1. "LIVE" BLUES THIS WEEK (and beyond)...

Our "Live Music" page has been updated:
http://www.cathead.biz/livemusic.html

2. UPDATE TO CLARKSDALE BLUES FEST LINE-UP...

Due to a booking conflict, Latimore has been replaced with Floyd Taylor as the Fri., Aug. 8 headliner for Clarksdale's Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival. As you may know, Floyd is the son of the late, great Johnnie Taylor and currently is touring in support of his successful Malaco CD "Legacy." (Latimore fans can catch him in St. Louis that night at Club 54 with Lee Shot Williams or contact the Rogers Reading booking agency to have him play your event.)

The rest of our festival line-up is included at the BOTTOM of this email.*

3. NEW AT CAT HEAD DELTA BLUES & FOLK ART...

- New DVD at Cat Head: "DEEP BLUES" is back!!! Robert Mugge's classic Memphis, TN to Greenville, MS blues journey is back on DVD with new packaging and plenty of extras. This is an essential release that includes footage of performers like R.L. Burnside, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Jr. Kimbrough, Big Jack Johnson, Lonnie Pitchford, Jack Owens, Booba Barnes and more - filmed in juke joints and private homes. Amazing! Just $18 this time around.

- New art at Cat Head: Plenty of new folk art pieces from Mississippi's L.V. Hull. From signs and shoes to a keyboard and a gas mask - she's truly painted it all this time! Our very affordable prices start at $10. Come in and see it all or email for photos. Everyone loves L.V.

- Cat Head's blues fest line-up:
CAT HEAD DELTA BLUES & FOLK ART
1st Anniversary Celebration!

Fri., Aug. 8, 3pm-6pm
Big Pete & Adam, Honeyboy Edwards (tentative) and Jimbo Mathus with special guest CeDell Davis

Sat., Aug. 9, 2pm-6pm
2pm - Andria Lisle book signing, "Waking Up In Memphis"
3pm - folk artists Butch Anthony, Willie Kinard & Rev. Nollie
6pm - one-man band John Lowe

Sun., Aug. 10, 9:30am-5pm
CAT HEAD MINI BLUES FEST,
STARRING BIG GEORGE BROCK
ALSO Mr. Tater, Bobby Rutledge, Elam McKnight & Keith Carter, Steve Cheseborough, Bill Ellis and Eric Hughes PLUS BBQ maestro Willie Kinard grills from 11am-2pm

FREE coffee & donuts all 3 mornings!

4. OTHER LOCAL MUSIC/ARTS NEWS...

From Clarksdale Press Register:

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* Blues festival gets new Friday headliner
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Floyd Taylor, heir to America's late, great soul master Johnny Taylor, will replace Latimore on the Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival's Friday night stage Aug. 8, organizers said today. ()
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=9890114&BRD=
2038&PAG=461&dept_id=230617

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* Bike group rolls on with rally plans
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Members of the Crossroads Bikes and Blues Association kicked into second gear at their third meeting since the group formed. (By: Emily Le Coz - Staff Writer)
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=9857516&BRD=
2038&PAG=461&dept_id=230617

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* Notodden and Clarksdale fests will be filmed
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Notodden's long love affair with the blues prompted the Norwegian city to form an official relationship with Clarksdale in 1996. (By: Emily Le Coz - Staff Writer)
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=9871052&BRD=
2038&PAG=461&dept_id=230617

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* Clarksdale to get some tube time Tuesday
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The world's eyes will be fixed on Clarksdale Tuesday when two Deltans debut.
(By: Rebecca Hood-Adams - Lifestyle Editor)
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=9876984&BRD=
2038&PAG=461&dept_id=230617

5. HIGHWAY ONE GOSPEL & BLUES UPDATE...

The "Highway One Gospel & Blues Celebration" map of events is on the BKB Foundation website. The final list of musicians will be ready next week. It's taking time to get the names of the older folk who will sing the spirituals, and the complete list of local churches for gospel music. The Nigerian groups are still waiting for their visas, we have made all the right contacts and can only wait. The Saturday morning Gospel Celebration, at the Great River Road State Park, is in honor of Jessie Mae Hemphill. One of the best orators in Mississippi will speak at the Great Migration Memorial service on Sunday, in Gunnison. www.bkbfoundation.com info@bkbfoundation.com

6. PER BLUESFESTIVALGUIDE.COM...

Other upcoming Greater Delta blues events courtesy of www.bluesfestivalguide.com:

Friday, August 22, 2003
Through Saturday, August 23, 2003
Blues In The Natural State
Fayetteville, AR United States
http://www.ozarkblues.com

Friday, August 29, 2003
Howlin' Wolf Memorial Blues Festival
West Point, Mississippi United States
http://www.wpnet.org
Hotline: 662-494-2921

Friday, August 29, 2003
Through Saturday, August 30, 2003
Hot Springs Blues Festival
Hot Springs, Arkansas United States
http://www.spacityblues.com
Hotline: 501-624-3596

7. ALSO UPCOMING: OTHAR TURNER MEMORIAL PICNIC...

Fri.-Sat., Aug 29-30 - Othar Turner Memorial Picnic, Senatobia, MS: Details to come.

8. TIME SET FOR BUD SPIRES/DUCK HOMES EVENT...

Harmonica player Bud Spires from Bentonia (played with Jack Owens) is going to be playing with Jimmy "Duck" Holmes at Martin's Lounge in Jackson, Saturday, July 26th. Start time is 10 pm.

9. NEW BUTCH RUTH PHOTO SITE...

Check out www.deltaimages.net. It is the "work in progress" web site of Greenville, MS photographer Butch Ruth. We carry his wonderful blues photos at Cat Head, but he does much more than just blues. By the way, his new show "Backstage Blues" will begin at Cat Head next week.

10. BAD NEWS FROM OXFORD AMERICAN...

16 JULY 2003 -- "Because advertising revenues did not meet its expectations, the AT HOME MEDIA GROUP of Little Rock, Arkansas, is suspending publication of THE OXFORD AMERICAN magazine. This is very painful news; nonetheless, THE OA's editorial staff has chosen to stay together to do all they can to find new investors and continue publishing the magazine, in one incarnation or another."

The Oxford American Magazine is (was?) the only nationally circulated, general-interest publication focusing on Southern culture. It is the only magazine dedicated to exploring the American South, reaching a market of intelligent, sophisticated readers. Phone: 662-236-1700 Fax: 662-236-7011 editorial: 303 President Clinton Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 888-250-5692 advertising: PO Box 1112, Oxford, Mississippi 38655
www.oxfordamericanmag.com

11. JUKE JOINT IN CLARKSDALE PLANS EVENTS...

Red's Lounge in Clarksdale (corner of MLK Dr./4th St. and Sunflower Ave.) will begin featuring Wesley Jefferson Southern Soul Band every Thursday through the blues fest here. Then, during festival week, he has special plans:

- Tues.-Wed., 8/6-8/7 - Homemade blues films shot at Red's will be shown. (Vintage stuff Red shot at his club!)
- Thurs., 8/7 - Wesley Jefferson band.
- Sat., 8/9 - "Live" blues TBA.

12. *THE FINAL CLARKSDALE FESTIVAL LINE-UP...

16TH ANNUAL SUNFLOWER BLUES & GOSPEL FESTIVAL Clarksdale, Mississippi - August 7 to 9, 2003 "Year of the Blues Salute to Muddy Waters and Othar Turner"

THURSDAY, AUGUST 7
Educational Stage (inside Delta Blues Museum) Noon-1 pm - Phoenix Savage, "Early Blues Women"
1:45-2:45 pm - Lane Wilkins, "Fingerpicking Blues"
2:45-3 pm - Break
3-4 pm - Jay Kirgis, "The Legacies of Early Bluesmen"
4-5 pm - Greg Johnson - "Electrified Blues"
5-5:30 pm - Delta Blues Museum students, "Live Blues"
Juke Joint Caravan - NEW event
Evening (8 or 9pm) - "Live" blues bands partially subsidized by Sunflower River Blues Association. Planned venues: Ground Zero Blues Club, Hopson Commissary, Sarah's Kitchen, Jacqueline's Blues Bar and Red's Lounge. (Reasonable cover charges at each venue. The rest of the official festival events are FREE.)

FRIDAY, AUGUST 8
Educational Stage (inside Delta Blues Museum)
11-11:15 pm - Music, "Honoring W.C. Handy: The Father of the Blues"
11:15-12:30 pm - Greg Ellis, "Remembering WROX Early Years"
12:30-1 pm - Break
1-2 pm - Robert Gordon, "Muddy Waters from Clarksdale to Chicago"
2-3 pm - Preston Lauderbach, "Chatting with Blues Legends," featuring
Honeyboy Edwards

Main Stage (outside Delta Blues Museum)
3 pm, Delta Blues Museum students (w/Jacqueline Gooch)
3:30 pm, Jacqueline Gooch w/Delta State's Barry Bays and Joey Cummings
4:15 pm, Blues Prodigy
5 pm, "Mr. Johnnie" Billington and his students
6 pm, The Deep Cuts
7 pm, James "Super Chikan" Johnson
8 pm, Miss Brown Sugar
9 pm, O.B. Buchana
10 pm, Floyd Taylor

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9

Othar Turner Memorial Acoustic Stage #1 (inside Clarksdale Station)
10 am, Mr. Tater "The Music Maker"
10:30 am, John Ruskey
11 am, Pat Thomas
11:45 am, Eddie Cusic
12:15 pm, Bob Margolin, Hubert Sumlin and Carey Bell
1:15 pm, Tribute to Othar Turner (part 1), featuring Sharde and the
Rising Star Fife & Drum Band
Delta Avenue Acoustic Stage #2 - NEW! (under tent; 200 block of Delta
Ave.)
1:30 pm, Guelel Kumba
2 pm, Terry "Harmonica" Bean
2:45 pm, Willie King
3:30 pm, James "Super Chikan" Johnson
4:15 pm, Robert Belfour
5 pm, Cadillac John & Bill Abel
Main Stage (outside Delta Blues Museum)
1:30 pm, Othar Turner Tribute (part 2), featuring Sharde and the Rising
Star Fife & Drum Band
2 pm, Pure Blues Express
3 pm, Wesley Jefferson Band
4 pm, Big T & the Family
5 pm, Big George & the Houserockers
6 pm, Willie King & the Liberators
7 pm, James Mathus & the Knockdown Society
7:30 pm, CeDell Davis
8:30 pm, Early Wright & Julius Guy Awards
9 pm, David "Honeyboy" Edwards
10 pm, Bob Margolin's Blues Allstars, featuring Pinetop Perkins, Hubert
Sumlin and Carey Bell.
Gospel Stage (City Auditorium, downtown)
Noon, Donald Grant (soloist)
12:30 pm, Sensational Travelers
1 pm, Rev. Lloyd Johnson
1:30 pm, Harvest time Gospel
2 pm, True Believer with Lee O. Surrell
3 pm, Haven United Methodist Church
3: 30 pm, The Myles Family
4:15 pm, The Soulful Messengers

Our festival is a FREE event. Please help us keep it that way by sending donations to:
"Keep the festival FREE!"
c/o Sunflower River Blues Association
P.O. Box 1562, Clarksdale, MS 38614

OTHER HAPPENINGS IN CLARKSDALE DURING THE FESTIVAL:

Jacqueline's Blues Bar (990 MLK Dr.)
- Thurs., 8/7 - 11-year-old blues guitar prodigy Jacqueline Gooch and band.
- Fri., 8/8 - TBA.
- Sat., 8/9 - 72-year-old Big George Brock with his band the
Houserockers (St. Louis, MO by way of Grenada, MS).
- Sun., 8/10 - Open jam hosted by Jacqueline Gooch.

Hopson Commissary (Hwy. 49, 4 miles east of "crossroads")
- Thurs., 8/7, 6 pm - Hopson Commissary, Clarksdale, MS: "Honeyboy" documentary screening hosted by the film's director Scott Taradash (80-min.). Happy hour starting at 5 pm that evening and BBQ dinners available from 6-7:30pm. Then, as part of the "Juke Joint Caravan," there will be "live" blues 8pm-midnight.
- Fri. & Sat., 8/8-8/9: CeDell Davis and Jimbo Mathus!

Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley)
- Fri., 8/8 & Sat., 8/9 - Richard Johnston. Energetic, cigar box
playing musician from Memphis, TN.

Red's Lounge
- See blues film and music info above. (Point #11.)

Other venues
- Sarah's Kitchen, Delta Amusement Cafe, Club Junction and possibly some other venues (e.g. Reese's or Club Millennium) will also be featuring "live" blues during the festival weekend.

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THANKS!