Happy New Year! WOW! What a year 2012 has been for Yazoo County, Mississippi! We brought the family out to historic downtown Yazoo City for the 8th annual Jerry Clower Festival, we celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Bentonia Blues Festival in the place where it...
Ubon’s Barbeque of Yazoo 801 Jerry Clower Blvd. Yazoo City www.ubons.net 662-716-7100 Ubon’s BBQ Sauce, rebranded in 2012 at Ubons Sauce (because it is WAY more just “just” a BBQ sauce!) has been a Roark family tradition for five generations....
Ladies’ Night Out Thursday, December 12th at participating locations. 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
“Miracle on Main Street” cash back loans Get a glimpse of Santa himself at the annual Yazoo Christmas Parade – Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 6pm on historic Main Street in Yazoo City! Download the parade application here – Miracle on Main...
Tommy McClennan Physical, intense Mississippi blues. Underrated guitar player. Born on a farm in April, 1908, and grew up in nearby Yazoo City, Mississippi. Played across the South Delta in towns like Greenwood, Indianola and Itta Bena during the 1920s and through...
“Gatemouth” Moore Arnold Dwight “Gatemouth” Moore, a lesser-known blues icon is recognized for some of his blues compositions – “Did You Ever Love A Woman”, “I Ain’t Mad at You, Pretty Baby”, “Somebody’s Got To Go”. Blues greats such as B.B. King, Rufus...
Nehemiah “Skip” James James grew up in Bentonia and is said to have learned the Bentonia Blues style from Henry Stuckey. Highly emotive, often strange, James was one of a half-dozen virtuosos of Delta blues. He stood out from other artists not only because of his...
Jack Owens Jack Owens was born L. F. Nelson, and lived and worked in Bentonia. Owens was never a professional recording artist, but he farmed, bootlegged and ran a weekend juke joint in Bentonia for most of his life. He was not recorded until the blues revival of the...
Blue Front Cafe 107 East Railroad Avenue Bentonia, Mississippi 662-763-5306 An authentic Mississippi Delta “juke joint” where the world-famous original Bentonia Blues was born and can still be heard. The Blue Front Cafe is considered the oldest active juke...
The Hollies, on West Broadway in Yazoo City, is an old but elegant cottage dating back to the days when Yazoo City was named Manchester. The arrangement of the front, with a pediment over the three central bays of an inset porch and square staged columns with...
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