Arriving at New Madrid, MO 8/19/12 (Taken with Instagram at New Madrid Boat Ramp)
The Day the Music Died (via remedial-redneck.blogspot.com)
One final perspective on the Sunflower festival, and then I’ll probably let it go. I want to also state that my point here is not to berate or destroy a blues festival, because after all, I am a blues fan. My goal is to get the festival organizers to understand that fans like us are the people who support this event, and we are not happy! We hope for a dialogue with them, but if they insist on proclaiming this past weekend’s fiasco as a “success” and continue planning for more of the same next year, then the Sunflower Blues and Gospel Festival is doomed.Â
No Big Names, Just The Blues
The official excuse for the horrendous changes at this year’s Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival in Clarksdale is that it costs money to bring …
Come to Clarksdale and Enjoy the Homeland Security Festival!
The evidence of a Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival committee woefully out of touch with the blues, tourism, Clarksdale and basic common sense simply …
More about the 2012 Sunflower Blues Festival (via NMissCommentor)
Yet more comments from people that were distressed by the way this year’s Sunflower Blues and Gospel Festival was set up.Â
More about the 2012 Sunflower Blues Festival (via NMissCommentor)