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The Riverside Hotel, Clarksdale, Mississippi, formerly the G.T.Thomas Hospital, where Bessie Smith died in 1937, following an automobile accident:
Photos Jim Potts
"Rat" Ratliff and Maria
He welcomed us warmly and kindly showed us round
He welcomed us warmly and kindly showed us round
Wikipedia article
Ike Turner stayed here and wrote Rocket 88 (the first rock 'n' roll record?) here
Son House, Clarksdale Moan
Rat Ratliff shows other visitors round (YouTube)
Bessie Smith, Empty Bed Blues
Bessie Smith, Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
In 1969, I taped an interview with Big Joe Williams about the circumstances of the death of Bessie Smith. He tends to follow the Edward Albee and John Hammond version of events.
Ike Turner stayed here and wrote Rocket 88 (the first rock 'n' roll record?) here
Son House, Clarksdale Moan
Rat Ratliff shows other visitors round (YouTube)
Bessie Smith, Empty Bed Blues
Bessie Smith, Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
In 1969, I taped an interview with Big Joe Williams about the circumstances of the death of Bessie Smith. He tends to follow the Edward Albee and John Hammond version of events.
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