Leo “Bud” Welch and Friends at Red’s in Clarksdale
After the screening of the last film of this year’s Clarksdale Film Festival (which was appropriately enough a documentary about Leo “Bud” Welch), my girlfriend …
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Albert King Jr and the Final Touch Band at @GroundZero; Bill Howl-N-Madd Perry and Terry Big T Williams at Red’s Lounge
When I left the Delta Blues Alley Cafe, I walked across the street to Ground Zero Blues Club where the Final Touch Band was playing …
Stud & Cactus Live at the Delta Blues Alley Cafe in Clarksdale
Friday February 6 was some kind of special day for blues apparently, because there were blues performances everywhere. Ori Naftaly was at Lafayette’s Music Room …
Leo “Bud” Welch Live at Red’s Lounge #SunflowerBlues2013
I went from having never heard of Leo “Bud” Welch a couple of weeks ago to suddenly hearing his name everywhere. He’s getting booked a …
Otis “TCB” Taylor and the Main Stage Band at Red’s Juke Joint, Clarksdale
Otis “TCB” Taylor is a Clarksdale police officer by day, and an incredible bluesman by night, and he is backed by an amazing young band …
Day 1 of Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival, Clarksdale MS
Although last year’s Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival was actually rather depressing, with stage access cut off by a horrendous VIP compound, improvements had …
Looking Up Clarksdale’s Martin Luther King Street (old Fourth Street) #jukejointfest
Sometime in the last five to ten years, Clarksdale renamed Fourth Street for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and while Dr. King is certainly deserving, …
Ending #jukejointfest Day As It Began: At Red’s
Because I had a gig of my own up in Memphis, I couldn’t stay in Clarksdale for the Saturday night activities of the Juke Joint …
Lucious Spiller’s Unplanned Visit to Red’s Lounge #jukejointfest @VisitClarksdale
Arkansas bluesman Lucious Spiller had impressed me at his performance Thursday night, but nobody was expecting to run into him performing at Red’s Lounge in …