Copper Thieves Robbing Coahoma County Right in Front of Our Eyes PHOTOS Clarksdalian’s know the site: “A rare bluff in the Mississippi Delta at the edge of Clarksdale, Mississippi and around the historic house of the city founder’s daughter.” We have seen it transform in recent years into a center for higher education. We are […]
The Mississippi Delta is Stranger than Fiction
September 28, 2011 3 Comments
By Poor William CLARKSDALE, Mississippi Pssst! Did you hear…? Wow, those few words are heralded worldwide, albeit in a whisper, and they are breathed staccato in the cradle of the blues. The Mississippi Delta, with its characters silhouetted in black, white, and infinite shades of gray, has no equal in the “grist for writing” category. […]
Rickles: The Greendale Arsonist
September 22, 2011 1 Comment
DELTA SHORTS: Rickles: The Greendale Arsonist By WILLIAM PRENTISS Any similarity between the arsonist at work in Clarksdale, Mississippi at present and this sordid tale of one delusional man’s poor understanding of scripture and what constitutes “loving thy neighbor” is purely fictional and coincidental. There are two tales–one real one not. The real […]
Stacy Mitchhart – A Musician Built For Entertainment and Toe Curling
August 18, 2011 1 Comment
VIDEO INCLUDED The Stacy Mitchhart Band, featuring guess who, played at Ground Zero Blues Club Friday night during the 24th Annual Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival in Clarksdale, Mississippi. The featured performer is a masterful guitarist full of expression that will make a woman’s toes curl! He possesses a teasing nature with his instrument […]
Portraits Christopher Keywood Style
July 27, 2011 1 Comment
A R T E E S T S Portraits Christopher Keywood Style Christopher has wanted to move away, back to where he was raised in Port Angeles, WA, near Seattle. However, after spending the last two months there, he realized where he belongs — his birthplace, here in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Christopher has […]
the FOOT
July 21, 2011 1 Comment
the FOOT By Poor William →VIDEO INCLUDED← The evening began with the latent voice of Pontificus Minimus stilling Poor William’s jocular, often loquaciousness (OR) often jocular, loquaciousness. As, “W” might say, “That’s for you thinkers out there!” The tawdry lad had nothing to say—rendered speechless, he was! Alas, what shall he do? Slacking of late […]
Blues Music Awards 2011 – A Delta Bohemian Perspective
May 26, 2011 1 Comment
VIDEO plus PHOTOS The DELTA BOHEMIANS® Magical Madge and Poor William recently attended their first Blues Music Awards (BMA’s) in Memphis along with Delta Bohemian’s Roger Stolle, owner of Cat Head Delta Blues and Folk Art in Clarksdale, Mississippi; Becky Bobo, friend of the Magical one’s; Sarah Ruskey, cool-ass wife of Quapaw Canoe Company’s […]
Highwater’s Rising Report from Driftwood Johnnie
May 4, 2011 7 Comments
By DRIFTWOOD JOHNNIE Y’all, its happening, this is exactly what the US Army Corps of Engineers has created the greatest levee system in the world to protect us from — they call it “Project Flood” — next week we will see the highest waters in the Lower Mississippi Valley since the record-breaking high water of 1937. […]
Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 4-7-11
April 7, 2011 Leave a Comment
Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 4-7-11 What’s going on in and around Clarksdale and/or Coahoma County…and beyond! With the advent of Spring comes lots of choices for things to do. As our weather improves, more folks are headin’ out of their homes and into the community. Check out some upcoming events below. ALSO, you will […]
Bradley Come Back To Clarksdale Town
February 17, 2011 8 Comments
By POOR WILLIAM CLARKSDALE, Mississippi PHOTOS AND VIDEO INCLUDED IN POST Clarksdale native son Bradley Gordon has returned home to our fair city to, among many things, open the Gordon Gallery. Bradley is a multi-faceted artist with gifts galore and a business mindset focused on getting things done. Already, Bradley has held numerous art openings […]
Herons & Otters: February is “Sunflower River Month”
February 17, 2011 2 Comments
By DRIFTWOOD JOHNNIE Sat, Feb 19th @ 12noon — Meeting for Friends of the Sunflower River — Open to the public — at Quapaw Canoe Company — Street level 3rd & Sunflower Avenue in downtown Clarksdale Great Blue Heron On a recent February Delta Day as I was walking along the banks of the Sunflower […]
Get It Done – a music video in the making in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, CLARKSDALE!
February 17, 2011 Leave a Comment
By POOR WILLIAM CLARKSDALE, Mississippi Behind the scenes at Vincent Productions in the heart of the Mississippi Delta in Clarksdale, Mississippi, producer, songwriter and musician Gary Vincent has been working magic in his unique studio with the one and only James “Super Chikan” Johnson. Gary was kind enough to write a song for his friend, […]
Clarksdale Film Festival
January 27, 2011 2 Comments
FRONT PORCH BLUES: Clarksdale Film Festival Great Southern Films, Music Documentaries and More January 27 – 30, 2011 The following is information listed on the CLARKSDALE FILM FESTIVAL website. Roger Stolle and Nan Hughes and Goldie Hirsberg continue to promote and bring more souls to our unique haven in the Mississippi Delta. Thank you! Join […]
FRENCH NIGHT MADIDI
January 13, 2011 2 Comments
CLARKSDALE, Mississippi A pictorial essay by Mississippi Delta Photographer Langdon Clay Deep in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, Saturday, January 8, 2011, a local restaurant played host to eight gifted chefs and one well-informedSommelier for a culinary night beyond compare. The dinner boasted an eight-course dinner with pairings of wine for each. The wine […]
Stan Street of Hambone Art Gallery – Transplanted to Clarksdale and local Delta Bohemian
December 15, 2010 1 Comment
(Clarsksdale, Mississippi) Owner of Hambone Art Gallery in Clarksdale, MS — Multi-talented Stan Street As taken from Stan’s website, www.stanstreet.com, the biggest influence on Street’s art is the perspective of being a blues musician. Growing up in New York he was influenced by his father and uncle – classical percussionists – who encouraged his creativity. […]
Delta Bohemian – what is it?
November 22, 2010 13 Comments
Madge Howell and Billy Howell have created the Delta Bohemian website at www.deltabohemian.com Check it out and see what you think!
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