mississippi delta
Whuppin’ Dat Ass Mississippi Delta Style
By POOR WILLIAMCLARKSDALE, Mississippi (VIDEO) Is “ass-whuppin Christian” an oxymoron? You bet! Why is it so many of us give in to our sinful nature when we get pissed off...
Blackberry Pickin’
By POOR WILLIAMCLARKSDALE, Mississippi Recently, four of us headed to the hill country around Charleston, MS to do some blackberry pickin'. Joey Young, a local artist, good friend, and important...
Which Marshall Bouldin do you know ?
By MAGICAL MADGE FLORENCE MARLEY HOWELLCLARKSDALE, Mississippi INCLUDES HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND ARTICLES FROM CLARKSDALE "For his highly developed mind, his understanding of human nature, his beautiful vision, his great executive...
The Mississippi Delta is for Killin’ Snakes
By POOR WILLIAMCLARKSDALE, Mississippi VIDEO During the summer, I chop! I chop weeds and I kill snakes—both kinds—real and unseen in the Mississippi Delta! One cannot chop weeds in row...
Charlie Musselwhite Loves Delta Bohemian Excursions
By MAGICAL MADGE & POOR WILLIAMCLARKSDALE, Mississippi VIDEO and PHOTO GALLERY Multiple Blues Music Award winner, Charlie Musselwhite, who has been on tour with Ben Harper for their Grammy-Award-winning blues album...
Maude Schuyler Clay DELTA DOGS book signings
By MAGICAL MADGE GREENWOOD, OXFORD, JACKSON, CLEVELAND, SUMNER, CLARKSDALE, VICKSBURG, PASS CHRISTIAN, Mississippi Like you encouraged me to do, Maudie, I am waiting to purchase my DELTA DOGS at a local Mississippi bookstore....
Westside Family Medical Clinic picks SUMNER
By MAGICAL MADGESUMNER, Mississippi If you grew up in the Mississippi Delta, you never thought twice about having to drive to get where you wanted to go. An hour drive to Lusco's...
Anthony Bourdain and the Mississippi Delta
By MAGICAL MADGE CLARKSDALE, Mississippi Just read the Anthony Bourdain blog post about his CNN Parts Unknown show, featuring his recent jaunt through the land of cotton. Poor William hosted...
Titties, Chicken Wings, & a Fake Death – Steve Kolbus
By BILLY "POOR WILLIAM" HOWELL CLARKSDALE, Mississippi - VIDEOS IN POST What do chicken wings, titties and a true story about a woman faking her own death have to do with each other? Steve Kolbus....
TEN Juke Joint Festival Do’s and Don’ts
By BILLY "POOR WILLIAM" HOWELL (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) (more…)
Bluesberry Cafe Kicks Off Juke Joint Festival 2014
Magical Madge, Steve Kolbus, Art Crivaro, Watermelon Slim, the late Frank "Rat" Ratliff. Photo by DB ©2011 By BILLY "POOR WILLIAM" HOWELL (CLARKSDALE, Mississippi) VIDEO IN...
Pastry Chef E’Lane Bobo Williams Shines
A sweet, Mississippi Delta, Clarksdale girl headed to Memphis soon after studying Patisserie at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. She landed behind the scenes as the Pastry Chef for the...