I am sitting outside the Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, Mississippi. The club is named after this Delta area that has produced so many great blues players. They consider Clarksdale "Ground Zero" for the blues. Many early players cut their teeth here and traveled up Hwy 61 to Memphis to make a bigger name for themselves. This club is owned by Morgan Freeman and his attorney. Clarksdale was the highlight of our trip when my friend's bike broke down and forced us to spend the night in Clarksdale. This overnight was not planned and it was a bit disconcerting, but we had a ball at Ground Zero and closed it up at around 2:00am. I would recommend this as a destination.
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