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THE TOUR – My Mississippi Delta Excursion with Poor William
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 was a big day for me, the day my whole trip to Clarksdale revolved about with The Tour! Delta Bohemian Chilly Billy picked me up at 10am...
European Reflects on the Birthplace of the Blues
Initially, it was the history of Clarksdale, Birthplace of the Blues, that made me want to visit. Nearly all of the great old blues musicians lived in/around Clarksdale, or frequented the...
Home Grown Thursday Nights in Clarksdale
Clarksdale, MississippiPHOTO GALLERY This list makes my mouth water, especially when I know it was grown by local farmers: Sweet corn Cucumbers Squash Zucchini Plums Nectarines Green Beans Onions Eggplant...
Another Mississippi Delta Saturday Night
By POOR WILLIAMVIDEO and PHOTOS Delta folks ain’ scared of a party and that’s for damn sure. It’s always on in the Mississippi Delta: whether high-browing at the Country Club...
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...
Christone Kingfish Ingram Clarksdale Blues Prodigy
By POOR WILLIAMClarksdale, 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...
Lucious Spiller Band at Red’s Lounge in Clarksdale
By POOR WILLIAMClarksdale, 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...
Red Paden Birthday Bash at Red’s Lounge
By POOR WILLIAM Clarksdale, Mississippi SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO AND PHOTOS Sunday night was a time of great festivity for Clarksdalians— natives, transplants, and miscreants—who love Red Paden and his...
Clarksdale Garden Club and an Old Nun Prayer
By POOR WILLIAMClarksdale, Mississippi I did it! I attended a meeting of the Clarksdale Garden Club! My lovely wife, Magical Madge Marley Howell, invited me to tag along and help...
Easy Like Pedi Cabbing on Sunday to Red’s Blues Club
By POOR WILLIAMClarksdale, Mississippi (VIDEO and PHOTOS) Clarksdale and the Mississippi Delta are made all the richer due to folks from the world over who consistently return year after year to...
The Mississippi Delta – by Donald Christian
When The Delta Bohemian® moves a soul to share, relate, communicate, touch and/or love us, from a spirit within themselves that innocently and purely wants, dare we say, needs, to connect,...
Don’t Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down
By POOR WILLIAMCLARKSDALE, Mississippi VIDEOS INCLUDED Spirit draggers, I can’t stand ‘em and yet I “are” one! My lovely wife Madge Marley Howell sang a powerful bluesy song during the...
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