Mississippi Road Trip Vlog - The Blues & Civil Rights inc. Money & Dockery Plantation. Day 6 Pt.2
Mississippi Road Trip Vlog - The Blues & Civil Rights inc. Money & Dockery Plantation. Sept 16 - Day 6 Part 2. We arrived in Indianola and after visiting a couple of BB King sites we visited the museum dedicated to him. From there we drove towards Greenwood, Mississippi and then headed north to the small churchyard where the King of the Delta Blues, Robert Johnson, is buried.
A little further up the road is the small town of Money, where the killing of Emmett Till took place in September 1955 and was perhaps the event that brought the Civil Rights Movement in the US to the attention of the world.
On a lighter note, just around the corner is the Tallahatchie Bridge where Billie Joe McAllister jumped from in the Bobbie Gentry song 'Ode To Billie Joe'.
The last stop on this leg was the site of the Dockery Plantation where the burgeoning Delta Blues music was heard from the likes of Charley Patton, Robert Johnson, Sonny Boy Williamson and many others.
From here we headed to Clarksdale and on to Memphis which is in the next vlog
The Scam at Factory Direct Furniture in Cleveland Ms and they got BUSTED!!
Remember the unbelievable story I posted well here's part of the undercover conversation.
Factory Direct Furniture on Hwy 8 in Cleveland Ms.
(If you don't know the story read my post on FaceBook posted on Monday(6/15/15
Mississippi Highways and Crossroads ♪♫
This is a video slideshow tribute to The Mississippi Delta region which is considered to be the birthplace of the Blues.
The most widely known legend surrounding Robert Johnson says that he sold his soul to the Devil at the crossroads of U.S. Highway 61 and U.S. Highway 49 in Clarksdale, Mississippi in exchange for prowess in playing the guitar. Actually, the location Johnson made reference to is a short distance away from that intersection. The legend was told mainly by Son House, but finds no corroboration in any of Johnson's work, despite titles like Me and the Devil Blues and Hellhound on My Trail. With this said, the song Cross Road Blues is both widely and loosely interpreted by many as a descriptive encounter of Johnson selling his soul. The older Tommy Johnson (no relation, although it is speculated that they were cousins) also claimed to have sold his soul to the Devil. The story goes that if one would go to the crossroads a little before midnight and begin to play the guitar, a large black man would come up to the aspiring guitarist, retune his guitar and then hand it back. At this point (so the legend goes) the guitarist had sold his soul to become a virtuoso (A similar legend even surrounded virtuoso violinist Niccolo Paganini a century before.)
Seventy or so years ago, a man who was then known as Robert Johnson passed away. He was poisoned, presumably by a houseman/barkeep whose wife had been flirting with him on an August Evening. Around the same time, a king pin of the then small, homely music industry sent out a middle man to find Johnson, in hopes of striking a record deal. It took until almost a year after Johnson's death for word to get back to the industry that Johnson was, in fact, deceased. This is not a surprise, considering that the spread of news at the time, let alone in poor black Mississippi (or really, where ever he may have taken up residence at the time), was reserved to word of mouth.
Robert Johnson is arguably the most important, influential, and respected blues artist of all time. Back in the days when Johnson was still with us, recording equipment was sparse. Johnson recorded a grand total of forty one cuts, twelve of them alternate takes.
In 1900, Bill and Annie Patton and their 12 children took up residence at Dockery Farms. Their nine-year-old, Charlie, took to following guitarist Henry Sloan to his performances at picnics, fish-fries, and social gatherings at boarding houses where the day laborers lived. By 1910, Patton was
himself a professional musician, playing songs such as his own Pony Blues, often with fellow guitarist Willie Brown. Within the next five years Patton had come to influence Tommy Johnson, considered one of the best ragtime-blues guitarists of the day, who had traveled to Dockery. He had also joined the Chatmon brothers who recorded using the name the Mississippi Sheiks at their musical jobs throughout the area.
Even though there were no juke joints on the farm, Charlie Patton and other bluesmen, drawn to Dockery by its fame, used the plantation as their base. They would travel the network of state roads around Dockery Farms to communities large enough to support audiences that loved the blues. One of these roads, Highway 61, from Memphis to Vicksburg, was immortalized by 1960s folk/rock icon Bob Dylan. This was blues country. The plantation was located between the towns of Cleveland and Ruleville, just south of the state prison at Parchman and north of Indianola, the birthplace of the blues guitar great B.B. King. Shops in the area sold race records. These were typically blues sung by women like Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith and produced presumably for African-American buyers. In 1929 Charlie Patton recorded 14 songs for Paramount Records, featuring his gruff voice and rhythmic, percussive plucking. They immediately became top sellers, and resulted eventually in his second recording sessions, producing 26 titles, for the ARC company in New York in 1934.
But it was Patton's live performances that inspired and influenced fans such as Robert Johnson, Bukka White, Ed 'Son' House, Chester Burnett (also known as Howlin' Wolf), and Roebuck 'Pop' Staples. These important artists in blues history either lived at or passed through Dockery Farms. Bluesmen Sonnyboy Williamson and Leadbelly were among 'guests of the state' at nearby Parchman Prison during the same era.
Besides his blues guitar playing and singing, Patton was well known for his stage moves. He danced while playing and swinging his guitar around, often playing it behind his back. These crowd-pleasing antics imitated by rock stars including Jimi Hendrix have survived today in the acts of bluesmen such as Buddy Guy.
Enjoy :-)
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O Sister! in the birthplace of the blues (Cleveland, MS)
Members of the swing band O Sister!, from Spain, singing (a capella) W.C.Handy's classic St. Louis Blues at Dockery Farms, the birthplace of blues, in the Mississippi Delta.
10/18/2014
Video totalmente casero e informal grabado por nuestra amiga Mamen Arroyo improvisando un St. Louis Blues a cappella en la granja Dockery (en Cleveland, Mississippi, EEUU), lugar donde se crió Charley Patton y que se marca históricamente como el sitio en el que nació el blues del delta.
Smelling Coffee TV - The Heart of our Renovation @ FBC Cleveland, MS
God is up to some wonderful things at First Baptist Church in Cleveland, MS! Pastor Brad Beckwith and Reno Chairman Dr. Johnny Arnold share the plans and the purpose behind the 2015 Renovation. If you are looking for a church home, we'd love to welcome you into ours. Visit our website, UndertheSteeple.com, for more info.
1st aired: 10-19014
Smelling Coffee Today TV is a Ministry of First Baptist Church Cleveland, MS (UnderTheSteeple.com) and SmellingCoffee.com.
A hot ass mess. Only in Cleveland Mississippi. _
This video was uploaded from an Android phone.
Teaser - Take a ride with me
Coming new Videoclip - Carlos Elliot Jr. (Power Blues Duo)
Filmed right at the spot where the BLUES was born,
at Dockery Farms - Mississippi.
Tribute for the great T-Model Ford
Saturday, May 30th 2015
The Colombian Bluesman Carlos Elliot Jr. will end up the promotion of his album “Raise the Fire America” with the release of his latest video clip TAKE A RIDE WITH ME. The video was recorded right at the spot where the Blues was born, Dockery Farms Plantations near Cleveland, in the Mississippi Delta.
The video will include STUD, grandson and drummer for the late James T-Model-Ford, a hill country Blues legend who was the writer of the song TAKE A RIDE WITH ME and who the Colombian musician got to meet and share the blues with.
Along with the video clip release he will start with a series of concerts in May, June and July that will give an end to the promotion of his album RAISE THE FIRE AMERICA to prepare for the launch of his anticipated new record “DEL-OTÚN-&-EL-MISSISSIPPI” during August of the present year.
Alejandra Aristizabal and Alonso Restrepo from “Animal Productions” were in charge of the production and direction of the video. The song was engineered and produced by Andrés Quintero from Arbol Naranja - Colombia & Bobby Gentilo from Right Coast Recording – United States.
The Endless Feast, Mississippi - SO2 EP204
The Endless Feast brings together local farmers, food artisans, food lovers and star chefs, to explore the connection between the land and the food on our plates. Episodes feature dinners staged in beautiful outdoor locations, from farm fields to vineyards to urban community gardens.
Mississippi - Greenwood, Mississippi
Chef Taylor Bowen Ricketts brings the Mississippi Delta community together for a celebration of locally produced prawns, catfish, bread and pottery at a beautiful and culturally significant feast location: Dockery Farms, the birthplace of the blues. Providers: Delta Grind Grits, Lauren Farms, McCarty’s Pottery, Mockingbird Bakery, Wright Fish Farms.
Mississippi Grounds Coffee House, Cleveland, Ms
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Muddy Kings at Airport Grocery in Cleveland, MS. 10/11/14
Muddy Kings jamming with local bluesman and upholsterer extraordinaire Jake. Jake saved the day by providing PA gear when the house system had an issue.
Jerry Finger | Sharecropping as a Young Man
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Filmed at Dockery Farms,
Cleveland, MS
Papa Leg and Monroe Jones 11-19-2006 Cleveland (MS)
Papa Leg and Monroe Jones play the blues in Monroe's house, recorded by Steve Greer
Carlos Elliot Jr - Take a Ride With Me (James T-Model ford)
Video clip TAKE RIDE WITH ME as a tribute to the hill country Blues legend T-Model Ford.
This video was recorded right at the farm where the Blues was born, Dockery Farms Plantations near Cleveland, in the Mississippi Delta.
Alejandra Aristizabal and Alonso Restrepo from “Animal Productions” were in charge of the production and direction of the video. The song was engineered and produced by Andrés Quintero from Arbol Naranja - Colombia & Bobby Gentilo from Right Coast Recording – United States. Raul Garcia on drums.
Mississippi Roads - 2807
On this edition of the program we travel to the Mississippi Delta.; to the Bolivar County town of Merigold.
Civil Rides: First Stretch Point, First Day: Tutwiler, MS
On our first stop of the first day, we will be at Tutwiler Community Education Center. You can search for them online and see their 60 Minutes show that made them famous or learn about the quilt makers, who are equally famous. This is right across the street from the Funeral Home that prepared Emmitt Till's body for burial. This is sacred ground.
Country Farm Blues Eddie James Son House Jr.
Country Farm Blues
Eddie James Son House Jr.
Dockery Farms Tuning
Most Ppl plays in Standard Open G Tuning . But Can not play this great song in Standard Open G Tuning . Hope Pre war blues lovers enjoy !
サンハウスといえばオープンG。しかし、この曲は普通のOpen G チューニングでは演奏できません。戦前ブルース好きの方に楽しんで頂ければ幸いです。
Delta Ag Expo preview, Farmweek
The Delta Ag Expo is scheduled January 20-21, 2016 at the Bolivar County Expo Center in Cleveland, MS. Watch this segment for more information on the Delta Ag Expo.
B.B. King - (live at the 2014 Indianola, Mississippi Homecoming show)
B.B. King - (live at the 2014 Indianola, Mississippi Homecoming show)