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Opening night at the last real juke joint in the Mississippi Delta
   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... More about Music, Us World, Us, Mississippi, and Photo Stories ??????? ??????: Opening night at the last real juke joint in the Mississippi Delta || ??????: rss || ??????: اسم منتداك
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