I took a trip to Oxford, Mississippi, but detoured through Clarksdale — which is way out of the way. But since it’s ground zero for the blues, I had to make the pilgrimage.
Ground Zero, Morgan Freeman’s blues club, adjacent to the Delta Blues Museum.The sign outside a convenience store would seem to indicate that you need look no further for all of the essentials of life.This is where the clerisy of Clarksdale shops.Should you need pork fat, I can set you up.Where 61 and 49 meet — the crossroads where Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil. There’s a great barbecue place there too.I stayed in the Guitar Slim suite at the B&B.
