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 owners James & Cathy Butler have whipped up) and free music (please tip the musician 😎 ) usually by gifted, self-effacing local musician/writer Marshall Drew, whose father […]
Clarksdale Super Blues Sunday PHOTOS 2010-2015
September 29, 2016 1 Comment
Clarksdale Super Blues Sunday, or my favorite day in Clarksdale, is October 9, 2016. Have you made your plans to attend yet?! In the past I have referred to the special time as the Best Day in Clarksdale but am digging this term Clarksdale Super Blues Sunday. Also, can’t mention this day without a shoutout to PINETOP […]
Planes, Trains & Tractors in the Mississippi Delta
August 7, 2014 Leave a Comment
By POOR WILLIAM Clarksdale, Mississippi (VIDEO) The Mississippi Delta ain’ short on modes of transportation and if a seminal sojourner is quick with the iPhone, usually from a moving vehicle, then short, serendipitous captures can make for delightful Delta scenes. Recently, within a couple day period, I was fortunate to capture a plane, a train […]
RUST Restaurant Reopens at SHACK UP INN
June 6, 2014 Leave a Comment
By POOR WILLIAM CLARKSDALE, Mississippi – VIDEO and PHOTO GALLERY It’s old; it’s new; it’s real! Rust ain’ just about oxidation; RUST the Restaurant is all about the Delta and it’s all about rustic-cool! RUST opened its doors over six years ago in downtown Clarksdale. In fact, I was privileged to have been a part of […]
Baker Patton: the Cheesecake Baker Man
May 6, 2014 Leave a Comment
CLARKSDALE, Mississippi He is originally from Hopson, just South of Clarksdale, a Phi Delta Theta from Ole Miss and he likes to bake cheesecakes. In fact, if you have ever eaten at the Como Steakhouse, his delicious desserts are featured there. Baker Patton is the Cheesecake Baker Man. Lately, the MS Design Maven has been steady ordering cheesecakes from […]
Mississippi DELTA BOHEMIAN Moments: Becky – a SAAB – and Hopson Commissary in Clarksdale
April 6, 2012 Leave a Comment
VIDEO IN POST – The Delta Bohemians were in attendance at Hopson Commissary on Sunday afternoon for a multiple-band, musical fundraiser to help defray medical expenses for Ronnie Drew, owner of Bluestown Music on Delta Avenue in downtown Clarksdale. The weather was beautiful, the music was fantastic, the beer was cold, Ronnie Drew was […]
Photos of Another Sunday Afternoon at Hopson and the Shack Up Inn: Pinetop Perkins Homecoming and Cameron N’ Malcolm
October 20, 2011 2 Comments
Photos of Another Sunday Afternoon at Hopson Commissary and Shack Up Inn: Pinetop Perkins Homecoming Celebration plus Malcolm Lightnin’ and Cameron Kimbrough Two major gigs were going down in Hopson, Mississippi on Sunday, October 9th. The Shack Up Inn had local blues favorites, Cameron Kimbrough and Lightnin’ Malcolm rocking the Juke Joint […]
I Am a Gonna Do It! Bullshit!
July 28, 2011 13 Comments
POOR WILLIAM’S WHIMS: I Am a Gonna Do It! Bullshit! By POOR WILLIAM →VIDEO INCLUDED← The other late evening began with Poor William laughing at “his ownself.” Him all knowing he was full of what Coach Artie Nute called “bullmalarkey.” Now, he does not bullshit to actually con folks into thinking something contrary to […]
Watcha Doin in Clarksdale? Posted 5-26-11
May 26, 2011 3 Comments
VIDEOS AND MANY PHOTOS INCLUDED (scroll down) What’s going on in and around Clarksdale and/or Coahoma County and the Mississippi Delta…and beyond this coming week? Check out Clarksdale’s regular music offerings and review some choice upcoming events. And don’t forget to check out the DELTA BOHEMIAN SCENE PHOTOS on this page, too, which include visits […]
Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 5-4-11
May 4, 2011 Leave a Comment
→ VIDEO INCLUDED • SEE PHOTO GALLERY (scroll down) ← What’s going on in and around Clarksdale and/or Coahoma County…and beyond this coming week? Check out Clarksdale’s regular music offerings and review some choice upcoming events. And don’t forget to check out the BOHEMIAN SCENE PHOTOS! The Delta Bohemians heard Eden Brent and Duff […]
Watcha Gonna Do? Posted 4-27-11
April 27, 2011 3 Comments
(Clarksdale, Mississippi) WATCH A VIDEO RECAP from JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL 2011 [youtube]http://youtu.be/mlIbNESikCA[/youtube] – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – HOPSON COMMISSARY Monday nights: Acoustic music with Ronnie and complimentary hors d’ oeuvres! BLUESBERRY CAFE Monday nights: Live music HAMBONE ART GALLERY Tuesdays: […]
A Conversation with Pinetop Perkins
March 22, 2011 5 Comments
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 12th annual Pinetop Perkins Homecoming Celebration in Clarksdale at Hopson’s Commissary (the plantation where he had been an ace tractor driver) and the Shack […]
Milk Toast We Ain’t!
January 29, 2011 6 Comments
CLARKSDALE, Mississippi LISTEN TO THE RECORDING of the Delta Bohemian leaving Clarksdale in the Mississippi Delta and headed to Oxford HERE: Poor William: We Ain’t Milk Toast Poor William felt like pontificating, as he often does, to all you folks out there in Radioland. Have a listen to this impromptu recording (see the link at the end) while […]
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