Juke Joint Festival -- Music Takes Center Stage in Clarksdale, Heralding the Start of Blues Festivals Throughout the Region
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › April 05, 2010
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Stan and Dixie Street, both musicians and artists, moved to Clarksdale, Miss., in 2004 to live and play music.
They opened Hambone Gallery downtown. Part art gallery, part lounge, it offers live music on Tuesday nights.See the full content of this document
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Juke Joint Festival -- Music Takes Center Stage in Clarksdale, Heralding the Start of Blues Festivals Throughout the Region
"The music has drawn people here, but when they get here, they realize there is so much more," said Stan, sizing up his adopted city, about 80 miles south of Memphis.
Music gets the spotlight for Clarksdale's 7th annual Juke Joint Festival on April 17, which includes appearances by by Honeyboy Edwards, Super Chikan and the Fighting Cocks and Jimbo Mathus Knockdown South. L...See the full content of this document
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