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Sounds Around Town in Clarksdale Week of May 15 2013
Presented by ROGER STOLLE of Cat Head (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Here is your SOUNDS AROUND TOWN in CLARKSDALE for the week of May 15, 2013. Listing of all the Live Music going on in town including Red’s Blues Lounge, Ground Zero Blues Club, Bluesberry Cafe, Hambone Gallery, Hopson Commissary, Stone Pony, and our FRIDAY AT THE STAGE. COMING SOON: "12th Anniversary Party at Ground Zero Blues Club, Sat., May 25 Check out Roger’s BLUES NEWSLETTER here! Roger is our local encyclopedia of all the blues you needs to know in these parts….and beyond. Thank you, Roger. Need a place or hotel room to stay? Check out the DB Guest House. Sounds Around Town ad courtesy of First National Bank in Clarksdale. Design from Nan Pharr of Pharr Bros Advertising in … [Read More...]
WXVT-TV Delta News Attends Clarksdale Caravan Festival and Interviews Dasbach
CLICK ON LINK BELOW TO WATCH THE VIDEO (Search CLARKSDALE CARAVAN) WXVT-TV Delta News - More Local News and Weather WXVT.com | (Clarksdale, Mississippi) The 7th Annual Clarksdale Caravan Festival was a hit and keeps growing year after year. Watch Theo Dasbach, owner of the Rock and Blues Museum, being interviewed by Mississippi's own WXVT-TV. Thank you for the covereage XVT! Theo talks about … [Read More...]
The Parting Glass
By POOR WILLIAM (Clarksdale, Mississippi) VIDEO OF AUDIO RECORDING IN POST Oh, how the Irish can combine sorrow and mirth all in one haunting, hair-raising tune. And, oh, how #2 daughter, Bethany, can make her old man cry when he hears her croon. The audio recording of Parting Glass appeared on my desktop computer two days ago with no fanfare and zero notification. This ole Scots-Irish … [Read More...]
There’s Something to Say for Going Astray – by Corinne Vance
Young & Free Columnist By CORINNE VANCE (includes photo gallery) It’s more than easy to get caught in the routine of doing the same thing over and over again. As human beings we are naturally creatures of habit. I have begun to notice that this is especially true in the case of making plans to go out. Being a Student at Ole Miss, the nightlife in Oxford is very present. Most … [Read More...]
Sounds Around Town in Clarksdale April 24 – 30th 2013
Presented by ROGER STOLLE of Cat Head (Clarksdale, Mississippi) Here is your SOUNDS AROUND TOWN in CLARKSDALE. Listing of all the Live Music going on in town including Red's Blues Lounge, Ground Zero Blues Club, Bluesberry Cafe, Hambone Gallery, Hopson Commissary, Stone Pony, and our FRIDAY AT THE STAGE. Check out Roger's April 2, 2013 BLUES NEWSLETTER here! Roger is our local … [Read More...]
WEDNESDAY NIGHT JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL 2013 CLARKSDALE
By POOR WILLIAM (Clarksdale, Mississippi) WATCH VIDEO Dude, where’s my guitar? Oh wait, I am tone deaf, but I ain’ totally stupid! I had enough sense to slip on up in the New Roxy this Wednesday night in Hemingway’s proverbial “rain.” One of the most pleasurable nights of my life! Guaranteed! Juke Joint Festival in downtown Clarksdale, Mississippi—Heart of the Mississippi … [Read More...]
Delta Blues Museum Blues Trail Marker Unveiling
By PANNY MAYFIELD (Clarkdale, Mississippi) Despite overcast chilly skies, a large crowd attended the prestigious Mississippi Heritage Blues Trail marker unveiling honoring Clarksdale’s Delta Blues Museum Thursday afternoon, April 11. Speaking on the program beneath the canopy facing the marker are … [Read More...]
Mississippi Delta Dichotomies
Extremes searching for Synthesis By POOR WILLIAM (Clarksdale, Mississippi) DOCUMENTED CLARKSDALE MUSIC VIDEO and PHOTO GALLERY The Mississippi Delta is all about discrete entities rubbin’ against each other symbiotically in a search for synthesis, peace and order. Iron sharpening iron! We are black, we are white, we are rich, we are poor; we embody in one geographical/cultural place … [Read More...]
Clarksdale lover Performing Live at White House for Memphis Soul Concert
By MAGICAL MADGE (Clarksdale, Mississippi) When I see Charlie Musselwhite in my email Inbox, I know it is always going to be something delightful and fun. My most recent correspondence back and forth with Mr. Musselwhite did not disappoint. WOW! His news this time? Get this. Charlie is performing LIVE at the White House in a concert dubbed MEMPHIS SOUL with, let's see, … [Read More...]
STOP THE WORLD – Poor William is Overstimulated
Poor William Wants to Get Off: He is Rather Over-Stimulated! By POOR WILLIAM (Clarksdale, Mississippi) VIDEO and PHOTOS What is he talking about now? Stop the world he wants to get off? Hey man, he can check out any time! This ain’ the Hotel California! “Stop the world I want to get off” means I can’t keep up with all this damn technology. This old world is spinning way too damn … [Read More...]
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 statement made by thousands of folks recognizing later in life what was inherent at the genesis. For Poor William, it was the blues! I grew up in a house void of music. It was just not … [Read More...]
Clarksdale is Smoking …
A Whim by POOR WILLIAM, a reformed smoker and libertarian (Clarkdale, Mississippi) Smoke! What you gonna do with it? Put it out? Fire it up? Run from it like the plague? Grin and bear it? Or stay at home? All good questions! The choice is yours! I am a reformed smoker; quit almost five years ago on the same day that a good friend did; it was his birthday! Even when I smoked I did not like … [Read More...]
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