bluesberry cafe

Hopson Commissary: Monday Evening Comin’ Down

WATCH VIDEO I am increasingly drawn to Hopson Commissary’s Monday evening, acoustic, “comin’-down-easy” from the weekend, musical experience beginning at 6:00pm accompanied by free food (always a pot of something...
Read More ➔ about Hopson Commissary: Monday Evening Comin’ Down

Big Boy Martin Grant Remembered

Big Boy Martin Grant playing at Magical Madge and Poor William’s pirate wedding By POOR WILLIAM VIDEO and PHOTOS IN POST    That’s the way that the world goes “round. You’re...
Read More ➔ about Big Boy Martin Grant Remembered

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

Cactus and Stud playing at Bluesberry Cafe in Clarksdale By POOR WILLIAM ↓ VIDEO INCLUDED ↓ Clarksdale is all right! Live blues every night of the year, right here, in river city!...
Read More ➔ about Cactus and Stud: Meet Me in the City! Again!

Meet Me in the City of Clarksdale

Bluesberry Cafe owner Carol Crivaro with James Super Chikan Johnson By POOR WILLIAM VIDEOS and PHOTOS Clarksdale Mississippi is a bad mama jama: just as fine as she can be with...
Read More ➔ about Meet Me in the City of Clarksdale

Titties, Chicken Wings, & a Fake Death – Steve Kolbus

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...
Read More ➔ about Titties, Chicken Wings, & a Fake Death – Steve Kolbus

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 POST Monday night saw...
Read More ➔ about Bluesberry Cafe Kicks Off Juke Joint Festival 2014

“Charlie Patton’s War” Right Here in Clarksdale

Charlie Patton’s War at Juke Joint Chapel in Clarksdale, Mississippi By Poor William VIDEO IN POST (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) Twas just another serendipitous Sunday night at the Shack Up Inn. My...
Read More ➔ about “Charlie Patton’s War” Right Here in Clarksdale

Displaced Deltan Falls in Love with Hill Country Blues. It happens!

Sean Bad Apple at Bluesberry Cafe in Clarksdale. Photo by DB. By POOR WILLIAM, a tone-deaf blues-aficionado (Clarksdale, Mississippi) VIDEO and PHOTOS Familiar tale? “Hey man, we didn’t appreciate what...
Read More ➔ about Displaced Deltan Falls in Love with Hill Country Blues. It happens!

International Blues Challenge 2012 Contestant PRISTINE – a Norwegian Psychedelic Rock Blues Band – Performs in Clarksdale

  International Blues Challenge 2012 Contestant PRISTINE Performs in Clarksdale a Norwegian Psychedelic Rock Blues Band While catching up on the news during the recent International Blues Challenge (IBC) in...
Read More ➔ about International Blues Challenge 2012 Contestant PRISTINE – a Norwegian Psychedelic Rock Blues Band – Performs in Clarksdale