Many famous blues artist were born here, or at least called it home for a period of time. Hosted by wxpn in philadelphia, this event was broadcast live via video webcast, streaming from world cafe live in philadelphia. The western boundary of the county is formed by the mississippi river. Featuring heavy, alternative blues musicians, this is not your mamas blues. Since its creation, the delta blues museum has preserved, interpreted and encouraged a deep interest in the story of the blues. Live from the mississippi delta university press of. Muddy waters house, stovall farm, clarksdale, mississippi. In fact, during the early part of the 1900s, clarksdale was considered the blues center of the south.
Make this your first stop on your trip through clarksdale and the delta blues trail. Pdf hidden history of mississippi blues download full. The mississippi blues trail places interpretative markers for historic sites such as clarksdales riverside hotel, where bessie smith died following an auto accident on highway 61. Christone kingfish ingram, a dbm student band member and clarksdale native performed live may 16, 2019 in philadelphia at the 2019 noncommvention. Desoto magazineif you dont know a lot about blues music and the delta musicians who birthed it, lived it and kept it alivein spite of the more popular. Located in the mississippi delta region, clarksdale is an agricultural and trading center.
It features a wax figure of blues great muddy waters and the famous muddywood guitar, videotape and slideandsound programs, photographs, recordings, books, memorabilia, archives, and more. In addition to bluesroots music, civil rights and mississippiconnected films many featuring clarksdale content and characters, this years special weekend also includes multiple panel discussions and. My wife and i recently went to clarksdale mississippi and went to reds juke joint and stayed at the riverside hotel where bessie smith died from. It is located in the center of town in the historical district within easy walking distance to several points of interest. Online book shop specializing in blues and mississippi. Here, deep in the land where the blues began, the delta blues museum is dedicated to preserving and teaching this uniquely american musical form. Mississippi juke joint confidential signed by roger stolle. Educational programs delta blues museum, clarksdale ms. The mississippi blues trail, now being implemented, is dedicating markers for historic sites such as clarksdales riverside hotel, where bessie smith died following an auto accident on highway 61. Whitepages is the largest and most trusted online phone book and directory. Clarksdale is a small, dusty town of just under 20,000 people. Shed grown up there and apparently wasnt happy about it. Memphis, tennessee to greenville, mississippi, with a focus on clarksdale.
Read this book and over 1 million others with a kindle unlimited membership. See more ideas about clarksdale mississippi, mississippi and mississippi delta. Enjoy the juke joint festival and yearround entertainment at ground zero blues club. Located at the shack up inn, the juke joint chapel is a large live music venue based in a reconverted warehouse.
Clarksdale is a city in coahoma county, mississippi, united states, and seat of the county. Hidden history of mississippi blues celebrates the crossroads. Live from the mississippi delta is an important and original addition to the literature of the blues. Blues traveling is the first and only guidebook to mississippis musical places and blues history. The actual house that muddy waters lived in is no longer at this site. Except his knowledge of blues history is bound, in his book. Panny mayfield offers a unique window on the blues culture of clarksdale, mississippi, and its delta environs over the past three decades or so. Clarksdale, mississippi familypedia fandom powered by. The main draw is talking to the owner, roger, who is a wealth of information about the blues, clarksdale, and the history of both. The deep blues festival is a 4 day event with nighttime music at the legendary shack up inn and new roxy along with free daytime busking stages throughout historic clarksdale, mississippi.
Main event is saturday, april 18, 2020 with dozens of related events that thurs. He is a blues revue magazine columnist, wrox radio deejay, xmsirius radio correspondent, ground zero blues club music coordinator and juke joint festival cofounder. If youre going to mississippi, these issues of living blues all have guides to local music, restaurants, hotels and sites. The 3day workshop will be held at the delta blues museum in clarksdale and is open to teachers of all subjects and all grade levels. Clarksdale, mississippi wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. The delta blues museum clarksdale 2020 all you need to. Highway 61, the storied stretch of blacktop that cuts through the heart of the mississippi delta and decades ago delivered the musicians northonto the national stage and into music history. This internationallyacclaimed museum showcases the history and significance of the blues in this region. Blues greats robert johnson, muddy waters, son house, and b.
With photographs, maps, easytofollow directions, and an informative, entertaining text, this book will lead you in and out of clarksdale, greenwood, helena arkansas, rolling fork, jackson, natchez, bentonia, rosedale, itta bena, and dozens of. Hidden history of mississippi blues by roger stolle. Discover clarksdale, mississippi, and learn the history of the blues. The life and afterlife of blues legend robert johnson tom graves.
Cat head is your goto for records, books, local folk art, posters, souvenirs, and boundless information from owner, roger stolle. Trip planning deep blues fest clarksdale, mississippi. The african american exodus from mississippi was recounted with clarksdale triangulated with chicago and washington d. He is the author of deep blues and other books, and served as writer and music director. Roger stolle author of hidden history of the mississippi. The mississippi blues trail has a marker at the site of muddy waters house on stovall farm, just outside clarksdale, mississippi. That was an actual question a middle age, white woman asked me upon my move to clarksdale, mississippi, in may 2002. Visit clarksdale for a mississippi blues experience. Blues festival guide magazine and online directory of. Watch the video of christone kingfish ingram at the ground zero blues club during the 2015 juke joint festival. Visit clarksdale visit clarksdale ms the home of the. Hidden history of mississippi blues stolle, roger, bopp, lou on. The crossroads where legend has it blues guitarist robert johnson sold his soul to the devil.
Clarksdale has been historically significant in the history of the blues. In the early 20th century, clarksdale was known as the golden buckle in the cotton belt and was home to a multicultural mixture of lebanese, italian, chinese and jewish immigrant merchants along with african. Mississippi blues trail markers line the streets of clarksdale honoring the history and contributions of sam cooke, ike turner, big jack johnson, muddy waters, the riverside hotel, sunflower river blues and gospel festival, delta blues museum, the new world, wade walton and wrox radio. Placed together, the words and photos of hidden history of mississippi blues bring a music, history and people to the printed page in a purposely intimate way leaving readers rooting for the bluesmen and pondering the future of music. Just as new orleans is inextricably linked with jazz, clarksdale, mississippi is ground zero for its soulful sister, the blues. Clarksdale is a quiet, slowpaced town that relishes its long tradition of the blues. Clarksdale, mississippi has long been described as ground zero for blues aficionados from around the globe. Plan now for the 17th annual juke joint festival in historic clarksdale, mississippi one of the most authentic blues festivals in the world. The shack up inn in clarksdale, mississippi, houses visiting blues enthusiasts in. This book is about clarksdale, a small town in mississippi, usa, and how the local community has revitalised the longdilapidated downtown, with the renewal based on the towns intimate association with blues music and the culture. Delta blues museum the delta blues museum is the states. Wrox radio, clarksdale, mississippi mississippi blues. For a taste of true delta history and a damn good chili cheeseburger. See more ideas about clarksdale, mississippi, mississippi blues.
Clarksdale white pages phone books in mississippi ms. The delta blues museum and the university of mississippis center for the study of southern culture will host a teacher workshop on the mississippi blues trail on july 28 to 30, 2015. Christine wilson is director of publications for the mississippi department of archives and history and managing editor of the journal of mississippi history, the quarterly publication of the mississippi historical society. The great black migration and how it changed america. Established in 1979 by the carnegie library board of trustees and reorganized as a standalone museum in 1999, the delta blues museum is the states oldest music museum. A musical and cultural history of the mississippi delta.
All night long blues band shake em on down clarksdale caravan music festival 20 duration. This neighborhood, known since the turn of the twentieth century as the new world, was a breeding ground for ragtime, blues, and jazz music in clarksdales early days as a prosperous and adventurous new cotton town, when brothels here. This nonprofit event specializes in mississippiconnected and bluesrootsmusic movies. In 2012 a mississippi blues trail marker commemorating wrox radio was placed outside the stations former studio at 257 delta avenue, clarksdale, mississippi mississippi blues trail marker for wrox, outside 257 delta, clarksdale, mississippi the mississippi blues trail marker reads. Music magazine columnist, hidden history of mississippi blues book author. Since 1900 clarksdales growth has been consistent, and it is now one of the largest cities in the yazoomississippi delta. Wrox, clarksdales first radio station, went on the air on june 5, 1944, from studios at 321 delta. An interesting book on the more modern era of the mississippi blues. Nowell funeral home records clarksdale, mississippi, 19282005 family history library clarksdale city directories city directories in the u. The delta blues museum founder purchased the illinois central railroad passenger depot via a federal grant to save it from demolition and restored it. A new history of the blues, from its beginnings in the mississippi delta to its.