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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 …

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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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So for the last few days I haven't really had any good internet connections that would allow me to up load pics n vids. Tonight is no different. I'm hoping tomorrow I will be able to find a connection in town so i can upload the new stuff. They will blow your minds.Yesterday (Saturday) we hit the …

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Today was long. But it was also extremely productive. The ranch was getting some heating apparatus worked on so Mary Lindsay was hanging about the studio with Lightning the dog. This gave me some much wanted chat time with Mary. What a gal. She was really digging the tunes. Her and lightning the dog …

Continue Reading about Mississippi Trip Vol 8: Post production downs →

Hey allWell we spent today in mixdown. We completed five tunes with seven more to finish tomorrow. Tomorrow will be a long one. Aside from having to mix seven tunes we will also most likely have to cut two tunes. This is going to be real hard because right now we love em all so much! It will also be …

Continue Reading about Mississippi Trip Vol 7: One more day →

Today we didn't have anyone drop in so we relied on the talent in the room. We knocked out a brand new tune tentatively titled 'Hot Little Pistol', and then started overdubbing the few things we needed to. Cody laid down some great piano and rhodes parts on a few tunes and then we set up to mix. …

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