Delta Bohemian

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It’s “Chilly Outside”: Reflections on Tha Moon relative to God’s Immanence, Imminence & Eminence in the Mississippi Delta: Commonality of Faith!

It's "Chilly Outside": Reflections on Tha Moon relative to God's Immanence, Imminence & Eminence in the Mississippi Delta: Commonality of Faith. God is Immanent, Imminent & Eminent in the Mississippi Delta: Immanent = InherentImminent = ImpendingEminent = Distinguished Yet, God is also transcendent here: Beyond us, outside us, above us. … [Read More...]

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Jeffrey Yentz Discovers the Windsor Ruins

By MAGICAL MADGE and GUEST BOHEMIAN JEFFREY YENTZ PHOTO SLIDESHOWS I cannot recall the exact day our paths first crossed but I do remember it was his perspective on life and his God-given ability to illustrate it that drew me to him. We have been connected ever since. Jeffrey Yentz is an artist and architect who resides in Jackson, Mississippi. Read his tale about the … [Read More...]

John Ruskey Lectures Delta Psi Fraternity at Ole Miss

By MAGICAL MADGE and GUEST BOHEMIAN BRAXTON BARDEN PHOTOS and SEVERAL VIDEOS and SPECIAL LINK NEAR BOTTOM Was I reading my email correctly....? Quapaw Canoe Company's John Ruskey was speaking at a fraternity house at Ole Miss? Yes! Just so happened my wheels were taking me in close proximity to the campus that same day and hour. This I had to see! … [Read More...]

Watermelon Slim Sings Northwest Passage

By POOR WILLIAM VIDEO and PHOTOS Delta eclectic is not relegated to Clarksdale, MS, though I think we have a short leg up on the rest of God’s fertile country south of Memphis down to Vicksburg. Magical Madge and I were delivering the latest issue of The ‘Sip magazine all over the North Delta last Thursday, ending up in Greenwood where we heard the ubiquitous Watermelon Slim playing in … [Read More...]

Rory Doyle Captures Bill Abel

By GUEST BOHEMIAN PHOTOGRAPHER RORY DOYL I followed Bill Abel, someone who I have great respect for as a Bluesman and artist. I have seen him play a number of times, but I knew very little about who Bill is off the stage. Through Barefoot Workshops, I was able to follow him throughout the week, and I was fascinated with his three home studios … [Read More...]

The ‘Sip Magazine Appreciates the DB

By POOR WILLIAM PHOTOS It’s always a tricky enterprise in today’s social media driven culture—rife with endless opportunities to “reach” potential customers—to share wonderful things others say and not appear to be “full of one’s self” or too self-aggrandizing. Tis a fine line to walk for sure.... … [Read More...]

Bella in Helena

By MAGICAL MADGE PHOTO GALLERY and VIDEO BELOW Bella in Helena, a new Coco Chanel inspired women’s clothing store, is the latest addition to the bluff city’s downtown renaissance. The fabulous store shares an interior door with Handworks, Cathy Campbell’s successful, one-of-a-kind gift shop. … [Read More...]

Cactus and Stud: Meet Me in the City! Again!

By POOR WILLIAM ↓ VIDEO INCLUDED ↓ Clarksdale is all right! Live blues every night of the year, right here, in river city! One never knows what he or she will get when they hit the town of Clarksdale to hear some blues. Each single night at every different venue with a multitude of local and visiting musicians is always unique. No two nights are ever the same. Bluesberry Cafe in downtown … [Read More...]

Christone Kingfish Ingram Clarksdale Blues Prodigy

By POOR WILLIAM Clarksdale, Mississippi VIDEO and PHOTOS Christon Kingfish Ingram is a “bad boy” to be such a good boy; meaning his always improving guitar skills place him on par with some of the finest guitarists to ever have plucked some strings. Clarksdalians and visitors from all over the world, who have availed themselves of the privilege of hearing this young man play … [Read More...]

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Play more tunes for me Daddy Rich

By MAGICAL MADGE Clarksdale, Mississippi VIDEOS It's sad, sad to think Daddy Rich may bow out of the music world. I know he took a break this past year to get his priorities straight and for that I commend and respect him. We have missed his music and self. But enough is enough! Play more tunes for me, $Daddy Rich$!!! I don't want to hear any more sad, sad songs, … [Read More...]

Skinny Jeans, My Ass

By POOR WILLIAM What in sam hill are skinny jeans and why would any man wear ‘em, unless he could? I can’t, so to hell with skinny jeans. Levi’s defines them as follows: “Skinny jeans are form fitting and designed to accentuate your shape.” What shape? Can’t nobody but nobody fit in skinny jeans if they have any shape! … [Read More...]

I Hate Damning God

By PONTIFICUS MINIMUS “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.” -- The Third Commandment given to Moses by God Having spent many a year eschewing all forms of cursing and vile language I have slipped over the last 10 years into saying many words and phrases that I am sure grieve the Lord. I am rather loose … [Read More...]

Five Years and Growing for Clarksdale Film Festival

By MAGICAL MADGE Clarksdale, Mississippi What a perfect time of year to stay indoors and watch movies. It's so cold outside! Give me a good movie, a blanket and a beverage and I'll follow you anywhere. You say there is a film festival in town this week? Yep! The Clarksdale Film Festival kicks off this Thursday, January 29 for the 5th time! If you have failed to venture downtown to … [Read More...]

Red’s Lounge on a Friday Night in Clarksdale

By POOR WILLIAM VIDEO and PHOTOS Hey Man, I know we did a post on the Delta Bohemian® two weeks ago on Lucious Spiller at Red’s Lounge, but sometimes there’s more to something. And here it tis… … [Read More...]

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Meet Me in the City of Clarksdale

By POOR WILLIAM VIDEOS and PHOTOS Clarksdale Mississippi is a bad mama jama: just as fine as she can be with live music 365 days a year! So, if folks want to hear authentic, live music with no two nights ever quite the same, then tell ‘em to meet me in the city! Clarksdale that is! In “The Blues Brothers” movie, the honkytonk (and I do mean honky) that Jake and Elwood played in, had both … [Read More...]

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Mornings with Tolstoy – Day Twelve

By WILLIAM PRENTISS I lie here mortally disconnected to humanity, only God! Sis, not sure if I can hear while I lie in abeyance, a dormant state, cognition unknown but to God and me, still talks to me and shares God’s words and the thoughts of those far brighter than I. … [Read More...]

Rice Farmer Outfits Delta Office with John Ruskey Paintings

By POOR WILLIAM Sumner, Mississippi VIDEO & PHOTO GALLERY What always happens when an eclectic rice-farming, map-collecting restaurateur and Delta transplant buys a bevy of original artwork and giclées from a rugged individualist who paints, writes poetry, prose and music, while leading expeditions on the mighty Mississippi River? Well…? You get an uber-cool southern planter’s … [Read More...]

Mississippi Delta Rapids and a Rider ‘fore the Storm

By POOR WILLIAM Clarksdale, Mississippi VIDEO Flat lands got rapids too, ya know! The Mississippi Delta has long been heralded as having some of the most fertile soil this side of the River Nile; we ‘bout as flat too! Drainage ditches skirting crop turn rows are a fixture in God’s country and when it rains they get swole like Poor William in the gym when he is rubbin’ all the rough off the … [Read More...]

Mississippi Delta Cat Trumps Delta Dog, Every Time

By POOR WILLIAM Clarksdale, Mississippi VIDEO Mississippi Delta Dogs are an inescapable, loosely cherished constant in our beloved homeland, but they are not the cat’s meow! Cat will get a fella every time! A friend of Poor William’s is fond of saying that you can lead a man off in to the Grand Canyon with one cat hair! Truth! Magical Madge and I were visiting Quapaw Canoe Company’s … [Read More...]

Lucious Spiller Band at Red’s Lounge in Clarksdale

By POOR WILLIAM Clarksdale, Mississippi VIDEO & PHOTOS “I really didn’t shoot her; I just kicked her to the curb!” -- Lucious Spiller Last year’s Solo International Blues Challenge second place winner, the indomitable Lucious Spiller, gave a rave performance Saturday night at Red’s Lounge in downtown Clarksdale. I no longer record at Red’s but every blue moon, and there was a blue … [Read More...]

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MERRY CHRISTMAS from the Delta Bohemian!!!!

Clarksdale, Mississippi Magical Madge and I want to thank our Business Partners (check ‘em out on our website), our Subscribers (if you haven't subscribed do it now. It's free!), and folks—near and far—who love the Mississippi Delta and all it has to offer: … [Read More...]