{"id":266,"date":"2019-08-14T17:14:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T17:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/texasace.org\/?p=266"},"modified":"2025-02-02T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T17:30:00","slug":"clarksdale-mississippi-birthplace-of-the-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/texasace.org\/?p=266","title":{"rendered":"Clarksdale, Mississippi &#8211; Birthplace of the Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">On our recent short vacation to meet friends in Bourbon Country Kentucky, we stopped and spent a couple days in Clarksdale, MS &#8211; Birthplace of the Blues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Everyone we met was super friendly and open, and it was very enjoyable visiting the Delta Blues Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a27d24_5dd6b3b8f93142b79cbf8ea71f59943bmv2_d_4096_3072_s_4_2-1.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a27d24_5dd6b3b8f93142b79cbf8ea71f59943bmv2_d_4096_3072_s_4_2-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a27d24_5dd6b3b8f93142b79cbf8ea71f59943bmv2_d_4096_3072_s_4_2-1.webp 740w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a27d24_5dd6b3b8f93142b79cbf8ea71f59943bmv2_d_4096_3072_s_4_2-1-300x225.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Also located in Clarksdale &#8211; &#8216;The Crossroads&#8217; &#8211; where Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uP3WZGUtAbo?si=kDM1mAIcgbFrk0aC\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20190813_183816603_HDR.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20190813_183816603_HDR.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">We had a super-funky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airbnb.com\/rooms\/1021782?s=67&amp;shared_item_type=1&amp;virality_entry_point=1&amp;sharer_id=20536326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AirBnB for this stay, highly recommend the &#8220;Squeezbox&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Clarksdale-MS-and-Muscle-Shoals-AL-8-14-2019-2-47-17-PM-1-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Clarksdale-MS-and-Muscle-Shoals-AL-8-14-2019-2-47-17-PM-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Clarksdale-MS-and-Muscle-Shoals-AL-8-14-2019-2-47-17-PM-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Clarksdale-MS-and-Muscle-Shoals-AL-8-14-2019-2-47-17-PM-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Clarksdale-MS-and-Muscle-Shoals-AL-8-14-2019-2-47-17-PM-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Clarksdale-MS-and-Muscle-Shoals-AL-8-14-2019-2-47-17-PM-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Clarksdale-MS-and-Muscle-Shoals-AL-8-14-2019-2-47-17-PM-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Clarksdale-MS-and-Muscle-Shoals-AL-8-14-2019-5-47-29-PM-1-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Clarksdale-MS-and-Muscle-Shoals-AL-8-14-2019-5-47-29-PM-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Clarksdale-MS-and-Muscle-Shoals-AL-8-14-2019-5-47-29-PM-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Clarksdale-MS-and-Muscle-Shoals-AL-8-14-2019-5-47-29-PM-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Clarksdale-MS-and-Muscle-Shoals-AL-8-14-2019-5-47-29-PM-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Clarksdale-MS-and-Muscle-Shoals-AL-8-14-2019-5-47-29-PM-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Clarksdale-MS-and-Muscle-Shoals-AL-8-14-2019-5-47-29-PM-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" id=\"viewer-cdtif\">We&#8217;d like to come back again and spend even more time in this area! If you love music, especially the blues, history, cool street art &#8211; visit Clarksdale!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" id=\"viewer-57hlg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/dtfh8SrNk7CnxtMe6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>See more photos from this trip<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On our recent short vacation to meet friends in Bourbon Country Kentucky, we stopped and spent a couple days in Clarksdale, MS &#8211; Birthplace of the Blues. Everyone we met was super friendly and open, and it was very enjoyable visiting the Delta Blues Museum. 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