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Here's some of the musician's that call Clarksdale, MS home.

Mr. Johnnie Billington

b 1935 - Crowder, MS

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Sam Carr

b 04-17-1926 Friar's Point, MS d 09-21-2009 Clarksdale, MS

Son of Robert Nighthawk (Robert Lee McCollum),
but adopted by the Carr family before he was 2 years old.

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Josh "Razor Blade" Stewart

b 1947 - Jonestown, MS

Served with the 173rd Airborne and returned to Mississippi after discharge. One of Clarksdale's finest musicians, and always the best dressed musician in the room. Toured Europe during 2000.
The Deep Cuts Blues Band - Clarksdale, MS
662 627-9595 jstewart_2000_38614@yahoo.com

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Dr. Mike James

b June 10, 1965 Shaw, MS - d April 8, 2009 Clarksdale, MS

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Jacqueline Nassar

b July - 1991

1st Recipient of the Robert Johnson Youth Award sponsored by Gibson.
A Robert Johnson L-1 Gibson Guitar was presented on August 13, 2003
in Clarksdale, MS at Ground Zero Blues Club by Morgan Freeman
and by Steve Johnson, grandson of Robert Johnson.

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Foster "Mr. Tater" Wiley

b March 29, 1947 d September 10, 2010 Memphis, TN

You could call Tater a street performer and he was visible throughout Clarksdale, MS riding his bike from club to club. A Clarksdale character familiar to everyone visiting the area. Tater had been written up or appeared in the New York Times, NPR, BBC, CBS, and CNN. Buried outside of Clarksdale at the Pilgrim's Rest Church.