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Well we had a fun time playing at Red's Juke last night. Brucie got some footage but i'll have to post it another time cause I didn't get it from him yet. When we got back to the shack up we really got down. Tequila, Wine and Beers celebrated the great times we had in Clarksdale. In the morning it …

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Well the last few days have been a very good kind of intense with meeting all kinds of great people and seeing some of the craziest landscape out there. Having said all that I decided to put a post up of just random shit. Some of it may only be funny to us but I know SOME of you out there love the …

Continue Reading about Mississippi Trip Vol 14: Just for a laugh →

*This is update Four of Four today. If you're just tuning in scroll down!Dude is whack! He has a total thing going on. Super nice to us and we appreciated him letting us sit in...He used his sock for a pop sheild aka windsock. on his microphone....that's when you'd put it over the mic if it was …

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*This is the third of four new posts today. If you're just tuning in scroll down! Or check out ALL the photos at our facebook fan pageThe Shack Up Inn. I don't even know what to say about it. They boast the title of world's oldest B & B (breakfast n beer). It is on the historic Hopson Plantation. …

Continue Reading about Mississippi Trip Vol 12: Died And Went To Blues Heaven →

This place is unreal. The proprietors name is Rat. He has been there since his mom bought it in the early 40's. Ike Turner cut the demo to rocking 88 in the basement. Muddy stayed here. Bessie Smith died here when it was a hospital in the late 30's. JFK Jr stayed here when he wanted to be left …

Continue Reading about Mississippi Trip Vol 11: Riverside Motel, Clarksdale MS →

So, it's a little depressing to realize that the crossroads are a tourist trap taken on by every little town near clarksdale. We drove old highway 61 (original, not the four lane) looking for what could be the crossroads. I of course had plans to play a tune there. Realizing the disney-fied nature …

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