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DELTA BLUES MUSEUM CELEBRATES
THE JOHN LEE HOOKER CENTENNIAL
THIS AUGUST
July 18, 2017
CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI
Events and programming throughout the month,
including a new interactive "Explore & Learn" website feature,
all sponsored by a Mississippi Delta National Heritage area grant and Visit Clarksdale
Visitors can learn more about John Lee
Hooker's life & music
through the Museum's new "Explore
& Learn" web feature.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CLARKSDALE, MS (18 July 2017) - The Delta Blues
Museum will celebrate the centennial birthday of blues icon
John Lee Hooker with a monthlong series of events and programming
this August to commemorate the milestone, including
a newly-unveiled interactive website feature that allows
visitors to "Explore & Learn" more about the life and music
of the legendary musician.
Through a grant from the Mississippi Delta National
Heritage Area , the Museum has created the "John
Lee Hooker: Endless Boogie" website feature that traces
the musician from his Clarksdale roots through his career
and legacy. Museum Director Shelley Ritter says
that, like the Museum's other online educational resources
on Muddy Waters and Son House, this interactive web exhibit
was created to expand experiential offerings for blues fans
worldwide. "The Delta Blues Museum wants to honor John
Lee Hooker's place in music history and give fans everywhere
an interactive opportunity to discover the deeper story
of his rise on the international stage," offers Ritter,
adding, "'Endless
Boogie' was created as a tribute to John Lee's
well-deserved place in the pantheon of American roots artists."
A separate gallery exhibit will be installed at
the Museum with John Lee Hooker artifacts and personal items
on display, in collaboration with the John Lee
Hooker Estate. Rare vinyl albums and 78s from the Museum's
own collection are also part of the planned exhibit.
A complete list of the Museum's John Lee Hooker Centennial
events and programs is available below. For more information
on these events or other programs, please call (662) 627-6820,
or visit the Museum web site at www.deltabluesmuseum.org.
THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF AUGUST
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| BLUE
STAR FAMILIES RECEIVE FREE ADMISSION
As part of the Blue Star
Museum program; available to active duty military
and their family members; through Labor Day
SPECIAL CIGAR BOX GUITAR
EXHIBIT
In advance of the Cigar
Box Guitar Festival
JOHN LEE HOOKER EXHIBIT
/ SPECIALTY ITEMS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE
Merchandise available Online
and in the Delta Blues Museum Gift Shop, during
normal business hours
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| AUGUST
EVENTS / PROGRAMS |
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FRIDAY thru SUNDAY,
AUGUST
11th - 13th: |
30th
Annual Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival
On the DBM stage, schedule available
at www.sunflowerfest.org
Special Museum hours on Sunday, August 13th from
1:00pm - 5:00pm |
Foreward by Robert Plant
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FRIDAY,
AUGUST 11: |
Q&A with
Panny Flautt Mayfield, author of LIVE FROM THE
MISSISSIPPI DELTA
Join the award-winning journalist
and life-long Delta resident as she discusses her
first book - a collection of rare photographs and
stories about musicians from Robert Plant, B.B. King
and ZZ Top to local Mississippi artists, documenting
decades of blues and gospel music from the author's
career as a live music photographer.
In the Museum classroom, at 4:00pm |
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SATURDAY,
AUGUST 12: |
Q&A with
Panny Flautt Mayfield, author of LIVE FROM THE
MISSISSIPPI DELTA
In the Museum classroom, at 5:30pm |
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SUNDAY,
AUGUST 13: |
Q&A with
Delta Blues Museum Ambassador Charlie Musslewhite
As part of our John Lee Hooker
Centennial programming and as an official Mississippi
Bicentennial Celebration event, the Grammy award-winning
musician and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee will
join host Jim O'Neal to share his thoughts on John
Lee Hooker's legacy and the "State of the Blues".
Panny Flautt Mayfield will
offer additional Q&A sessions on her new book, Live
from the Mississippi Delta, before and after Mr.
Musselwhite's talk.
In the Muddy Waters Wing, time TBD - please call
the Museum (662) 627-6820 or visit www.deltabluesmuseum.org.
for confirmed time(s) |
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MONDAY,
AUGUST 21: |
Movie
Night: The Blues Brothers (1980)
August is John Lee Hooker Month
at the Museum, and the blues legend makes an appearance
in this iconic film - as do many other Mississippi
blues artists. |
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TUESDAY,
AUGUST 22: |
John
Lee Hooker Centennial Birthday Celebration
Free cupcakes all day long at
the Museum
During business hours, while supplies last; sponsored
by Kroger |
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THURSDAY,
AUGUST 24: |
Diane
Williams presents, "The Historic Journey of the African-American
Quilter"
In the Delta Blues Museum
classroom, from 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council
Speakers Bureau |
Personal effects such as gear, rare vinyl records from the artist's own collection and much more, as part of the Museum's John Lee Hooker Exhibit.
Hat on loan courtesy of the John Lee Hooker Estate.
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About
the Delta Blues Museum
Established in 1979 by the Carnegie Public Library
Board of Trustees and re-organized as a stand-alone museum
in 1999, the Delta Blues Museum is Mississippi's oldest
music museum and the nation's first museum dedicated to
the American art form known as the Blues. A 2013
recipient of the IMLS National Medal for Museum and Library
Services--the nation's highest honor for museum and library
service to the community--and a 2014 winner of the National
Arts & Humanities Youth Program Award, the Delta Blues Museum
is dedicated to creating a welcoming place where visitors
find meaning, value and perspective by exploring the history
and heritage of the unique American musical art form, the
Blues. The Museum is honored to be a Great River Road Interpretive
Center.
For more information on events or programs, please call (662) 627-6820, or visit the Museum web site at www.deltabluesmuseum.org.
The "Delta Blues Foundation" is
a qualified 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization that supports
the work of Delta Blues Museum. All funds solicited through
the Delta Blues Foundation are raised to benefit the Delta
Blues Museum. On-line tax deductible contributions to the
Delta Blues Foundation include the Deeper Roots program
and the General Fund (a monetarily unrestricted contribution
made to the foundation in support of the museum). Memberships
and the Buy a Brick program are funded directly to the Delta
Blues Museum and are not considered tax deductible.
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This newsletter is supported in part
by funding from the Mississippi Arts Commission, a state
agency, and,
in part, from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal
agency.
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