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Below the Surface Presents ‘Signs at the Crossroads’ in Clarksdale, MS while preparing for Expedition Gaining Ground

Traditional Blues Album: A Stranger Here, Ramblin Jack Elliott
Contemporary Blues Album: Already Free, The Derek Trucks Band
Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: Beyonce', "At Last"
Pop Instrumental Album: Potato Hole, Booker T. Jones
Traditional Gospel Album: Oh Happy Day, Various Artists (includes Mavis Staples, Aaron Neville, Al Green, Robert Randolph with mainstream artists)
Historical Album: The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967), Little Walter.

Congratulations to both the winners and all the nominees.

Sunflower Festival to pay tribute to Ike Turner, Rocket 88 musicians

Ike Turner and his Rocket 88 crew from Clarksdale who launched the world’s first rock and roll record are being celebrated as musical icons this summer by the Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival.
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Blues, Booze, & BBQ
Exhibit opening/reception March 4, 2010

Photographs by: Michael Loyd Young
Foreword by: David Alan Harvey

The Mississippi River Delta is flat country. Not a hill in sight. It is often way too cold or way too hot. But there is a subtle beauty to it.
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April 17, 2010
Clarksdale, Mississippi -- A decade into the 21st Century, Mississippi's juke joints are still the stars of Clarksdale's annual Juke Joint Festival & Related Events this April 17th. Pre-sale wristbands are now on sale for the world-famous event at
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August 6,7,8 2010
www.sunflowerfest.org

This Tues., Jan. 12th
In the Soul Kitchen
A celebration of the musical genius of willie mitchell. Read More

Willie Mitchell RIP
The Delta Blues Museum mourns the loss of Willie Mitchell, a record producer, label head and musician who worked with Al Green and many others. He died Tuesday, Jan. 5 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. He was 81.

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The Delta Blues Museum's Web site, www.deltabluesmuseum.org, was awarded a "gold" certification in the Corporate Design, small budget, multimedia category, by the Southeastern Museums Conference at their annual meeting, held in Charleston, West Virginia.
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New Delta Blues Museum exibit.
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Willie “Rip” Butler, a local musician and member of the Wesley Jefferson Southern Soul & Blues Band has recently been hospitalized due to heart problems. After going to the emergency room, he learned that two of his arteries are 100% blocked and another one is 75% blocked. He is currently at home until he is able to have heart surgery. It is uncertain if he will be able to return to work.

Cards and donations may be sent to:

Rip Butler
PO Box 831
Shelby, MS 38774

Muddy Waters Cabin from
Stovall Farms

The remains of the cabin from Stovall
Farms where Muddy Waters lived during his days as a sharecropper and tractor driver are displayed in the gallery. Musicologist Alan Lomax recorded Muddy on the front porch of this shack for the Library of Congress in 1940....
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Click here to see the life and times of the legendary bluesman

Muddy Waters Guitar
Made from a plank of wood from Muddy Waters' Cabin and used on tour by ZZ Top.

On view at the Delta Blues Museum

Museum Hours

Summer Hours
(March - October )
Monday - Saturday
9 AM - 5 PM

Winter Hours
(November - February)
Monday - Saturday
10 AM - 5 PM

Address
1 Blues Alley PO Box 459
Clarksdale, MS 38614

Phone
662-627-6820

The Great River Road Mississippi River Parkway Commission
www.experiencemississippiriver.com

For more information on the Delta Blues Museum, including exhibits, collections and driving directions, Click Here to download our brochure.

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