Looking for the best places to stay in Clarksdale, Mississippi? Considering a visit to the Mississippi Delta? Stay in Clarksdale, the heart of it all! With a population just over 17,000, the cradle of the blues boasts live music 365 days a year. We have many spots to grab a bite to eat where one can break […]
Bye Bye Miss American Pie – Home Concert Series
September 15, 2019 3 Comments
Bye Bye Miss American Pie w/ Master of Ceremonies David Elliott SOLD OUT! Around 1972, two boys’ dorm counselors at All Saints’ Episcopal School in Vicksburg, Tad Meyer and Steve Zimmerman, and I sat down with two six packs of beer (it was during Spring break and they are both priests now) to listen […]
DBJ Profiles Seven Delta Women in Business
July 1, 2019 7 Comments
The Delta Business Journal’s June 2019 Cover Story features seven Delta women in business. Madge Howell, co-founder of The Delta Bohemian®, is honored to be included in the article along with Mississippi Gift Company owner Cindy Tyler, Gainspoletti Financial Services advisor Brandyn H. Skeen, Sherman’s Restaurant owner Allison Nimrod, Baxter Healthcare Corporation Cleveland site director […]
DBJ Coins Roger Stolle as All Things Clarksdale and the Blues
July 1, 2019 Leave a Comment
Delta Business Journal coins Ohio-native transplant Roger Stolle as “All Things Clarksdale and the Blues.” Publisher Scott Coopwood writes an in-depth account about Roger, the marketing mastermind who now passionately claims Clarksdale and the Mississippi Delta as his home…..and we are so thankful he has!
Wright Thompson Highlights Kathryn’s Moon Lake Memories for Garden and Gun
July 1, 2019 Leave a Comment
Clarksdale native Wright Thompson highlights Kathryn’s Moon Lake Memories for Garden and Gun Magazine in the April/May 2019 issue. Founded in 1939, current owner, chef and musician, John Mohead deserves the praise! People from all over the Mid-South eagerly make the journey to dine at this historic destination. Located only a mile from our lake […]
Josh Troy reports Wilson Rollings perform at Clarksdale White House
July 1, 2019 Leave a Comment
Clarksdale Press Register managing editor Josh Troy reports “Wilson Rollings perform at Clarksdale White House” Home Concert Series. Thank you for attending our special event, Josh, and for writing about your experience hearing Matt Rollings and Anthony Wilson perform in the living room of the Clarksdale White House. Read the article, “Wilson, Rollings perform at […]
“The Days of Wine and Roses” Connects Matt Rollings and Anthony Wilson
June 26, 2019 Leave a Comment
It is rare in today’s sound-bite culture to slow down and purposefully utilize the time and to add feet to an inclination to really understand something—even a something of exquisite value. The following twelve minute recording is exquisite in originality, expression, spontaneity, serendipity, yea, even providentially.
Red talking about Red’s Old Timers Blues Festival in Clarksdale
May 8, 2019 Leave a Comment
Red talking about his 2nd Annual Old Timers Blues Festival to be held Saturday, May 25, 2019, from 11am-8pm in the MLK Park in Clarksdale. FREE!!!
ANTHONY WILSON & MATT ROLLINGS HOME CONCERT
April 25, 2019 2 Comments
The Delta Bohemians present ANTHONY WILSON & MATT ROLLINGS in a Clarksdale White House Home Concert Series on Friday, May 10th at 7:30PM 325 W 2nd Street, Clarksdale Serendipity brought me together with Anthony Wilson. He was a guest at the Clarksdale White House. As I was telling him about our Home Concert […]
Caught in an Eddy by Mark River
January 30, 2019 Leave a Comment
Caught in an Eddy by Mark River Introduction by Slim Gravy in italics There are a few folks in the lives of most who are always a welcome sight to see and whose words, demeanor and affectation always bless. My friend, Mark River Peoples, along with his friend and mentor, John Ruskey, are two such […]
Precision Farming Keeping Mississippi Delta Alive
January 25, 2019 Leave a Comment
Precision Farming or Precision Agriculture had its genesis in the early 1990’s with the technological introduction of GPS guidance for farm tractors. Due to the prohibitive rising cost of inputs in agriculture, it is increasingly imperative that farmers utilize every available research-based asset to maximize profits in an often profitless business—even on high production years […]
Delta Business Journal 2018 Best Of The Best
January 24, 2019 2 Comments
Delta Business Journal, a monthly business magazine based out of Cleveland, Mississippi, posted an online ballot on their Facebook page and on their website for their Delta Business Journal 2018 Best of the Best. The votes were tallied and the winners were announced and listed in their December 2018 issue.
Visit Natchez: A Must Do On The Great American Music Trail
January 23, 2019 7 Comments
Visit Natchez, a must do on the Great American Music Trail Natchez is an enchanting city located on the bluffs above America’s main vein, the mighty Mississippi River. Presently dealing with many of the conundrums of Southern cities historically tied to agriculture, oil, or dissipating industry, Natchez is not giving up the ghost. It is […]
Bogartin’ Billy Sings Musician Caleb Elliott’s Praises
November 16, 2018 2 Comments
Watch this video where Bogartin’ Billy sings musician Caleb Elliott‘s praises in advance of his upcoming Home Concert Series at the Clarksdale White House. In the video, Chilly Billy revisits one of his favorite spots along the Mississippi River and expounds on where he is since his last visit to this same spot on the […]
The Elephant’s Graveyard – A Poem Written in 3 Stages
October 18, 2018 24 Comments
THE ELEPHANT’S GRAVEYARD: TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN, TOO FAR FROM THE SON, RESTORED BY THE SON a poem written in three stages by Slim Gravy I kinda disappeared for a month. I was in a treatment facility in Eastern, TN as a result of not having dealt with some things from my past. Acute […]
Presenting Caleb Elliott in a Home Concert Series
September 26, 2018 Leave a Comment
The Delta Bohemians are presenting Caleb Elliott in a Home Concert Series on Thursday, November 29th at the Clarksdale White House! https://calebelliottclarksdalewhitehouse.bpt.me Although we do not know Caleb Elliott well, we are very familiar with his outstanding songwriting, voice, guitar, mandolin and cello playing. (He played cello at Carnegie Hall before his 18th birthday!)
Son of the South – MOHEAD Home Concert
August 23, 2018 Leave a Comment
Son of the South – MOHEAD Home Concert The Delta Bohemian® is jazzed to present local friend, musician and quintessential Son of the South, John Mohead, who just released a new album and will be performing on Thursday evening, September 27th, for the Clarksdale White House Home Concert Series.
Life In The Delta Magazine Features Chilly Billy’s Tours
August 21, 2018 Leave a Comment
Life in the Delta features our beloved Delta Bohemian Tours and King Biscuit Blues Festival in their current August issue. The magazine was kind enough to interview Chilly Billy and me about our tour business, dedicating three pages of content and photographs about our endeavor.
Red’s Old Timers Blues Fest Genesis
August 20, 2018 Leave a Comment
Red’s Old Timers Blues Fest Needs a Little Help from Some Friends (CHECK OUT SPONTANEOUS VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH RED PADEN SHARING HIS THOUGHTS ON THE FESTIVAL) Red Paden, head straw boss and proprietor at Red’s Lounge—the iconic downtown Clarksdale juke joint and coolest, most intimate music venue in the whole wide world—is putting on his […]
DeSoto Magazine Features Delta Bohemian Tours and Kingfish
August 16, 2018 Leave a Comment
DeSoto Magazine features Delta Bohemian Tours and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram in their current August 2018 issue. Pick up a copy today! A fabulous painting of Johnny Cash is on the cover and was done by British artist, Richard Day.
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