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ROCKnBLUES MUSEUM closing/closed

IN CLARKSDALE MS THE ROCK AND BLUES MUSEUM WILL CLOSE END JANUARY 2019 BY THEO ` END OF AN ERA :      http://www.blues2rock.com/Blues2Rock/index.html         – Theo moved from the Netherlands to Clarksdale, bringing his rock museum with him… lots of BLUES! 

ROCK AND BLUES MUSEUM ~

 

Rock and Blues Museum with Theo the Boogieman

Come visit before we close our doors! The Rock & Blues Museum Clarksdale is open today, January 18 & 19, and Jan 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and Jan 28 & 29 from 10 am to 5 pm. Visit the ROCK & BLUES MUSEUM for its final week of regular operation (Mon-Sat; then next Mon-Tues): www.blues2rock.com

James T-MODEL Ford will NEVER be forgotten! ~ #MississippiDelta

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MISSISSIPPI DELTA BLUES and ... T-MODEL FORD ~ Mississippi Bluesman

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R.I.P. ‘It’s Jack Time’

James T-MODEL FORD ~

An Authentic BLUESMAN who has recorded, spent time for killin’ a man, married 6 times and … R.I.P.

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  SEARCHING FOR WILLIE BROWN : Willie LEE Brown and Charlie Patton grew up and worked on Dockery Farms ~ (Plantation) ~ Willie learned guitar playing from Charlie and became a better player! … When Son House got out of Parchman Farms (prison) and went on out to Lula ~ he met Willie Brown.. the 2 of them played together up in Robinsonville where Robert Johnson would go to watch them play. Willie Lee Brown and Charlie Patton are the Co-Founders of THE DELTA BLUES.

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THE Willie Lee Brown ~ friend and traveler of Son House and Charlie PattonSEARCHING FOR WILLIE LEE BROWN ~ and I found him!!! CLICK ON PHOTO – He is, with Charlie Patton,  FOUNDING FATHER OF THE DELTA BLUES

WILLIE LEE BROWN LAYS IN REST BEYOND THIS CHURCH

PRICHARD, MS ALL Photos COPYRIGHT SHEIN DIE ~ All Rights Reserved ~ WILLIE LEE BROWN’s church ~Click on photo

All Photographs Copyright ~ All Rights Reserved ~ copyright SHEIN DIE

THE Willie Lee Brown of DELTA BLUES legend~ beyond this Church (above)
Prichard, MS
Thanks to Morris and Ronnie ~ I found the last resting place of the man who learned and played with Charlie Patton, and traveled/played with Son House!! R.I.P. – Scroll for more!
HIT ‘5 Replies’ for STORY ~


Willie can be heard in background … he is NOT the one singing

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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

MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT

Mississippi John Hurt laid here prior to burial

PLAYED WITH MAN HURT

MS JOHN HURT HISTORIAN

This wonderful Bluesman is singing/playing on Pete Seeger’s TV show in 1965

born 1892-Nov 2, 1966 R.I.P.   ~ Saint James Church in Avalon ~ THIS is the church where Funeral Service was held, prior to burial in the HURT family cemetery~

Link

CASH McCALLPEDI-CABCARLA ROY & RIP LEEDR. DINGO & ELLIS

REMEMBER ~ CLICK ON PICTURES ~ REMEMBER ~ CLICK ON CAPTIONS ~ (LUCILLE’s song is Down and Dirty!  for ADULTS ONLY!)

CHARLIE PATTON/ asie payton

Searching for CHARLIE PATTON

LOOKING FOR CHARLIE PATTON

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGsAh2jx6JA

CHARLIE PATTON: FOUNDER of the DELTA BLUES

ASIE PAYTON IS ALSO BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY: 

Thanks HOUDINI for uploading this video

MORE THAN ‘just’ MUSIC : Click pics

GATEWAY to the BLUES ~ Tunica Welcomes You Riverside Hotel ~ Bessie Smith died here when it was a Hospital DSCN8806 DSCN9156 copy DSCN8750AT HOPSONDSCN8179-2 DSCN2564-2

GOOD EATS

ALL PHOTOS COPYRIGHT Shein Die ~ All Rights Reserved

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LINK: CAT HEAD DELTA BLUES AND FOLK ART STORE

LINK to TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqVc652oTVI

ABOUT ME: http://www.tdblues.com/2012/05/who-is-sheindie/

PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE DELTA

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GOING TO STOVALL

GOING TO STOVALL

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All photos COPYRIGHT Shein Die ~ All Rights Reserved

BLUE FRONT CAFE

BLUE FRONT CAFE

BLUE FRONT CAFE

BLUE FRONT CAFE

Tunica ~ Robert Johnson’s Original Marriage Certificate to Virginia is in this building~

AVALON, MS

AVALON, MS ~ across from the Valley Store

JEFF KONKEL

JEFF KONKEL ~

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Broke-Hungry-Records/55779923913

http://www.brokeandhungryrecords.com/

BLUE BISCUIT

BLUE BISCUIT ~ Indianola (near B B King Museum) … outstanding eats

PAT THOMAS

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THIS is the plantation where THE Robert Johnson of legend grew up.

DSCN7880-3Stan Street AND 81 year old BLUESMAN, Leo Bud Welch ~

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Cat Head Delta Blues and Folk Art store

Your FIRST STOP in CLARKSDALE, MS

JUKIN' AT THE JUKE IN THE DELTA

JUKIN’ AT THE JUKE IN THE DELTA

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GIP GIPSON ~ Juke Joint proprietor, musician, grave digger

a good spot for chatting

GIP’S PLACE ~ area

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GIP'S PLACEGIP GIPSONGIP'S PLACEGIP'S PLACE GIP'S PLACEThe LAST of the AUTHENTIC Jukes ~ GIP’S PLACE – a don’t miss adventure! ~ to read my INTERVIEW with GIP, go to main BLUES BLUES BLUES page, click caption ‘Gip’s Place’  ~

Bessemer, Alabama  … Saturday Nights, BYOB and cash, plan on staying 7-11:00 pm ~ GIP’S BIRTHDAY PARTY came on a SATURDAY .. January, 2014  ~ it was EPIC!!!  =)

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