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March 19, 2008

"Nobody is gonna come to Clarksdale, Mississippi to hear a black man play the git-tar!"

A colleague of ours is away this week in Clarksdale, Mississippi for a Blues Harmonica Jam Camp. So what’s in Clarksdale?

The Ground Zero Blues Club

The Delta Blues Museum

If there is any place in Mississippi that is more blue than Clarksdale, I have yet to visit it. There is more blues landmarks within Clarksdale than anywhere outside Memphis and Chicago. (From Key to the Highway)

Previous Blues compendium post from last July

(Art above by celebrity bassist guitarist Ronnie Wood)

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Comments

Interesting things as usual...(but Ronnie Wood isn't a 'celebrity bassist': he is a 'celebrity guitarist'...)

Posted by: Alam at Mar 20, 2008 2:54:41 AM

Hi there

Just found your thread.

Your colleague isn't Steve is it? Drunken wild man with a manic laugh :-)

I was at the Jam Camp - fantastic experience.

Andrew - Australia

Posted by: Andrew at Jul 7, 2009 1:49:25 PM