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Note* The museum will be closed Monday, September 6 in observance of Labor Day

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Signed, Limited Edition Photograph of Ike Turner and John Lee Hooker
The Clarksdale Boys
A limited edition print (50 copies) of Ike Turner and John Lee Hooker, “The Clarksdale Boys”
by Dick Waterman, is being offered by the Museum. For details, see the Gift Shop.

New Exhibit
“Ike Turner and Rocket 88,” a new Museum exhibit, was unveiled during the 23rd Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival, which featured special programs on the Clarksdale native and the “first” rock ‘n’ roll record. Read more
The 25th Annual Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival
Blues will fill the air October 7-9 at Helena, Arkansas, across the river from Clarksdale. The lineup includes B.B. King, Dr. John, Hubert Sumlin, Charlie Musselwhite, Pinetop Perkins, and many others. For information, go to
Helena Festival
Tennessee Williams Festival
18th Annual Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival October 15-16, 2010. For information, go to www.coahomacc.edu download flyer
RIP Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, June 9th,1926 - August 9th, 2010
Best known as the longtime bass player of the Muddy Waters Blues Band, Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, a Greenwood, Mississippi native, passed away last night.
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The playlist: Piano woman Eden Brent + 10
USATODAY.com
USA Today picked ten intriguing music tracks listened to this past week….. Eden Brent made the list with a track from her upcoming album - “Ain’t Got No Troubles” - to be officially released----September 7, 2010... Read More
Ike Turner Tributes
Ike Turner was honored in front of the Museum on August 5, with a City of Clarksdale “Walk of Fame” marker. A Mississippi Blues Trail marker was also placed at the Alcazar Hotel, just down the street from the Museum.
'Delta Blues' Brings Tourists To An Economically Depressed South
The Huffington Post

At the Delta Blues Museum, crowds are growing steadily with people from every state and dozens of countries flooding in to visit the historically rich region...
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Letter to the President #545: “Building up the Blues”
CNN's Tom Foreman

At the excellent Delta Blues Museum here I walked around and looked at their pictures, their guitars, and more. Then I sat down and chatted with a regular ... Read More

Building up with Mississippi Blues
CNN's Tom Foreman explains how the Mississippi blues are cheering up an economically depressed region. Watch Video

1,000 Places To See Before You Die
 


You can find the Delta Blues Museum in the "Blues Highway, Clarksdale, MS" chapter of the publication "1,000 Places to See Before You Die", by the author Patricia Schultz.
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Mississippi Blues Marker Trail Schedule of Events
Mark your calendars for the upcoming ceremony dates along both the Mississippi Blues Trail and Mississippi Country Music Trail.
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mississippi slim

ZZ Top, Maroon 5 Added to State Fair Grandstand Lineup - Amidst their success, ZZ Top launched a fundraising drive to create a Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Miss.
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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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Follow Muddy
Click here to see the life and times of the legendary bluesman.



Follow Son House
Click here to follow Son House 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

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.
Other Regional Museums
We've put together a list of music museums and others outside of Clarksdale that you may want to add to your itinerary as you plan your visit to Clarksdale.
See Them Now!
Give my Poor Heart Ease
New Delta Blues Museum exhibit.
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New in the Gift Shop • Clack tee Alan Lomax recorded Son House at the Clack Grocery in 1942. The store is long gone but the Museum has the store’s sign, now the front image on this new tee. Back features a quote from House: “I believe I can tell y’all what it’s all about.”

• Crossroads tees and hoodies Probably the one myth about the blues that every blues fan knows the place where bluesmen supposedly sold their sold to the Devil to play well. Highways 61 and 49 cross again on our tees and hoodies.

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More Items in the Delta Blues Museum Gift Shop
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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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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