lightnin’ malcolm
Lightnin Malcolm Holdin’ Down the Root with Hill Country Blues
By Poor William VIDEO The basic groove has been here all along…it’s the root of everything…it will always be there…you can go a long ways if you have that root…but...
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...
Poor William Loves Water – Hot or Cold
By POOR WILLIAMClarksdale, Mississippi (VIDEO!!) Hey Man, I just can’t seem to get enough water. Must be the Delta boy in me, or maybe it’s just the inherent need...
Third Coahoma to Sonoma County Blues Festival
By POOR WILLIAM Clarksdale, Mississippi (VIDEO!) What do Coahoma and Sonoma Counties have in common other than alliteration? Well, some awesome blues, Lagunitas beer, Bill Bowker, Charlie Musselwhite, Charles Evans,...
Another NEW ROXY Night in Clarksdale
CLARKSDALE, Mississippi VIDEO and PHOTO SLIDESHOWThe outstanding Clarksdale open air music/event venue began it's Summer hiatus until the week of King Biscuit Festival in October 2014 with a night of music...
Lightnin’ Strikes at a Shack Up Inn Wedding
By POOR WILLIAM CLARKSDALE, Mississippi -- VIDEOS and PHOTOS in post Steve “Lightnin’” Malcolm, famed Hill Country blues musician and Clarksdale and Shack Up Inn favorite, got all hitched to Bernikki Lewis—Big...
“Charlie Patton’s War” Right Here in Clarksdale
By Poor William VIDEO IN POST (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) Twas just another serendipitous Sunday night at the Shack Up Inn. My dawg, Joey Young, local artist and Shack Shaker, called and...
WEDNESDAY NIGHT JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL 2013 CLARKSDALE
By POOR WILLIAM(Clarksdale, Mississippi) WATCH VIDEO [youtube]http://youtu.be/IKQDzHFfk5A[/youtube] Dude, where’s my guitar? Oh wait, I am tone deaf, but I ain’ totally stupid! I had enough sense to slip on up...
Displaced Deltan Falls in Love with Hill Country Blues. It happens!
By POOR WILLIAM, a tone-deaf blues-aficionado(Clarksdale, Mississippi) VIDEO and PHOTOS Familiar tale? “Hey man, we didn’t appreciate what was in our own backyard; now we get it!” Could be a...
What do Lagunitas Brewing Company and Watermelon Slim have in common? A successful blues festival in Sonoma County
Petaluma, CA - If you saw our post COAHOMA TO SONOMA COUNTY BLUES FESTIVAL: We Like The Sounds Of That! you may be wondering how things turned out over the...
Coahoma to Sonoma County Blues Festival – We like the sounds of that!
While Clarksdale welcomes the American Idol Small Town Audition Bus Tour this Sunday at the Delta Blues Museum, two of our favorite musicians - Watermelon Slim and Lightnin' Malcolm -...