Press release from the Sunflower River Blues and gospel Festival, July 2, 2010, Panny Mayfield, publicist, [email protected] BLUES-LOVIN’ TRAINS RETURN FOR SUNFLOWER FESTIVAL CLARKSDALE –Although Honeyboy Edwards was a regular hopping freight trains around Vance – while Muddy Waters paid for his ticket to Chicago inside Clarksdale’s passenger depot; and barber Wade Walton left the same … Read more

Press release from the Sunflower River Blues and gospel Festival, May 2010, Panny Mayfield, publicist, [email protected] IKE TURNER TO BE HONORED IN CLARKSDALE WALK OF FAME Dedication set during Sunflower Blues Fest  Born in Clarksdale Nov. 5, 1931, to Beatrice Cushenberry, a seamstress, and Izear Luster Turner, a Baptist minister, Ike Turner, grew up around music … Read more

Press release from the Sunflower River Blues and gospel Festival, May 2010, Panny Mayfield, publicist, [email protected] MAKE ADVANCE RESERVATIONS FOR THE VIP TENT Although the 23nd annual Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival remains free and open to all music fans, it will be featuring a VIP tent again for special donors who make a $300 … Read more

Click here 2010 Festival lineup. More info to follow.

Press release from the Sunflower River Blues and gospel Festival, May 2010, Panny Mayfield, publicist, [email protected] SISTER BLUES FESTIVALS TOAST THE SUMMER SEASON

Press Release from the Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival, 1/22/2010, Panny Mayfield, publicist, [email protected] SUNFLOWER FESTIVAL TO PAY TRIBUTE TO IKE TURNER, ROCKET 88 MUSICIANS CLARKSDALE – Ike Turner and his Rocket 88 crew from Clarksdale who launched the world’s first rock and roll record are being celebrated as musical icons this summer by the … Read more

Press Release from the Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival – publicist Panny Mayfield – [email protected] SUNFLOWER FEST’S THANKSGIVING EVE PARTY

Press Release from Panny Mayfield, blues journalist/publicist/ Tutwiler native – [email protected] SUPERSTAR ROBERT PLANT ADDRESSES TUTWILER BLUES MARKER UNVEILING TUTWILER – Quintessential rock star Robert Plant emphasized the importance of this Delta railroad town in the history of blues music when a Mississippi Blues Trail marker was unveiled here Wednesday, November 25. Speaking at the dedication, the … Read more

Press Release from the Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival, Panny Mayfield, publicistContact: [email protected] Annual Thanksgiving Eve event set at Ground Zero Blues Club CLARKSDALE – Pumpkins and pilgrims may inhabit many Thanksgiving stages, but at Ground Zero Blues Club, the Delta’s best blues musicians are playing center stage Wednesday, Nov. 25, for the Sunflower River … Read more

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