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03-25-2016, 10:43 PM
Opening night at the last real juke joint in the Mississippi Delta
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The first time I tried to reach Robert “Bilbo” Walker — a then 78-year-old bluesman with a reputation of being as talented as he was cantankerous — his phone had been disconnected.*
The second time, he picked up and demanded $350 for an interview. The third time, after he had been talked down to a more reasonable rate of “free,” Bilbo told me to meet him 15 miles south of Clarksdale, Mississippi, on a plot of land where he was building a juke joint.*
Dubbed “Wonderlight City”, it was a dream long deferred. He claimed opening night would arrive soon, maybe even that night.*
** one in Clarksdale thought Bilbo’s venture had a prayer of succeeding. He may have a warm heart, but his exterior has been so hardened by decades of crushing poverty, racism, and his own personal piss and vinegar that ** one wanted to work with him.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/25/bilbo-walker-juke-joint-mississippi-delta/)
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The second time, he picked up and demanded $350 for an interview. The third time, after he had been talked down to a more reasonable rate of “free,” Bilbo told me to meet him 15 miles south of Clarksdale, Mississippi, on a plot of land where he was building a juke joint.*
Dubbed “Wonderlight City”, it was a dream long deferred. He claimed opening night would arrive soon, maybe even that night.*
** one in Clarksdale thought Bilbo’s venture had a prayer of succeeding. He may have a warm heart, but his exterior has been so hardened by decades of crushing poverty, racism, and his own personal piss and vinegar that ** one wanted to work with him.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/25/bilbo-walker-juke-joint-mississippi-delta/)
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