In Part 1
of our adventure, I mentioned how my wife Dee and I spent this past Christmas in the Mississippi Delta. On the way home we hung out in Memphis for a few days. First we made stops at the oldest café in … Read the rest
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Junior Wells: Hoodoo Man Blues
… Read the restThe following is an article I wrote back in the summer of 2009. Since December 9th, 2015 marks what would have been the late great Junior Well’s 81st birthday, and this year also commemorates the 50th anniversary of his debut album Hoodoo Man Blues, I
Mississippi Delta Road Trip: Clarksdale & Bridging the Blues
Clarksdale, MS
After our tour of the Grammy Museum in Cleveland, we walked to our rental vehicle which was parked at Delta University. Pulling out of the lot, we headed north on Highway 61 to Clarksdale; our base for the remainder of our road … Read the rest
Mississippi Delta Road Trip: Bentonia, Indianola and Greenville, MS
The previous day on my Mississippi journey was a 16-hour marathon of road tripping, touring, dining and visiting friends in Vicksburg. The following morning, we made a brief stop for a cappuccino at The Highway 61 Coffee Shop on Washington street in downtown Vicksburg. Afterwards, … Read the rest
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