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Bill Hammer’s Pork Chop Willie Performing Next to @RUSTRestaurant at #jukejointfestival
Bill Hammer’s Pork Chop Willie Performing Next to @RUSTRestaurant at #jukejointfestival

Bill Hammer’s Pork Chop Willie Performing Next to @RUSTRestaurant at #jukejointfestival

In the vacant lot beside Clarksdale’s superb Rust Restaurant, a New York City band playing Hill Country blues was playing. They proved to be Pork Chop Willie, a band led by guitarist Bill Hammer and violinist Melissa Tong. The band’s sound is a joyful melange of traditional blues with a somewhat-alternative sensibility.

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