As with everyone, sometimes there are good days, better days or flat out bad days. Today was one of the frustrating ones. Five hours spent driving and waiting for information for the Mississippi Tax bureau, locking myself out of the building and realizing that the lights for the 'relighting' of the marquee seem to have mysteriously stopped working. Two steps forward and one step back.
While waiting on Miss Ramona to show up with the spare key I took a moment to walk down and talk to my neighbor, Ms. Shirley Faire. She is the owner of Oooh So Pretty Flowers and Accessories at 393 Issaquena Avenue. She owns several spaces on the corner of Issaquena and MLK Blvd all with a lot of history. Including the location where the Dipsie Doodle juke joint was located that was mentioned by Alan Lomax during his research visit here in the early 1940's.
Ms. Shirley has cleaned out one of her extra spaces next to her flower shop and is looking to for a band to play during Juke Joint. If any band with their own equipment, is looking for a chance to play for tips in a very cool historic part of Clarksdale let me know and I can make the connection for you.
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