A little music history from the birthplace of the blues… and rock n’ roll. 1864: Stephen Foster, composer of “My Old Kentucky Home” passes on. 1882: Richard Wagner completes his opera “Parsifa”. 1884: Last of the red hot mammas, Sophie Tucker, born. 1929: Virtuoso jazz guitarist Joe Pass born. 1948: First country music TV show, […]
Let’s Talk Clarksdale Business! 12:00 Noon -January 24 Greyhound Bus Station Small business? Big buisness? We want every business in Clarksdale to succeed! We also want to understand what the City can do to help keep business in Clarksdale, and what the City can do to help make YOUR business become more successful. Lunch will […]
This is a regular feature on your WROX website… the best gas price in town. How cool is that? It’s always found on their home page, so it’s easy to get to and see. Check it out, it’ll save you time and a few dollars the next time you fill up. Todays gas prices in […]
Yes, you can instantly share most anything you like here on the City of Clarksdale website on your own Facebook page. You set it up once, it takes only seconds, and after that all of your Facebook friends can see what you find fun and interesting about Clarksdale. Some of your friends may too want […]
A little music history from the birthplace of the blues… and rock n’ roll. 1723: George Frideric Handel’s “Ottone” opera premiere’s in London. 1904: Mississippi Fred McDowell born. 1928: Blues great Ruth Brown born. 1941: British blues singer Long John Baldry born (“Don’t try to Lay no Boogie”) 1968: Beatles Film Production Ltd. changes it’s […]
Here’s Howlin’ Wolf’s song, “Do the Do.” Written by Willie Dixon, and originally recorded in May, 1970. It’s rhythm, rousing style, lyrics and Wolf’s performance are remarkable. Listen to it loud, and below the video are Willie’s lyrics. Also check out Wolf and Clarksdale here, and come see his honorary sign in our historic downtown […]
by TAYLOR MITCHELL On Monday, the City of Clarksdale honored one of its longest serving public officials with one of its highest honors, a memorial resolution. “Judge Kenneth B. Bush is hereby honored for his honor and dedication to the city of Clarksdale,” City Clerk Cathy Clark read from the resolution. “The officials, department heads […]
Well, a new website means new data, and the best website data anywhere comes from Google Analytics. We set up that account a few days ago… it’s amazing, we can see visitors hit the site, watch where they go, see where they are and more. All this means setting up custom reports (figuring out how […]
Music notes from the birthplace of the blues… and rock n’ roll! 1843: Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, poet and composer of the lyrics to “Star Spangled Banner” dies at 63. 1911: Actress Hattie McDaniel weds pianist Howard Hickman. 1924: Blues great Slim Harpo is born. 1936: Katie Webster, American boogie pianist (The Swamp Boogie […]
Yesterday was a big day on your new City of Clarkdale website. The site had 3,296 views, and virtually every one of your sites 250 plus pages were hit. And this all happened on a Sunday (image of website activity at bottom of this page). A result of all of the site activity discussed below, […]