fake Death – Steve Kolbus
May 7, 2014 Leave a Comment
Musician Steve Kolbus riding on DB Pedicab with Billy Howell By BILLY “POOR WILLIAM” HOWELL CLARKSDALE, Mississippi – VIDEOS IN POST What do chicken wings, titties and a true story about a woman faking her own death have to do with each other? Steve Kolbus. Steve Kolbus is an iconic local musician, Clarksdale transplant, nice guy, great promoter, multi-vocational window […]
Lightnin’ Strikes at a Shack Up Inn Wedding
April 24, 2014 1 Comment
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 Momma Yolanda Hurt’s baby girl—on Friday during Juke Joint Festival Week on the grounds at the Shack Up Inn. Who’d a thunk Lightnin’ would have […]
TEN Juke Joint Festival Do’s and Don’ts
April 8, 2014 Leave a Comment
By BILLY “POOR WILLIAM” HOWELL (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi)
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Gator Bait: A True Story
October 18, 2013 Leave a Comment
By The Poorest of Williams (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) Folks outside Coahoma County been rather churlish of late, arguing all about alligators caught in the 700-plus-a-few-pounds category. Well, that ain’ nuthin’! Me and Mr. Lil John been wrasslin’ ones bigger than that for years. I ain’ lying. Ask him? Okay, Captain Safety don’t mess with gators, he […]
Coahoma County Chupacabra: A True Story by the Poorest of Williams
October 15, 2013 Leave a Comment
By POOR WILLIAM (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) I swear I saw him. Last night. Skittering under the hedge. Head big as a fire hydrant, body smooth as a Chihuahua. He had been suckin’ blood from a goat. I know he was, ‘cause that’s what they do. They suck goat blood at night when nobody’s lookin’! Well, I […]
Trouping to Po Monkey Juke Joint on a Thursday Night
August 16, 2013 Leave a Comment
By Poor William (Merigold, Mississippi) VIDEO in post Po Monkey, I hear he don’ play no live blues! Say what? You’d be right podna, most of the time, but take a DJ, cold beer, set-ups for whiskey, a bag of cracklins passed around the table, some old-school R&B and enough multi-shaped jiggling backsides of […]
Kathryn’s Restaurant at Moon Lake is only minutes from Clarksdale
July 16, 2013 6 Comments
By Magical Madge and Poor William (Dundee, Mississippi) VIDEO When I heard in the Spring of 2012 that blues musician John Mohead, along with wife Jenn and sons Jack and Henry, had purchased Moon Lake’s Kathryn’s Restaurant, I knew the place was destined to make a comeback. We had seen ownership change numerous times over […]
1926 American Lafrance Firetruck seen Cruising in Clarksdale
July 13, 2013 Leave a Comment
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) VIDEO IN POST Neighbor Ray Keith has been enjoying getting the Marks 1926 Firetruck in tip top running condition for the Mississippi Delta town. Local Marks resident Mr. Barringer has asked the fix-it, machine-techno Keith to tweak the old classic just in case he keels over; Barringer wants to ride in style to […]
Delta Eclectic Lodging by Legends Magazine
July 1, 2013 Leave a Comment
Delta Eclectic Lodging Delta eclectic Lodging article was published in Legends Magazine in July August 2013 issue. The Delta Bohemian Guest House was featured as a Delta Eclectic Lodging spot in Clarksdale, where Southern hospitality and quirky originality rule. Writer Kara Martinez Bachman wrote: Those seeking more privacy may want to consider the Delta Bohemian Guest […]
KINGFISH Ingram – Clarksdale Guitar Sensation
June 2, 2013 Leave a Comment
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) VIDEO AT BOTTOM OF POST Christone “KINGFISH” Ingram. Who is he and how did he get started in his music career? It’s pretty simple. He started on drums. Then bass. Then guitar and vocals. He’s been playing ever since he was the age of 8 but he has been around music since the […]
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 […]
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