By POOR WILLIAM Tarzan is no longer playing in black and white on Saturday afternoons, at least not in the Mississippi Delta, so whatcha gonna do this Saturday afternoon, March 7th, from 3:00—5:00? Why not mosey on down to 1 Blues Alley in downtown Clarksdale, birthplace of the blues and host to the oldest music museum […]
April is Muddy Waters Month at DBM and Blues at Home in Oxford
March 25, 2014 Leave a Comment
By MAGICAL MADGE MARLEY HOWELL (CLARKSDALE and OXFORD, Mississippi) The above poster caught my eye while walking out of the Juke Joint Chapel at the Shack Up Inn on Monday night. What a cool idea. “April is Muddy Waters Month at the Delta Blues Museum!” The staff at the DBM kicks off their Month Long […]
True Delta: True Dat ….A simple review of a fantastic documentary
October 12, 2012 1 Comment
By Poor William CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI – The MISSISSIPPI DELTA is a land and culture brimming with complex contradictions, a veritable mélange of befuddlements, commingling like silt, water, and snowmelt, as they bend and blend into one giant “muddy” mix of tranquility and roiling turgidity, disseminating a nation’s runoff into a thirsty, yet strangely self-sufficient land […]
Legends Magazine presents: THE JUKE JOINT FAITHFUL by Billy and Madge and Ken
April 2, 2012 2 Comments
Increasingly popular Legends Magazine Presents THE JUKE JOINT FAITHFUL Blues enthusiasts descend on CLARKSDALE for speak-to-the-soul music WORDS by BILLY HOWELL PHOTOGRAPHS by MADGE MARLEY HOWELL of the DB and KEN FLYNT of Legends Check out Magical Madge’s photography and Poor William’s words about Clarksdale‘s insanely popular Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale in Legends […]
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