Blown Out Reed
105 posts
Apr 22, 2010
10:18 AM
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Who has been to The Birthplace of the Blues?
What places would you recommend seeing?
What was the hospitality like where you stayed?
Are you planning on making a return trip?
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snakes
510 posts
Apr 22, 2010
12:22 PM
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I am also interested in this information. I am literally in the surgery waiting area during my wife's surgery, but assuming all is well with her rehab I intend to go to Hill Country as well. I should know enough of her condition to be able to make payment around the first week of May. I'll also be (hopefully) coming a little early and would love to hear where to drive to in southern Miss. as I'll have a car. If no points of interest are gathered by my research or from some forum members I'll most likely spend a couple of days in Memphis and hang out at some of the clubs there for some music. Looking forward to being the hack in the back of the room.
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slowblowfuse
19 posts
Apr 23, 2010
2:43 AM
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Try to get your hands on "Blues Traveling" subtitled 'The Holy Sites of Delta Blues' by Steve Cheseborough.
A friend of mine here in the Netherlands used it for his travels and had a marvellous time.
Bye,
Ruurd
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Delta Dirt
145 posts
Apr 23, 2010
3:22 PM
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Go to Clarksdale first then go from there.Dockery Plantation is Ground Zero.
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snakes
512 posts
Apr 23, 2010
3:48 PM
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I see there is a Howlin' Wolf museum in West Point, MS. Woohoo! Thanks for the info slowblow and Delta.
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jbone
312 posts
Apr 23, 2010
11:37 PM
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clarksdale is a must, and hit helena ar. just 20 minutes from clarksdale while you're at it. sonny payne does the king biscuit time radio show at the delta cultural center on cherry street in helena at least every friday if not every weekday. he welcomes walkin guests, in fact i got to jam with half the band i'm working with plus some other choice players just last friday, live on the air!
clarksdale has ground zero blues club, red's juke joint, and several other joints that have music frequently. cat head blues and art store is where you will find out what's going on in town at the time. sahack up inn is nice and riverside hotel is the real historic place to stay- rat is the owner and he's been in clarksdale all his life, met all the greats at one point or another. million stories and good clean rooms for fair $$.
several years ago we hit west point for a live show, and swung by the wolf statue, unfortunately we missed the museum. richard ramsey, who put the museum together, is a real good guy. we hope to visit there next trip over to missippi.
too bad you guys just missed the juke joint fest in cdale last weekend- what a killer weekend it was! there's a fest coming up in early may, clarksdale caravan- should be a good time also.
wild hog bike fest is right now in helena. i'm playing el rio lindo with big red and the soul benders tomorrow (saturday) night.
if it was me i'd start in clarksdale and expand out from there.
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snakes
513 posts
Apr 25, 2010
2:56 PM
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Thanks sloblo, delta and jbone. WOW, I think I'll have to breeze through Memphis and get to Clarksdale. Gotta' see the Wolf museum as well. Great info - thanks SO much!!!
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Joch230
90 posts
Apr 25, 2010
4:45 PM
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Wonder how close that mile wide tornada that just ripped through Mississipi was to Adam G.?
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kudzurunner
1370 posts
Apr 25, 2010
6:08 PM
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I'm dead, unfortunately. But my spam-bot is answering email.
It was about 150 miles south of me. We had a thunderstorm, and a pretty mild one.
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nacoran
1758 posts
Apr 25, 2010
6:59 PM
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Ok Adam, I'll update that on Wikipedia...
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DeakHarp
15 posts
Apr 28, 2010
9:15 AM
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Snakes I for someone that been down the delta atleast 25 times . I in the past always stoped off in Memphis .. back in the day it was the first stop ... But lately there is only 3 or 4 clubs with blues .. the rest is Hip Hop clubs .. and Coyote Ugly ...I say hello to Memphis ass im passing through ...and wave and when i get around the city ..And start heading down Highway 61 .. is when i see where the blues began .. J Bone is right Clarksdale is the place to go first .. Then you are in the middle of it all ...and nothing is more than 2 hours away ...most places are within a hour ...Stop by the Hambone Art Gallerie .. or Blues Source .. Cat Head ..tell them Deak Sent Ya ...Stop By Red's and tell him Deak sent ya ...You will atleast get a joke from Red ...Reds Juke Joint ...
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pharpo
263 posts
Apr 28, 2010
1:39 PM
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I think a few of us might try and make the Jam at Ground Zero on Thursday night in Clarksdale....I'd like to see Red's too !
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Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art. - Charlie Parker
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