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A Conversation with Pinetop Perkins
A Conversation with Pinetop Perkins By POOR WILLIAM The legendary Grammy-winning blues pianist Willie “Pinetop” Perkins died Monday, March 21, 2011, in Austin, TX. Pinetop was slated to attend his...
RUST showcases local Clarksdale Artists
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) Photos and Video in Post Rust Restaurant was the recent host to a collection of Mississippi Delta artists, mostly from our fair city of Clarksdale. Musical Entertainment was...
I Ain’t Even Looking at that Sign
I Ain't Even Looking at that Sign By FAT CLYDE Clarksvegas - a moniker by which the Mississippi Delta town of Clarksdale is known, indicating its strong propensity for gambling....
Aubrey sings Angel from Montgomery
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) The Salon de Boheme was the site of yet another serendipitous heartfelt expression this past weekend. Aubrey (We calls her Sweet Thang) Powell and a friend, we calls...
Sunflower River Expedition: Take a journey with us
A Sunflower River Expedition!An excerpt taken from John Ruskey's update Keith Plunkett -- Lucy’s Revenge: 2 Days on a Sunflower River Expedition "We hosted Keith & Sharon Plunkett and their...
Delta Delusions: Reflections at Cutrer: A Ghost from the Past
By POOR WILLIAMCLARKSDALE, Mississippi NOTE: The following fictional story was the winner in the 2008 Delta Writer's Association's Tennessee Williams Festival Writing Contest. It was published in the Clarksdale Press...
Delta Dreaming on a Winter’s Day
By POOR WILLIAMNOTE: Thanks to Brooks Ann Gaston and Delilah Hollis, both who responded to Poor William’s posted-on-Facebook request for subject matter for this week’s Delta Shorts flash fiction story....
Delta Delusions: The Stabbin’ Cabin
By WILLIAM PRENTISSThe name, Stabbin’ Cabin’, was supposed to be a Delta joke. Hell, nobody was supposed to get hurt. The early spring evening was pleasant, but there was a...
More FRENCH NIGHT MADIDI
(CLARKSDALE, Mississippi)Talented Rachel Bush attended FRENCH NIGHT on Saturday, January 8, 2011. Rachel is a Junior at Delta State University and is working on her graphics major as well as...
Local Clarksdale Arteests doin’ what Clarksdale Arteests do – hangin’, listening to the blues and fellowshipping
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) Clarksdale local gallery owners and artists/musicians Bradley Gordon of Gordon Gallery, Joey Young or Lambfish Art Company and Stan Street of Hambone Art Gallery....all in the Mississippi Delta....captured...
“I’m sorry. If you haven’t got time to talk to me you can kiss my ass.”
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) HAVE a listen to this VOICE MESSAGE BY CLICKING ON THE "Click to continue" link. The message was left on a local Clarksdale business answering machine hours after...
Clarksdale regular Semi-fixture Musician Extraordinaire Dr. Alphonso Sanders
(Clarksdale, Mississippi)VIDEOS in POST ARTEESTS ABOUND IN CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI. Dr. Alphonos Sanders plays his special music on most Wednesday nights in a bar in Clarksdale. He plays an assortment of...