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, […]
“Clarksdale Stories” has just been added to the City website. Found in the sub-nav bar under the “Visit Us in Clarksdale” button, this new feature comes via Barefoot Workshops wonderful work and contributions to Clarksdale. Produced by Barefoot founder Chandler Griffin and Program Director Alison Fast, each Clarksdale story was done by students participating in […]
Friday came with a Christmas party at City Hall. Attended by the Mayor, Chuck Espy, City Commissioners, Ken Murphey, Bo Plunk, Ed Seals, and Willie Turner, Jr., the City staff and their families, the pot luck lunch and festivities were held in City Clerk Cathy Clark’s offices, and great food, good times, holiday cheer and […]
28 New Arts & Culture District Signs The Arts & Culture District Project will add 28 new signs after the first of the year. These come at public request, and we can be sure that for every sign that appears in downtown Clarksdale, there are a lot of people who are joyful that the honored […]