There is no more authentic juke joint experience in Clarksdale than Red’s Lounge on Sunflower Avenue. Red’s has no kitchen (although there’s no shortage of good barbecue from oil drum cookers out in front), no website, no Facebook page or Twitter profile. What it has is atmosphere, history and some of the best blues you’ll hear anywhere in Mississippi. Red’s has made one concession to the modern era, however- the attractive new T-shirts emblazoned with Red’s slogan- “Backed by the River, Fronted by the Grave.” If you go to Red’s, you’ll understand.
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