NOW AVAILABLE! BLUES BOOK SIGNING THIS FRIDAY AT CAT HEAD IN CLARKSDALE, MISS.

NEW BOOK FROM THE HISTORY PRESS:

HIDDEN HISTORY OF MISSISSIPPI BLUES

AN ENTERTAINING JOURNEY TO THE CROSSROADS OF AMERICAN MUSIC BY ROGER STOLLE WITH PHOTOGRAPHY BY LOU BOPP, AND A FORWARD BY JEFF KONKEL

WHAT: Inaugural book signing of first edition PLUS photography exhibit (with percentage of photo sale proceeds benefiting musician shown).

WHEN: Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 3pm

WHERE: Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art store, 252 Delta Avenue, Clarksdale, Mississippi, 38614.

WHO: Roger Stolle (author), Lou Bopp (photographer) and Jeff Konkel of Broke & Hungry Records ('Forward').

WHAT ELSE: Also on Friday at Cat Head... Broke & Hungry Records' 5th Anniversary & CD Release Party (also) at Cat Head on Friday at 5pm, featuring a free live performance by Jimmy "Duck" Holmes AND FREE BEER (while it lasts) courtesy of the increasingly Broke & Hungry Records!

BUY ON-LINE:  www.historypress.net

MORE INFO: roger@cathead.biz • 662-624-5992

(Cover art and description from back cover, courtesy The History Press)

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WHEN YOU PICK UP THE BOOK, ALSO PICK UP THESE NEW CD RELEASES FROM OUR FRIENDS AT BROKE & HUNGRY RECORDS:

STAY AT THE CLARK HOUSE RESIDENTIAL INN IN HISTORIC CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI

THE CLARK HOUSE RESIDENTIAL INN -- AFFORDABLE COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE IN CLARKSDALE, MISS.

The Clark House is your comfortable alternative to motels. Located in the beautiful residential section of the Clarksdale Historic District -- just three blocks from the center of downtown's government, business and entertainment center. Rooms from $75, each with private bath, desk and sitting area, including internet access and continental breakfast.

Originally constructed in 1859 by Clarksdale founder John Clark. It was the first home built in Clarksdale, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Clark House has just been extensively refurbished and beautifully redecorated as a residential inn.

Reservations can be made online at http://www.clarkhouse.info or by calling the Innkeeper at 662-621-1632.

CLICK HERE for official web site

'THE LOFTS AT THE FIVE & DIME' LUXURY CONDOS IN CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI

THE LOFTS AT THE FIVE & DIME ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS

The newest place to stay in downtown Clarksdale, Mississippi, is also one of the most luxurious and updated -- with master suites, full kitchens, wi-fi, flat screen TVs (w/cable and DVD player) and much more. Check out the room photos at www.fiveanddimelofts.com. Then, plan to make the most of your next Delta visit.

VISIT THE WORLD-FAMOUS 'DELTA BLUES MUSEUM' IN CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI...

NEWER EXHIBITS INCLUDE:  A beautiful new photography exhibit by Ken Murphy of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.  The contemporary Miss. shots come from his (and Scott Barretta's) amazing, recent "Mississippi: State of Blues" coffee table book which you can purchase at the Delta Blues Museum (or Cat Head).

MUDDY WATERS EXPANSION:  The Delta Blues Museum is adding on.  Read all about it by clicking HERE for an article in Press Register.

ALSO, PICK UP NEW CD by Delta Blues Museum's Arts & Education students... with special guests!

JOIN E-LIST DELTA BLUES MUSEUM:  Go to http://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin/ea?v=001_vy7Mr9Zh8zqQsm3pti35A%3D%3D

CLICK HERE for Delta Blues Museum web site

Delta Blues Museum

1 Blues Alley, Clarksdale, MS

662-627-6820

www.deltabluesmuseum.org

'ROCK & BLUES MUSEUM' NEWS FROM CLARKSDALE, MISS.

THEO AND CINDY'S JAM-PACKED 'ROCK & BLUES MUSEUM' in Clarksdale, Mississippi, at 113 E. 2nd Street, is full of great music memorabilia from the 1920's through the 1970's.  Follow the evolution of America's music from blues, R&B, and rockabilly to rock 'n roll and soul and see how it influenced people all over the globe. Don't miss it...

TOUR AND BUS GROUPS WELCOME (CALL FIRST):  Contact Theo Dasbach at 901-605-8662 for reservations.

THEO AND CINDY HAVE BEEN BUSY AROUND THE CORNER TOO:  Visit them around the corner from their museum at The Den -- their new satellite venue at 220 Yazoo Ave. They'll have entertainment Friday evening and more... this week... including T-MODEL FORD on Saturday night when they join the 17 other nighttime venues on our annual Juke Joint Festival juke crawl! Read about The Den in Press Register by clicking HERE.

ROCK & BLUES MUSEUM

Museum hours during Juke Joint Fest week: Open Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10am to 6pm.

113 East 2nd Steet, Clarksdale, Mississippi 38614. Go to blues2rock.com for all of the museum updates and live music info for this weekend at the museum and The Den! They've got stuff from Fri thru Sunday...

CLARKSDALE 'PRESS REGISTER' NEWS -- BLUES AND MORE

READ MORE OR SUBSCRIBE AT PRESSREGISTER.COM...

Consider subscribing to Clarksdale, Mississippi's hometown newspaper and supporting their efforts to tell the world about our vibrant Clarksdale community -- go to http://www.pressregister.com/our_newspaper/home_delivery/

NEWEST BLUES AND CLARKSDALE NEWS:

- Juke Fest Thurs night kick-off - http://www.pressregister.com/articles/2011/04/14/news/doc4da59ef7f39de885948125.txt

- Juke Fest family events - http://www.pressregister.com/articles/2011/04/13/news/doc4da59f42607bd648853784.txt

- Lightnin' Malcolm CD release - http://www.pressregister.com/articles/2011/04/13/news/doc4da5a03762e48885971054.txt

- Juke Joint club story - http://www.pressregister.com/articles/2011/04/15/lifestyles/doc4da6fd3fb3dcc932438713.txt

- Cedell Davis, survivor - http://www.pressregister.com/articles/2011/04/15/lifestyles/doc4da6fde6cdbc6678298036.txt

OTHER RECENT ARTICLES OF INTEREST:

- Juke Joint Festival coming - http://pressregister.com/articles/2011/04/09/news/doc4d9f095923cb0167580837.txt

- Big Jack Johnson passes - http://pressregister.com/articles/2011/03/16/news/doc4d7f627b5524b802403763.txt

- Big Jack Johnson funeral - http://pressregister.com/articles/2011/03/23/news/doc4d88a068d18e8616352556.txt

- Pinetop Perkins passes - http://pressregister.com/articles/2011/03/25/news/doc4d8cc9958d40a222169006.txt

- John Lee Hooker Blues Trail Marker - http://pressregister.com/articles/2011/02/20/news/doc4d5d42c4d65b0044609180.txt

CLICK HERE for more stories

PLAN NOW FOR THE 2012 'CLARKSDALE FILM FESTIVAL'

2012 Clarksdale Film Festival - January 26-29, 2012 in Clarksdale - Blues films, history tours, music & more! (info:jukejointfestival.com).



DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO CATCH DELTA-RAISED BLUES LEGEND BIG GEORGE BROCK

BIG GEORGE BROCK HAS DONE A LOT IN 78 YEARS...

Big George was born in Grenada, Mississippi, but grew up just outside Clarksdale on Flower's Plantation where he picked cotton, drove a tractor, played blues and boxed (see photo).  In the early fifties, he started living most of the time in St. Louis, where he ultimately bought a house in 1960 or '61 (through his half-brother, ball player Lou Brock, by the way).  While staying in St. Louis in the early '50s, he fought just parolled, up-and-coming boxer Sonny Liston (yep, the guy who Cassius Clay would later fight) and WON in an amateur bout at the gym where both were training.  After some bad experiences, Brock left boxing to concentrate on blues, opening a series of blues clubs, the largest of which was the infamous Club Caravan where his second wife was horribly murdered one night.  Brock continued with occasional clubs after Caravan closed around 1970, but eventually, he settled on just playing the blues, not running clubs and such.  In-between gigs, Brock married 3 times and fathered 42 kids -- including mutiple sets of twins and triplets.  Since his acclaimed comeback album (appropriately named "Club Caravan") was released in 2005, Brock has toured the world, appeared on TV and in films, and recorded two follow-up CDs for the Cat Head label.  He and his magnificent Blues Bus will return to Hopson Commissary and Cat Head store on April 16 and 17, respectively, for this year's 8th annual Juke Joint Festival.  (Brock is related to two other past/present Juke Fest performers, by the way: the late Big Jack Johnson and the great Super Chikan.)  Don't miss your chance to see a true blues legend who has shared stage or studio with the likes of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Albert King, Watermelon Slim, Jimbo Mathus, Steven Seagal, Hubert Sumlin and many more.  He's changed his hair styles (see photo above) but never changed his 1950s hard blues style!

(Click to hear one of Big George's signature songs... about the blues and your friendly, neighborhood Cat Head store!)

BLUES FOUNDATION'S BLUES MUSIC AWARD NOMINEES...

2011 BLUES MUSIC AWARD (BMA) EVENT COMING TO MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE ON MAY 5, 2011; BMA NOMINEES LISTED BELOW...

SUPPORT 'MUSIC MAKER RELIEF FOUNDATION'... AND THE BLUES

"As always, your donation to Music Maker's Annual Fund will support forgotten musicians while strengthening our culture. You can enrich thousands by giving voice to one musician through Music Maker! " -- Tim Duffy.

Read MMRF's fall newsletter and donate today at:

www.musicmakerstore.org

ALSO NOTE: Cat Head carries many of Music Maker's wonderful CDs -- old, new, men, women.  All good stuff!  Stop by and see.

CLICK TO SEE video of Adolphus Bell, one-man band

SAMPLING OF THE LIVE BLUES COMING UP SOON DOWN IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA:

BLUES, JUKE AND OTHER HAPPENINGS (sample):

TOO MUCH THIS WEEK TO LIST, PLEASE GO TO:

http://www.jukejointfestival.com

http://www.cathead.biz/livemusic.html

http://www.msbluestrail.org

http://www.highway61radio.com

http://www.groundzerobluesclub.com

SELECT 2011-2012 FESTIVAL DATES IN CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI AND VICINITY:

• 4/15-17, 2011 - Juke Joint Festival & Related Events, Clarksdale, MS.

• 4/17, 2011 - Cat Head Mini Blues Fest I, Clarksdale, MS.

• 5/7, 2011 - Clarksdale Caravan Music Fest, Clarksdale, MS.

• 8/12-14, 2011 - Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival, Clarksdale, MS.

• 8/14, 2011 - Cat Head Mini Blues Fest II, Clarksdale, MS.

• 10/6-8, 2011 - King Biscuit Blues Festival, Helena, AR.

• 10/9, 2011 - Cat Head Mini Blues Fest III, Clarksdale, MS.

• 10/9, 2011 - Pinetop Perkins Homecoming at Hopson, Clarksdale, MS.

• 10/29, 2011 - Hambone Festival, Clarksdale, MS.

• 12/31, 2011 New Year's Weekend in Clarksdale - Live blues at Ground Zero Blues Club, Red's Lounge, Hopson & more!

• 1/26-29, 2012 - Clarksdale Film Festival - Blues films, history tours, music & more! (info: www.jukejointfestival.com)

• 4/14-16, 2012 - Juke Joint Festival & Related Events, Clarksdale, MS (info: www.jukejointfestival.com).

****Make a note of these dates, and book your hotel rooms now!****

CLICK FOR LIVE BLUES UPDATES on the Cat Head music calendar at http://www.cathead.biz/livemusic.html

'BLUES FESTIVAL GUIDE'

CHECK OUT BLUES FESTIVAL GUIDE ON-LINE AT bluesfestivalguide.com

Where you can find fests, read articles, list your fest (for FREE) or buy an ad!

MR. TATER HEADSTONE DEDICATION AT CAT HEAD THIS SUNDAY AT NOON...

(PHOTO: movie-still by Damien Blaylock from "M for Mississippi".)

MR. TATER "THE MUSIC MAKER" HEADSTONE DEDICATION:

According to Mr. Tater's good friend Mary Jane Haley, the wonderful new headstone -- that Shonda Warner (Miss Del's General Store) has generously funded, by the way (thanks!) -- will arrived out front of the Cat Head store later today (Friday), so that visiting Tater fans can view it during the festival.  Then, Sunday (April 17th) during the annual Cat Head Mini Blues Fest -- around 12 noon -- there will be a brief dedication.  The headstone will be placed at the cemetery early this coming week.  Somehow, I knew that Tater wasn't going to miss a Juke Joint Festival.  RIP.

ALSO, "SUPERBAD STRING BAND" SET TO RAISE FUNDS FOR FUTURE WALK OF FAME MARKER:

Drop by the Miss Del's General Store Stage during Juke Joint Festival at noon on Saturday and check out the Superbad String Band.  Buy a Tater CD from them or toss something in the tip bucket, and it will go towards a future Mr. Tater Walk of Fame marker.  For more information about the CD, the fundraiser set or the special donation account at Regions Bank, please email Robin Lane at blues4dirt@yahoo.com.

XM / SIRIUS RADIO LISTENERS... "CATCH WEEKLY DELTA BLUES REPORT!"

BILL WAX OF BB KING'S BLUESVILLE ON XM/SIRIUS RADIO CALLS CAT HEAD ON THURSDAYS TO TALK BLUES

Have XM or Sirius Radio (or know a friend with it)?  Then, please tune in most Thursday afternoons (4pm Central/5pm Eastern) for the Cat Head Delta Blues report with Roger Stolle and Bill Wax.  Bill basically calls me at Cat Head most Thursdays, and we chat about blues shows, characters and related activities coming up... down in the Delta.  Mississippi blues news you can use!  Keep up to date on your favorite Mississippi blues players, juke joints, music festivals and so much more.  Don't have satellite radio yet?  Check it out at the link below:

Sirius / XM Radio (click)

WELCOME TO THE "JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL EDITION" OF THE CAT HEAD UPDATE FROM CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI...

(PHOTO: Tutwiler, MS's Cristen Barnard pained this year's official T-shirt and poster artwork.  Thanks, Cristen, for your generous support of Juke Joint Festival; we truly appreciate it.)

Hi y'all!  Welcome to another sporadic edition of the infamous CAT HEAD UPDATE: The Mississippi Blues Newsletter -- "all the blues that's fit to print."

NOTE: sorry... this is an abbreviated version of the usual newsletter... just no time to get everything in!

CAT HEAD'S BEEN BUSY SINCE LAST NEWSLETTER

Plans for Juke Joint Festival, various speaking engagements (Mississippi Economic Council, Kiwanis Club, Exchange Club, etc.), prep for release of "Hidden History of Mississippi Blues" book and... just trying to keep a record store alive during the tough non-tourist winter months (and the age of the "free" MP3 downloads and built-in CD burners) have kept Mr. Cat Head waaayyy tied up lately.  Thanks for everyone's continued patience as the Cat Head Mission continues... "to organize and promote Mississippi blues from within."

JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL WEEK 2011 HAS ARRIVED...

Co-organizers Nan Hughes and Goldie Hirsberg (in addition to yours truly) of the non-profit Clarksdale Downtown Development Association have spent thousands of hours pounding the pavement, working the web and manning the phone in an effort to make this year's fest is the biggest and best yet.  Thanks to Nan, Goldie, all of our event volunteers, our musical acts and visiting tourists for making this weekend a reality once again.  Our 8th annual, Juke Joint Festival is this Saturday, April 16th; the official daytime events are free; the nighttime juke joint caravan is still (8 years into it) a mere $10!  In addition to monkeys riding dogs, racing pigs, dozens of street vendors (food, arts & crafts, tourism info and much more), etc... we will offer y'all "100 blues acts for 100 years" -- in honor of the Robert Johnson Centennial.  ("100!"  That's not a typo.  We'll do it via 14 mini and reg daytime stages.  18 nighttime venues with 19 stages and over 20 acts.  The $10 wristband gets you into all the night venues plus rides on the 4 bus shuttles and train shuttle.)  This year's festival is also a tribute to the past year's fallen Delta blues heroes -- including Mr. Tater, Big Jack Johnson, Billy Hardin and Pinetop Perkins.  Most of the music line-up is below, later in this e-newsletter.  The festival schedule is much too large for this email, so please view it at www.jukejointfestival.com with some additional listings at www.cathead.biz (Live Music page).  The schedule is admittedly HUGE and overwhelming, but Nan has put together an extremely helpful (and thick!) event program, so just pick one up at Cat Head or the fest itself... and then start enjoying.  Oh yeah, there are plenty of cool "Related Events" from Thursday evening through Sunday night; some are free; some have reasonable cover charges; all are excellent.

THREE PIECES OF ADVICE:

1.  For accommodations info, please go to http://www.cathead.biz/guide.html.  Rooms have opened up recently at Comfort Inn, Executive Inn and the Uptown Inn among others; book what you can, and get on some waiting lists if the room ya got ain't the one you really want!  Or, RV camp at the Expo Center.

2.  Got a tent, a pop-up camper or small trailer?  John "Riverman" Ruskey has set up some cool camping facilities DOWNTOWN by the scenic Sunflower River -- adjacent to the festival grounds.  You can camp outside or (for tents only) inside the Riverman's big Quapaw Canoe Co building at Third and Sunflower Ave.  Contact him at 662-902-7841 for details, but basically, the sites have electricity... and there are bathrooms inside the building and an outdoor show.  Thanks John and friends for pulling that option together!

3.  Book your rooms now for NEXT year's fest -- April 14, 2012.

SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION... NEW BOOK NOW AVAILABLE.

"Hidden History of Mississippi Blues" (The History Press) may only be a 130-page paperback, but I spent literally hundreds of (mostly early morning and late night) hours writing the editorial content while photographer Lou Bopp spent several weeks (and countless tanks of gas) shooting the images.  Like Prego spaghetti sauce used to brag, "It's in there."  Not everything, but a lot of (hopefully) fascinating "hidden history" of this universally influential music that came from the Magnolia State.  In the book, you will find answers to some of the most common questions I receive weekly at my Cat Head store, including: "Why did you move to Mississippi?"  (I get that one or variations on it... A LOT.)  "Where is the Crossroads?"  "What is a juke joint?"  "Is the blues dying?"  "Why did so many bluesmen come from Mississippi?"  You get the idea.  The book is written to be readable; it's for newbies and seasoned blues fans alike; it is not an academic dissertation (no offense meant), so it is hopefully very accessible; if we've done our job, then readers will find it a fast, fun journey through Mississippi blues past, present, and future; if we've done our job, readers will also find it an open invitation to visit (to paraphrase Alan Lomax) The Land Where Blues Began... while it is still living and breathing.  After all, even today, you can still step back into blues history and breathe in the deep blues, juke joint culture of the Delta, firsthand... even in the second decade of the 21st Century.  We're holding a BOOK SIGNING AND PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION opening this Friday, April 15th at 3pm at my Cat Head store.  I'll be joined by Lou Bopp (photos) and Jeff Konkel ('Forward').  Lou will also have his amazing prints for sale -- with a percentage of the proceeds benefiting the featured artist shown.  If you can't make it, please call the store at 662-624-5992 by April 14th to charge your copy of "Hidden History of Mississippi Blues" by phone, and we'll all three sign it on Friday; then, we'll mail 'em out on Monday; please let us know if you want it personalized.  (Also, if you buy the book after that, I'll still be happy to personalize, of course.  And... if you buy/bought yours via The History Press at www.historypress.net or somewhere else, just send me a stamped, self-addressed envelope, and I'll mail you back a signed book plate (sticker) to insert in your copy.  Thanks so much.  Hope y'all enjoy the book, Roger Stolle @ Cat Head in Clarksdale.

(PHOTO: One of Lou's 40 or so book images -- North Mississippi bluesman Robert "Wolfman" Belfour, standing in the  parking lot near my Cat Head store after a mini blues fest there.)

Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art

252 Delta Avenue, Clarksdale, MS 38614

662-624-5992 - roger@cathead.biz

http://www.cathead.biz

CLICK FOR CAT HEAD WEB SITE

PICK UP THE NEW ISSUE OF BLUES REVUE MAGAZINE

Catch the regular "Down in the Delta" column. This issue features an excerpt from "Hidden History of Mississippi Blues" (mentioned above); next issue will feature an interview with Sean "Bad" Apple. Pick it up at Cat Head or click to subscribe... THANKS!

JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL WEEKEND'S "OFFICIAL KICK-OFF" AT DELTA CINEMA WAS LAST NIGHT...

OFFICIAL JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL KICK-OFF A SUCCESS!  A packed lobby and main theater at Delta Cinema (11 Third St.) last night enjoyed a poster signing with artist Cristen Barnard, lobby music by Sean "Bad" Apple, and an awesome two-set show by the North Mississippi String Band featuring Grammy Winners Jimbo Mathus and Alvin "Youngblood" Hart.  The sound and feel were fantastic.  Attendees enjoyed acoustic renditions of archaic blues songs, country numbers, traditional tunes... in the style of the South Memphis String Band.  THANKS to Clarksdale Revitalization Inc for making that a totally free music event and and ideal kick-off to Juke Fest.  Also, thanks to Jimbo for pulling together the band and bringin' the show to Cdale.  Finally, thanks to cinema owner Bruce Ellis and his lovely family for hosting the event.  (OF SPECIAL NOTE:  Man... I didn't get a regular dinner last night, so I had one of the cinema's famed hotdogs.  It was incredible!  Served piping hot with all kinds of condiment crap on top.  Highly recommended.  The popcorn's good too.)

Up next at Delta Cinema this weekend... (most DVD titles are available for sale at Cat Head, by the way!):

FRIDAY, APRIL 15TH:

4pm - Barefoot Workshops - Clarksdale mini docs (Feb '11 edition)

5pm - The Blues - 1966 Canadian TV concert w/Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Sunnyland Slim, Bukka White and more!

SATURDAY, APRIL 16TH:

1pm - Barefoot Workshops - Clarksdale mini docs (Feb '11 edition)

2pm - Down to the Crossroads - Blues rocker George Thorogood at Ground Zero Blues Club with special guest Eddie Shaw

3pm - M for Mississippi: A Road Trip through the Birthplace of the Blues - Award-winning 7-day road-trip movie w/T-Model Ford, LC Ulmer, Terry "Harmonica" Bean, Duck Holmes and more!

5pm - The Blues - 1966 Canadian TV concert w/Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Sunnyland Slim, Bukka White and more!  FEATURING introduction by Robert Gibbons.

SUNDAY, APRIL 17TH:

1pm - Hard Times - The Delta blues gone North story of Clarksdale/St. Louis blues legend Big George Brock.

ALL JJFEST "MINI FILM FEST" films are FREE!  C'mon in and support JJFest and Delta Cinema...

OFFICIAL MUSIC LINE-UP FOR JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL... SAT.,

APRIL, 16TH IN CLARKSDALE:

The Juke Joint Festival is "half blues festival, half small-town fair and all about the Delta," so there is literally something for everyone.  Still, most of our national and international tourist guests are visiting for live blues. Man, oh man... do we have it this year... as we celebrate the ROBERT JOHNSON CENTENNIAL EDITION of Juke Festival with "100 acts for 100 years."  Eat your Wheaties, it's gonna be big!

DAYTIME STAGES

(free performances): 

CAT HEAD STAGE (252 Delta Ave.)

10am - Jimmy "Duck" Holmes "CD Re-issue Party"

11am - Watermelon Slim

Noon - Lightnin' Malcolm "CD Release Party"

1pm - Robert "Wolfman" Belfour

2pm - Rev. John Wilkins

3pm - Pat Thomas

4pm - L.C. Ulmer "CD Release Party"

5pm - Sharde & Rising Star Fife & Drum Band

6pm - Johnny Lowebow's Mini Lowebow Fest!

MISS DEL'S STAGE (145 Delta Ave.)

10am - Terry "Harmonica" Bean One-man Band

11am - T.C.B. Blues Band

12 noon - Tyrannosaurus Chicken

1pm - Bluff City Backsliders

2pm - Marshall Drew Blues Band

3pm - David Evans

4pm - Super Chikan Duo

5pm - Mr. Sippy's Minstrels

YAZOO PARK STAGE (200 block of Yazoo Ave.)

10am - Mohawk Slim Band

11am - Cypress Groove

Noon - Westbound

1pm - Yalls Blues Band

2pm - Brian Sivils

3pm - Pork Chop Willie

4pm - Bloodshot Eyes

5pm - Guitar Lightnin' Lee

STONE PONY STAGE (Stone Pony Pizza, Delta Ave.)

10am - Brian Sivils

11am - Roman Barten-Sherman

Noon - Valerie June

1pm - Reparation Man

2pm - Austin "Walking" Cane

3pm - Big Jon Short

4pm - Pip Deaton

ROCK & BLUES MUSEUM STAGE (2nd St. near Museum/Hambone Gallery)

10am - Doomsday Street Preachers

11am - Bernie Pearl

Noon - Tullie Brae & the Medicine Men

1pm - Leaf River Blues Band

2pm - Big Jerry Blues Band

3pm - Selwyn Cooper

4pm - Joe Daddy & HooDoo Jeff

5:15pm - Sharde & Rising Star Fife & Drum Band concludes

DELTA AMUSEMENT CAFE STAGE (348 Delta Ave.)

10am - Little Johnnie Kantreed

11am - Rodney John Cooper

Noon - Michael Packer Blues Band

1pm - Davis Coen

2pm - The Bailey Brothers

3pm - Big Dave Dunavent & Evol Love Blues Band

4pm - Whirled Boogie

5pm - The Scissormen

6pm - Blue Mother Tupelo

QUAPAW CANOE RIVER STAGE (Sunflower Ave. & Third St. @ the river)

11am - Bill Abel

Noon - Cadillac John & Bill Abel

1pm - Anthony "Big A" Sherrod

2pm - Eddie Cusic

3pm - Adam Gussow & Shine Turner

4pm - Rotten Belly Blues Band

WADE WALTON STAGE (317 Issaquena Ave.)

10am-1:45pm - All Night Long Blues Band REVUE

                       with Mary Ann "Action" Jackson, Joe Ayers,

                       Piano Red, R.L. Boyce & Earl The Pearl

2pm - Elam McKnight & Bob Bogdal with Ringo Jukes

3pm - KM Williams & Washboard Jackson

4pm - Phillip Carter Blues Band with Jacqueline Nassar

MR. TATER MEMORIAL STAGE (near New Roxy Theater on Issaquena)

10am - Earnest "Guitar" Roy

11am - Louis "Gearshifter" Youngblood & Larry Morrissey

Noon - Daddy Rich Blues Band

1pm - Cedell Davis & Brethren

2pm - Ray Cashman

3pm - Brad Webb & Friends featuring David Hudson

4pm - Big Joe Shelton

DELTA FURNITURE STAGE (Third St. & Issaquena Ave.)

10am - Heavy Suga & the Sweetones

11am - Myers Brothers Blues Band

Noon - Sons of the Delta

1pm - Daddy Mack Blues Band

2pm - Ghost Town Blues Band

3pm - The Beat Daddies

4pm - Lucious Spiller

5pm - Clarksdale Elementary School Blues Band

ROBERT JOHNSON CENTENNIAL STAGE @ DELTA BLUES MUSEUM (1 Blues Alley)

3pm - Delta Blues Museum Students

4pm - Honeyboy Edwards (95-year-old blues legend; friend of Robert Johnson)

5pm - Rev John Wilkins Band (son of gospel-blues legend Rev Robert Wilkins)

6pm - Ol' Skool Revue from Delta State University

GROUND ZERO BLUES CLUB STAGE (0 Blues Alley)

12noon - Butch Mudbone

1pm - Low Society Band

2pm - La La

3pm - Dr. Feelgood Potts & his Blues Band

4pm - Lew Jetton & 61 South

5pm - Cedric Burnside

"JUKE JOINT EXPRESS" TRAIN (downtown Train Depot at 100 Blues Alley shuttle ride to Hopson Plantation and back)

– Jeff Norwood & friends performing!  Nighttime is included with $10 festival wristband.  Schedule in program and on-line.

HOPSON COMMISSARY STAGE (Hopson Plantation)

12noon - KM Williams & Washboard Jackson

2pm - Paul Ray Thomas

3pm - Deak Harp

4pm - Tullie Brae & the Medicine Men

CROSSROADS MARKER (Hwy 49 & 61, near Abe's BBQ)

11am - Butch Mudbone

12 noon - Uriah Lambert of Doomsday Street Preachers

1pm - The Scissormen

2pm - Valerie June

3pm - Michael Packer

4pm - Low Society

5pm - Paul Ray Thomas

CARNEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Delta Ave.)

12 noon - Brian Sivils "Blues for Kids!" performance

NIGHTTIME ACTS

“Juke Joint Caravan”

($10 Saturday night festival wristband required at all venues starting at 8pm; includes rides on our 4 bus shuttles and nighttime JJF Express train shuttle; buy at jukejointfestival.com now or in front of Cat Head Thurs/Fri noon-5pm or at main festival tent during day on Sat... or -- if we still have them -- that night at our official venues): 

Ground Zero Blues Club - Super Chikan & the Fighting Cocks (9pm); Rev Peyton (8pm)

Delta Amusement Cafe - Guitar Mikey & the Real Thing with Billy Gibson

Lady at the Levee - Johnny Rawls Blues Trio

Delta Blues Room - Mark "Mule Man" Massey Band

Hambone Gallery - Stan Street & Hambone Blues Band

The Den - T-Model Ford & Stud

Bluesberry Cafe - Josh "Razorblade" Stewart Blues Band

Club 2000 - Louis "Gearshifter" Youngblood & Larry Morrisey

New Roxy - Robert "Bilbo" Walker Blues Revue (9pm) with opener KM Williams & Washboard Jackson (8pm)

Messenger's - Jimbo Mathus & Tristate Coalition with special guest LC Ulmer

Red's Lounge - Robert "Wolfman" Belfour (7:30pm), Lucious Spiller & The Cornlickers (10pm, Big Jack Johnson Tribute); ALSO, Miss Sarah Award presentations at 7pm.

Pete's Grill - Terry "Big T" Williams & the Family with Miss Gladys & Rip Butler

Hick's BBQ - "Way of Blues Revue" starring Bill "Howl-N-Madd" Perry, King Edward, Mickey Rogers & Alphonso Sanders

Anniebelle's Lounge - Anthony "Big A" Sherrod & Blues Allstars with Miss Sherita and more (Billy Hardin Tribute)

Hopson Commissary (front) - Big George Brock & the New Houserockers with Clarine Wagner

Hopson Commissary (back) - Bernie Pearl

Juke Joint Chapel/Shackup - Lightnin' Malcolm "Renegade" CD Release Party (music starts 9pm; Malcolm 10pm-2am)

Stone Pony - Terry "Harmonica" Bean One-man Band

Channel Zilch - All Night Long Blues Band & Mary Ann "Action" Jackson

Club Vegas - T.C.B. Blues Band

UPDATES & REST OF NON-MUSIC SCHEDULE AT WWW.JUKEJOINTFESTIVAL.COM

Too much to list here, but most of the venues above will also have related blues events Fri-Sun.  (Festival hotline: 662-624-5992.)

ALSO, pick up a copy of the official FESTIVAL PROGRAM (one copy per person or couple, please) at Cat Head store, the major hotels, the festival HQ tent (3rd and Delta, downtown) or at the venues.  It will have virtually everything going on in Clarksdale from Thurs-Sun... as of our program 'print deadline' last week.

Line-up subject to change. It’s the Delta y’all!

JUKE JOINT FESTIVALWEB SITE INCLUDES:• pre-sale wristbands

• music/event line-up

• vendor information

• sponsor information

• photos from past years

• and much more

(Click to hear a preview of Clarksdale's up-and-coming blues star Anthony "BIG A" Sherrod... before seeing him at Juke Joint Festival in April.)

GENERAL BLUES & RELATED NEWS AND INFORMATION

- (PHOTO of Clarksdale 'Crossroads' by Chuck Lamb; available as a post card at Cat Head store.)

Sorry, but I haven't had the time to pull this 'regular' section together this time around.  Look for another Cat Head Update in the nearer future that will cover more general blues stuff... this one's mainly just our Juke Fest and related.  THANKS...

That said... for more blues news from Mississippi and beyond, please check out these helpful web sites:

www.bluesfestivalguide.com

www.highway61radio.com

www.msbluestrail.org

www.visitclarksdale.com

www.clarksdalenow.org

www.clarksdaleinfo.com

www.clarksdale.com

www.cathead.biz

www.bluessource.com

www.indianolablues.org

www.highway61blues.com

www.jukejointfestival.com

www.mformississippi.com

www.sunflowerfest.org

www.groundzerobluesclub.com

CALL THE CAT HEAD STORE TODAY TO PURCHASE NEW BLUES TEES, CAPS & MORE!

WE'VE RESTOCKED ON SEVERAL STYLES!  CALL TO ORDER and check size/color/style stock -- 662-624-5992 (Mon-Sat, 10-5 Central).  Or drop on by the store.  We have some long sleeve "Clarksdale, Mississippi - Est. 1848" T-shirts ($22) still in stock from winter.  Plus, we have cool "Clarksdale" vintage postcard style T-shirts ($20), jammin' "Clarksdale Guitar" T-shirts ($20 -- now in a more typical fabric than our first run of 'em) and our ever-popular "Cat Head/Crossroads" T-shirts in white or black ($20).  Shipping/handling and applicable sales tax extra, of course.  We also have locally embroidered Cat Head logo caps (most with "Clarksdale, Mississippi" on the back), $20 each -- call for color availability and see Sadie the Store Pug modeling one above!  Oh... and we have Cat Head logo beer glasses, shot glasses, guitar picks, buttons, coasters, etc. as well; call for details and pricing...  Thanks, Rog

CAT HEAD DELTA BLUES & FOLK ART STORE

252 Delta Avenue, Clarksdale, Mississippi 38614

http://www.cathead.biz • 662-624-5992

(PHOTOS:  Various Cat Heat Tees and a Cat Head mug -- the back of it says "Clarksdale, Mississippi" by the way -- PLUS, T-Model Ford shown in his favorite Cat Head cap and perpetually tuning his guitar...)

MORE ON JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL & RELATED EVENTS... GOING ON NOW!

www.jukejointfestival.com