26-JUN-2009
096: Clarksdale, MS
Addison found a bit of comfort at the Shack Up Inn: a porch swing out in the yard. (I guess that would make it a 'yard swing.' No room on the porch what with the sofa and all.)
26-JUN-2009
097: Clarksdale, MS
The juke joint next door had a serious fan on the porch. That was a necessity in this place where air conditioning was not yet universal.
27-JUN-2009
098: Clarksdale, MS
Inside the juke joint was amazingly comfortable (and the beer was *really* cold!)
26-JUN-2009
099: Clarksdale, MS
Later in the evening, we went to the Ground Zero Blues Club to catch some blues music.
Morgan Freeman owns the Ground Zero. He apparently lives in Charleston, MS, about 40 miles south. He wasn't at the club while we were there; he was at his restaurant, Midici, just down the street.
26-JUN-2009
100: Clarksdale, MS
Ground Zero was cool, uncrowded, and generally really pleasant. The music was great. And the place started really jumping around 11.30 when we left.
26-JUN-2009
101: Clarksdale, MS
I'm considering changing my name now (probably to something along the lines of "Blind Melon Chitlin'") and sticking around. Although the heat gives me second thoughts. It makes Charleston in summertime seem cool and dry.
More tomorrow.
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Nightchall.
28-JUN-2009
102: Itta Bena, MS
Itta Bena was a name familiar from _O, Brother, Where Art Thou?_, a movie Addison and I have watched until it's almost memorized. So, with Itta Bena only an hour south of us, we had to go see it.
28-JUN-2009
103: Itta Benna, MS
It didn't take long to see Itta Bena. This was the most interesting thing in town. You don't find Catfish on Wheels all that often.
27-JUN-2009
104: Rural Mississippi
Lots to see along these back roads. Lots to photograph, and I'm already aware of not having enough time to shoot.
27-JUN-2009
105: Tupelo, MS
Tupelo. The birthplace of Elvis.
27-JUN-2009
106: Tupelo, MS
Elvis's ancestral home. Pretty nice, considering the places we left behind in the Delta.