Andre Otha Evans With The R.L. Boyce Fife and Drum Band at Cat Head #JukeJointFest2014
The conventional wisdom is that there is really only one Black fife-and-drum band left in America, that of Sharde Thomas in Panola County, so it …
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Clarksdale Band The Elements Playing On Second Street #JukeJointFest2014
Around the corner on Second Street was a keyboard-and-drums duo called The Elements, playing soul, smooth jazz and R & B. Not necessarily an official …
Mississippi Bluesman Eddie Cusic Performing In Front Of @StonePonyPizza at #JukeJointFest2014
Down from the Cat Head stage was another stage set up near the Stone Pony Pizza where an elderly blues musician was playing. It proved …
David Kimbrough Jr. Playing at Cat Head Delta Blues at #JukeJointFest2014 @Kimbroughville
David Kimbrough Jr. is another of the sons of Junior Kimbrough, an amazing guitarist whom we don’t see quite as often since he moved to …
Robert Kimbrough Performing at the Cat Head Stage at Clarksdale’s #JukeJointFest2014
Robert Kimbrough is one of the many sons of the late legendary bluesman Junior Kimbrough, and a frequent performer at the Juke Joint Fest each …
Charlie Patton’s War Live on Issaquena Avenue at #JukeJointFest2014 @CPWBlues
I had never heard of the blues-rock band called Charlie Patton’s War, but I was intrigued by the unusual name and I liked what I …
Arriving In Clarksdale for #JukeJointFest2014 Sponsored by @CSpire
Although the weather wasn’t totally sunny, it wasn’t raining either, and lots of people and bands were out on Issaquena Avenue in downtown Clarksdale on …
Breakfast at the Blue & White Restaurant in Tunica
I had passed the Blue & White Restaurant in Tunica, Mississippi many times in my life on trips into the Mississippi Delta, but I had …
Lebanon’s @WantonBishops Record In Memphis at @RoyalStudios
It’s a long way from Beirut to Memphis, and Lebanon is definitely not the first place you think of when it comes to blues, but …
Robert Gordon Signs His New Book at @StaxMemphis
Memphis music author Robert Gordon has completed his latest book Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion, which is the third book to deal …