Lived here all of my life. What do you want to know? The 49/61 intersection was not where it is today back in the 20s and 30s when Robert would have been there, and he was. Like most cities the roads changed as they were improved. Stick near the railroad tracks for the old roadbeds. In the Delta the railroads were built up to try and keep them from flooding so when cars came along it was only natural to place it beside the tracks that were already somewhat built up and allowed equipment and fill material to be moved in easily. When I was a child there were, on every farm, a line of several shacks. Generational misery was the everyday atmosphere. Can to can't was a real thing. There is much history here for sure though. Grant tried to dig the Yazoo Pass in the north of the county back during the war of northern aggression to get to the Cold Water/Tallahatchie then the Yazoo and then float down towards Vicksburg. Things like that as well as the Tenn Williams history. He spent a good bit of time here as a child. It is said that parts of some of his books are taken from his youth here. Mississippi is as a whole an odd place. The poster child for many awful things and yet the amount of talent it produces in all areas is pretty amazing. Writing, painting, acting, sports, music, it is a longer list than most would give us credit for. The Shack Up is a great place to stay. One only has to drive to get to the eateries, but Dominos will deliver to your shack. Music and bar are on location, so you just walk over and have a seat, or sit on your porch and listen. About as laid back as it gets, but you can act an ass if you wish. Bill and Jim are good people. If a driven tour for a small group is working for you find Chilly Billy and have him take you around. Lunch stops and pretty much whatever you would like could probably be worked out. Right now the Magnolias are blooming and cotton is being planted. Red Peden that of course owned Red's Lounge passed away a few weeks ago now. A big loss for the local Blues group. Safe travels Red. Come see us here if you enjoy the Blues. We got some decent local food spots, a very good Blues museum, several night spots with live music and food of their own, You may just run into somebody you know from a screen or stage but please don't bother them. We don't. It is why they show up to begin with. They are just another beer drinker looking for a bathroom too. Peace to you and yours.

Clarksdale MS Rules!! ❤❤❤

I live in Southeastern Kentucky. I live in the shack inn every single night. Way out in the country, on 10 acres way out of the way of modern society. I got to travel the United States when I was younger and I live in the mountainous version of Clarksdale. No neighbors to bother me. You City folk that live in suburbia, you don't know what good living is.

"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" Mark 8:36

I’m heading down there this summer…

*Great video!* ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Great history there. Thanks for sharing this interesting place, my friend 👍👏😊💕

Wow truly enjoyed this one Tony!!! Thanks for all you share with us..❤😊

Good video .

Good stuff Tony...Thanks for sharing!!!!

5:17 That's the back of the mcwilliams bldg. • at 7 stories, McWilliams Building Clarksdale's first skyscraper • theater and office building designed by British-born Memphis architect John Gaisford (1876-1917) for Clarksdale businessman Robert N. McWilliams (1863-1938) • in 1920s, top of McWilliams building had large painted sign "Jake Fink Cotton Company," for the firm occupying the entire top floor • building renovated, 2011 • 900 seat movie house, also designed by Gaisford, opened as Marion Theatre • purchased by Saenger Amusements, 1930s, renamed Paramount Theatre • like many in South, theater had separate entrance & seating for African Americans • in 1986 renamed Larry Thompson Center for the Performing Arts • now closed • Larry A. Thompson (b. 1944) -Wikipedia • theater organ was M.P. Möller Opus 3345, ca. 1923 • renovartion begun by Mississippi Arts Council, Clarksdale, 2014 • 1918 in film • Cinema Treasures • vintage photo • Paramount Theatre designated Mississippi Landmark, 1986 • Clarksdale Historic District, National Register 09000763, 2009

Sam Cook was a favorite.

THATS NOT WHERE IT IS. BOUT A HALF MILE PASS DOCKERY'S. STILL LOOKS THE SAME. NOT CHANGED A BIT. UP HWY 8.

THAT LEGEND IS TRUE.

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