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#052 Stax Academy Drumline.MOV (by jdoggtn7)

The drumline from Stax Academy in South Memphis warms up on their “Smooth Criminal” cadence before their performance on the Delta Blues Museum stage at Juke Joint Festival April 14, 2012

The Stax Academy and Soulsville Charter School operate in the South Memphis neighborhood where Stax Records was located. The Academy trains young people to be musicians, while the charter school is a publically-funded high school. The Stax Academy drumline was in Clarksdale during Juke Joint Festival warming up for their performance on the Delta Blues Museum Stage. 

Juke Joint Festival, Clarksdale, MS April 14, 2012

#046 Crankshaft.MOV (by jdoggtn7)

Crankshaft is a one-man blues band that has a somewhat alternative rock approach to the blues. Here he was performing in the parking lot beside Ground Zero during Juke Joint Fest in Clarksdale, April 14, 2012 

Crankshaft is a one-man blues band that has a somewhat alternative rock approach to the blues. Here he was performing in the parking lot beside Ground Zero during Juke Joint Fest in Clarksdale, April 14, 2012

Channel Ziltch is a bizarre television-themed performance venue in Clarksdale, located next door to the highly-acclaimed Southern cuisine lunch restaurant Oxbow. Juke Joint Festival, April 14, 2012

#037 Baby Blues Drum Line.MOV (by jdoggtn7)

The Baby Blues Drumline from Memphis draws a crowd on Third Street in Clarksdale, MS during Juke Joint Festival April 14, 2012