Clarksdale MS

No trip up US 61 aka the Delta Blues Highwaycan be complete without a stop at the Crossroads. Hwy 49 and 61 crosss in Clarksdale and legend has it that is where Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil to be able to play guitar. The Delta Blues Museum was our destination on Thursday morning and we located it without trouble. The museum was provided biographies of well known blues artists, a collection of instruments and memorabilia from blues artists and some comments from well known rock musicians, Rolling Stones, ZZ Top, and Led Zeppelin acknowledging their contribution to rock and roll. We spent a while looking over the exhibits, listening to some blues in the background and bought a couple of souvenirs. While in the gift shop we met three other blues fans who came to the museum all the way from Sheffield England. Small world.