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Top Ten Juke Joint Rules

Top Ten Juke Joint Rules for visiting Clarksdale's fabled juke joints, blues clubs, music venues, etc., will ease your mind and put you square in the middle of cool. We might be a...
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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...
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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...
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Big Boy Martin Grant Remembered

By POOR WILLIAMVIDEO and PHOTOS IN POST    That’s the way that the world goes “round. You’re up one day and the next you’re down. It’s half an inch of...
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MOHEAD

By POOR WILLIAMClarksdale, Mississippi  (VIDEOS and PHOTOS) Hey man, what kind of title is “Mohead?” Well, I am just following suite. The Telluride Blues & Brews Festival (September 12-14, 2014) lists...
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Kingfish plays guitar at Hambone Gallery Pre-Sunflower Fest

By POOR WILLIAMClarksdale, Mississippi (VIDEO) With the annual Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival officially starting Thursday night at the VIP Tent, Clarksdale has already begun hearing great music. Red’s...
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LEO BUD WELCH: Sabougla Voices reviewed

By Poor William (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) VIDEOS IN POST“I believe in the Lord, but the blues speaks to life, too. Blues has a feeling just like gospel; they just don’t have...
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Sounds Around Town in Clarksdale April 24 – 30th 2013

Presented by ROGER STOLLE of Cat Head(Clarksdale, Mississippi) Here is your SOUNDS AROUND TOWN in CLARKSDALE. Listing of all the Live Music going on in town including Red's Blues Lounge, Ground...
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Southern Living Magazine Scenic Route brings many literature lovers through Clarksdale

VIDEO INTERVIEW IN POST Literati from all over America have been traveling a well-beaten Mississippi path from Jackson to Clarksdale and on to Oxford—Faulkner’s stomping grounds and his home Rowan...
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Waaaaazzzzz Uuuuupppp??!!

Waaaaazzzzz Uuuuupppp??!! Posted 1-5-12 Happy New Year! Check out what's going on this weekend in and around Clarksdale town on the SOUNDS AROUND TOWN. Make your plans to get out...
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Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 3-31-11

Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 3-31-11 Watcha Gonna Do in Clarksdale/Coahoma County this week? (more…)
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Any Given Wednesday at GZBC

(Clarksdale, Mississippi)Her name is Miranda. Miranda Mulholland. She is from Toronto. She is Bohemian. She is an Artist. She is a Fiddler beyond compare. She played at Ground Zero Blues...
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