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NOTE: This is the Mississippi Delta, so everything is subject to change! Please call the venue or Roger Stolle at (662)624-5992 or email with any questions. To keep informed on blues happenings in the Mississippi Delta, send an email to roger@cathead.biz with "add me to the list" in the subject line of your email. 1/31-2/2, 2008 - International
Blues Challenge (IBC) FEBRUARY 2008 Miss. State Blues Trail Marker
Dedications Ground Zero Blues Club Line-up Reds Lounge Line-up Sarah's Kitchen Line-up Depot Blues Club Sarah's Kitchen Line-up Bluesberry Bakery and Cafe 930 Blues Cafe Line-up Queen of Hearts Bottleneck Blues Bar Line-up
(May) Blue Parrot BLUES Line-up Carroll County Market Just 1 More Blues Bar
Line-up (1/31), 2/1, 2/2 - International
Blues Challenge (IBC) APRIL 2008 4/18-20, 2008 - Juke Joint
Festival & Related Events BLUES AND RELATED VENUES Venues featuring all or some
blues music JUKE JOINT AND EVENT DIRECTIONS: - DO DROP INN, SHELBY, MS: From Clarksdale, take Hwy 61 South about 25 minutes. Take "Shelby" exit. Drive to first stop. Turn right. Cross RR tracks. Take second left, and juke joint is second building on left. Park in front. - MARSHALL DISCO, HOLLY SPRINGS, MS: "David Kimbrough and his band have been playing outside of Holly Springs at the Marshall Disco, also known as Marshall Scruggs, I think.. on Sunday evenings. The club is located on the north side of Highway 4 about 2.2 miles west of Highway 7. Look for a gravel driveway and go up a hill." (UPDATE... lately, Burnside Exploration and/or Lightnin' Malcolm have been playing there.) -- Directions courtesy Scott Barretta - BETTIE'S PLACE, NEAR PRAIRIE POINT, MS: Willie King plays here many Sunday nights.... "Head south on HWY 45 . Right before 45 meets with ALT. 45, turn left on Big Bee Valley and Pickensville Road. 1 mile past the town of Big Bee Valley (a wide spot in the road), take a right on Sandyland Road, just next to Tenn-Tom 1 Stop gas station. Go about 4 miles and look for an old, white church on your left. Take a left on the gravel road beside the church, called Jack Tate, and look for Bettie's Place about 50 yards down on the left." -- Direction courtesy of Justin Showah and Rich Asherson. - PO MONKEY'S LOUNGE, NEAR MERIGOLD, MS: From Clarksdale, take Hwy 61 South 29.4 miles to Pemble Road [green street sign is missing; during daytime, you can see white "Pemble Farms" sign in field at turn-off; if you get to LEFThand "Merigold" exit, you've gone too far. In that case, turn around and take what will then be your SECOND left. Then...]. Go RIGHT on Pemble. Take immediate left fork in the road which is gravel. Approx. 1 1/4 mile down on left. - DO DROP INN JUKE JOINT IN SHELBY, MS: From Clarksdale, take hwy 61 south 25 min or so to Shelby exit. Take exit, and drive to stoplight. Turn right and cross the tracks. Take second left and park across from club. - OTHA TURNER MEMORIAL PICNIC, SENATOBIA, MS: Get off of I-55 on the Senatobia exit and turn away from town down Highway 4. Go approximately three Miles down that road to Gravel Springs Road (the second road to the right on 4 from Senatobia). Turn right on Gravel Springs Road. Go to the second 4-way stop and turn left (that road is OB McClinton Road) Follow that road about a half mile and the Turner's Picnic is on the right there will be lots of cars & people gathered there. Park along the side of the road. -- Directions courtesy Blues Mother Tupelo. - FREEDOM CREEK BLUES FESTIVAL, ALICEVILLE, AL: Willie King's yearly fest... "From almost any direction, the best route is to get to Aliceville first! From Aliceville to Old Memphis (in Pickens County); take Route 17 South toward Geiger; about 9 miles out of town, turn right on County Road 32 West, toward Macon; about 1 mile further on, turn right onto County Road 1; just over 4 miles down the road you will see Cedar Grove Church on your right. Take the next turning on the right (just under 1 mile) onto Old Memphis Road, which will be signposted to the festival; the festival site is a little under 1 mile down Old Memphis Road, on the left hand side." -- Directions courtesy www.willie-king.com. OTHER "LIVE" MUSIC SOURCES FOR
BLUES TRAVELERS: FESTIVAL INFORMATION FOR BLUES TRAVELERS: - Steve Cheseborough's Blues Traveling Delta blues club/museum/grave/food guide book, $20. - Jim O'Neal's Blues Map Kit. A cheap but vital stapled guide to C'dale and the Delta, $8. - Kreature Comforts Lowdown Guide to Memphis, $3. |