By Panny Mayfield, Sunflower River Blues Festival Publicist With the deadline ticking down before Clarksdale’s 14th annual Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival, co-chairmen Nat McMullen and Melville Tillis report, “Everything’s looking great.”    “We’re fine-tuning details, talking to the performers, and waiting for festival merchandise to arrive,”   McMullen continued. The festival kicks off at 4 p.m. … Read more

By Panny Mayfield, Sunflower River Blues Festival Publicist    “I feel extremely enthusiastic about playing at your Sunflower River Blues Festival; this is a really big thing for us to do,” comments Jens Haugen, bass player for the celebrated Norwegian band, Spoonful of Blues.    In a cultural exchange funded by Coahoma Community College, the band’s four … Read more

Although J Blackfoot and Lonnie Shields command distinctive blues styles – both share a signature trait – the charismatic power to communicate with crowds and transform a steamy August night into a memorable experience.    This projection about the Sunflower River Blues Festival’s headliners for Aug. 10-11 is the gospel being preached by Nat McMullen and … Read more

July 4th, 2001, 4:00-8:00pmGround Zero, Clarksdale, Miss. Contact:Elizabeth Usher: 627-9984 or 627-4070 For Immediate Release: Blues Prodigy Air Conditioner Project:Admission Fee: One Air Conditioner “Blues Prodigy” blues band and The Sunflowr River Association is presenting a Benefit Concert on Wednesday, July 4, 2001 at Ground Zero,Blues Alley, Clarksdale, Mississippi, in an effort to raise funds … Read more

CLARKSDALE, Miss. – Nearly 600 music fans cheered the rhythms of first-class entertainers – from the fledgling Pure Blues Express youngsters to super showman Bobby Rush and his Las Vegas Revue – at the Sunflower River Blues Association’s first benefit concert April 6. For photos Click Here!    “It was a great crowd and lots of good … Read more

CLARKSDALE – America’s “purest” blues celebration is throwing a steamy spring preview before the main event – the 14th annual Sunflower River Blues Festival Aug. 10 – 12 in Clarksdale. Headlining the April 6 festival fund-raiser in Clarksdale’s Expo Center is super showman Bobby Rush and his famous “Red Hot Las Vegas Road Show” that … Read more

CLARKSDALE – America’s “purest” blues celebration is throwing a steamy spring preview before the main event – the 14th annual Sunflower River Blues Festival Aug. 10 – 11 in Clarksdale. Past festivals have showcased today’s celebrities from Charlie Musselwhite, Little Milton, Ike Turner, the John Lee Hooker family, Bobby Rush, Mose Allison, Pinetop Perkins, R.L. … Read more

CLARKSDALE – Mix the magic of showman Bobby Rush and his stable of electric dancers with the raw, gritty power of Blues Queen Koko Taylor, and Clarksdale’s Sunflower River Blues Fest guarantees one steamy night of music history Aug. 12. Headlining the Saturday night stage of the 13th annual festival in the birthplace of blues, … Read more

CLARKSDALE – The Travel Channel will be in Clarksdale Friday, Aug. 11, to film the 13th annual Sunflower River Blues Festival, Lisa Gordon, contact chairman for the channel’s production company based in West Palm Beach, Fla., told Nat McMullen, festival co-chairman June 28.      According to Gordon, film crews will focus on performances by Clarksdale native … Read more

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