JIMMY Duck HOLMES ~ Bentonia StyleBluesman: Jimmy Duck Holmes – “Blue Front Cafe” WATCH:, a photo by Shein Die on Flickr.
THE BLUE FRONT CAFE ~
oldest in Mississippi
JIMMY DUCK HOLMES ~
owner/Bentonia Bluesman
Jimmy’s parents BUILT IT in 1948!
JACK OWENS taught Jimmy Duck Bentonia Blues style~ BLIND BUD SPIRES played w. both Jack Owens and Jimmy Duck + recorded with ‘Duck’ on brokeandhungry records ~ Bud Spires passed in March, 2014 at his home in Bentonia, MS~ R.I.P.
Thanks to the person who uploaded this AWESOME video of JIMMY DUCK HOLMES
BLUES BLUES BLUES 
Did Ronnie Joe take you by what’s left of the juke next to Ducks families house? It’s where Skip James and Henry Stucky would play. Shortly after he took me there and did some photographs I believe it was destroyed by a tornado. The Holmes house is 10, 15 feet from the juke and was untouched.
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Hi I had my party at the Blue Front Cafe … all fixed up and nice .. check out my blog (Jukes) for photos of it ~ Jimmy’s a great host… even fixed the Juke Box 😀 Best, Shein
GET JIMMY DUCK’S MUSIC AT: brokeandhungryrecords.com
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I love colors, so the photos were just speaking to me ….
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I’m glad you are enjoying my Blues blog, Jodee 🙂
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