It’s “Chilly Outside”: Reflections on Tha Moon relative to God’s Immanence, Imminence & Eminence in the Mississippi Delta: Commonality of Faith!
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TOP 10 THINGS TO DO IN CLARKSDALE
November 14, 2019 18 Comments
CLARKSDALE, Mississippi So, are you thinking about coming to our little mecca in the heart of the Mississippi Delta but you aren’t too sure what to do when you get here? After all, could there really be that much to do in a town of 15,000+? Before the list begins, we want you to know […]
Best Places to Stay in Clarksdale
November 14, 2019 4 Comments
Looking for the best places to stay in Clarksdale, Mississippi? Considering a visit to the Mississippi Delta? Stay in Clarksdale, the heart of it all! With a population just over 17,000, the cradle of the blues boasts live music 365 days a year. We have many spots to grab a bite to eat where one can break […]
Precision Farming Keeping Mississippi Delta Alive
January 25, 2019 Leave a Comment
Precision Farming or Precision Agriculture had its genesis in the early 1990’s with the technological introduction of GPS guidance for farm tractors. Due to the prohibitive rising cost of inputs in agriculture, it is increasingly imperative that farmers utilize every available research-based asset to maximize profits in an often profitless business—even on high production years […]
Seek the Delta Right Next Door
June 28, 2018 Leave a Comment
Seek the Delta Right Next Door. Europeans, Australians, and internationals from all over the world plan and save, sometimes for years, to travel across the ocean to visit and experience the Mississippi Delta. Americans come from the West Coast, East Coast, Northern states and all the way from Florida to Arizona, often traveling long distances […]
POSSUM ON THE PASS
February 6, 2018 1 Comment
WATCH VIDEO While walking on the fabled Yazoo Pass this morning I came across an o’ possum trottin’, so I filmed him and made up a spontaneous poem while walking that would make Byron, Shelley and Keats nauseous. Everything we do on The Delta Bohemian® is extemporaneous, low tech and serendipitous, but it usually captures […]
Delta Magazine HOT TOPICS
January 30, 2018 Leave a Comment
Delta Magazine HOT TOPICS is a fun, two-page section spotlighting four subjects trending in Mississippi, especially the Delta. When Delta Magazine arrives in my mailbox, HOT TOPICS is my immediate go-to! I’m curious to see what the latest crazes are in our great state.
A Delta Bohemian Manifesto
November 13, 2017 10 Comments
“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” – Paul in his letter to the Corinthian church Who doesn’t want to leave a sustainable mark before exiting this short ride of a life? How many of us avoid the uncomfortable uncertainty about what is next after […]
Matt Rock Clarksdale House Party
November 9, 2017 2 Comments
Matt Rock Clarksdale House Party was an epic night of music. VIDEOS Peep at a Clarksdale house party evening for the hard-core-all-night-long-hill-country folks. Prior to two weeks ago the most serendipitous musical encounter I had experienced was in 2012 in Aussie Matt Rock’s backyard in a metal shed in Rosebud, on the coast of Melbourne, […]
“Paddle to the Amazon” Adventurer Dana Starkell
June 26, 2017 Leave a Comment
Delta Bohemian Tours was on its regular Regional Identity Tour a couple days ago, including an almost mandatory stop at the Mississippi River near historic Friars Point, MS, when we encountered, as we often do, sojourners “green-miling” down the Mother of all Waters, also known as Old Man River. “Paddle to the Amazon” adventurer Dana […]
CraigCat on an Oxbow with Chilly Billy
June 26, 2017 Leave a Comment
What’s that? A CraigCat on an Oxbow?!! Hey Man, this is Chilly Billy Howell, your personal tour guide with DELTA BOHEMIAN TOURS (deltabohemiantours.com). When I am not giving tours to folks visiting the Mississippi Delta, I am touring myself around. Check out a visit on a local oxbow via the CraigCat, a battery-operated craft designed for […]
Delta Bohemian Examines Faith in the Mississippi Delta
April 6, 2017 Leave a Comment
Faith is a crucial component in the lives of most Deltans, and to understand the Mississippi Delta it is imperative to be acutely cognizant of the prominence faith in the Judeo-Christian God of the Bible plays informing and guiding individual and collective Deep South identities. The Delta Bohemian’s voice—often raspy, quiet, unexpected, or even unintelligible—is […]
Pip Cowan Busking His Way to Mississippi
January 5, 2017 Leave a Comment
Is it any wonder a fine fella like Pip Cowan from the Land Down Under wants to return to the Mississippi Delta? Clarksdale, Mississippi draws folks daily from all over the world, who come here for the blues and most always come back for the people. We are a fairly friendly lot and we sure […]
Walk With Me Lord through the Mississippi Delta
October 20, 2016 Leave a Comment
Walk With Me Lord! Walk with me. These are words I say and pray often. They come from a Traditional Spiritual song that lives deep within my heart and soul. When I hear Lucious Spiller sing it, I feel
MISSISSIPPI DELTA MUSIC CITY alive with DEEP BLUES FEST
October 12, 2016 Leave a Comment
The Mississippi Delta Music City of Clarksdale is at it again. The DEEP BLUES FEST is this Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday in Clarksdale. Lord, have mercy! They even feature GOSPEL on Sunday!!!! It keeps getting better and better! #DeepBluesFest #DeepBluesFest16 Peruse the graphics below and don’t waste any more time. Get here and experience music […]
A Delta Sigh Blessing
July 14, 2016 Leave a Comment
A Delta Sigh Blessing Sunsets in the Mississippi Delta often impart a Delta Sigh Blessing. A RADIOLAND nugget from Magical Madge and Poor William while driving in the Mississippi Delta. Read along while you listen to the Radioland audio in the VIDEO.
CASTAWAYS – Our Only True And Faithful Companions?
December 10, 2015 Leave a Comment
“Are our only true and faithful companions castaways?” John Ruskey, on the river, Oct. 2014 Castaway: A shipwrecked person, an outcast, or anything cast adrift or thrown away. Last year at the conclusion of a three-day Mississippi River camping, canoeing and river-literature expedition, Ruskey posed the above-mentioned question regarding the faithfulness of castaways. I wrote […]
THE TOUR – My Mississippi Delta Excursion with Poor William
December 6, 2015 2 Comments
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 and we headed off to the Crossroads-sign in Clarksdale. Robert Johnson’s ‘Crossroads’ has always been symbolic to me, so the sign didn’t raise goosebumps, but […]
European Reflects on the Birthplace of the Blues
November 28, 2015 5 Comments
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 place at a certain point. We’re talking big names here: Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson ll, Son House, Robert Johnson, Charley Patton and so on. There […]
Broadcaster Bill Bowker Fired Up About Clarksdale
November 21, 2015 Leave a Comment
By Magical Madge Watch the Video Daedalus Howell interviews the legendary Bill Bowker about his long-lasting radio broadcasting career and his love of blues music and its roots. In their exchange, beginning around minute 13:13, Howell mentions the radio host’s new venture/venue by mentioning “Clarksdale….this is huge!” And they are off!
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