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Clarksdale, Mississippi: Known as the Cradle of the Blues, the Town's Revival Is in Full Swing Singing And Playing Guitar, Clarksdale Mississippi, Son House, Oxford Mississippi, John Lee Hooker, Bar B Q, Muddy Waters, The Cradle, Places Of Interest

THE FIRST TIME I walked the streets of Clarksdale, Mississippi, I looked at the shotgun shacks and the slow, opaque waters of the Big Sunflower River and felt like a pilgrim in Mecca. If you love the blues and early rock ’n’ roll the way I do, this is a holy place. It was in Clarksdale, in 1941, that the musicologist Alan Lomax tracked down Muddy Waters and recorded him singing and playing guitar. Several other great bluesmen, including Son House and John Lee Hooker, were born and raised in…

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