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Acclaim Press
(2014-11-01)
240 pages
$39.95 + Shipping
ISBN: 978-1938905636

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Southern Hospitality and Hoodoo Magic

November 10, 2010 by Gayle Harper 2 Comments

To continue…interesting people that I meet in crazy, interesting ways…

Tommy Polk, the singer/songwriter who owns the Big Pink where I stayed in Clarksdale, told me I must try to meet Eden Brent when I get to Greenville.  Eden is a talented jazz and blues singer. (I’m listening to her music right now and she’s great!) I left a message for Eden and although she was on tour in Chicago, she called me back right away.  After we had talked about five minutes and laughed most of that time (she’s a hoot), she said, “You have got to meet my Daddy. I’m going to call him right now.” Less than ten minutes later, I had a call from the hotel desk that there was a visitor waiting for me in the lobby.  Mr. Howard Brent, Eden’s Daddy, had come to meet me and tell me I was invited to a party at Doe’s Eat Place and that he would be back to pick me up in 45 minutes!  Welcome to Greenville!

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Filed Under: MS - Greenville, MS - Leland Tagged With: Does Eat Place, Highway 61 Blues Museum

Faces of the Delta

November 7, 2010 by Gayle Harper 8 Comments

The land I came through yesterday is as flat as a table top for hundreds of miles. Perfectly straight rows of cultivated fields pass by hypnotically. This Delta land is rich and productive and is mostly held in huge parcels, many by corporations, so the scene isn’t broken by farm houses, livestock or fences. It feels desolate. Most of the trees were sacrificed long ago and when a small patch does appear, I imagine it packed with desperate wildlife. Many miles passed between small, mostly gritty, towns. In each, there seemed to be a few large, nice homes and many desperately poor ones. There’s a scene burned into my brain that was glimpsed for only a second of a house that literally seemed to be caving in on itself with boards across the windows and a door hanging by one hinge.  A small child in filthy clothes stood in the doorway watching me pass by. Life can be very, very hard. Yet, the human spirit can be inspiringly strong and resilient. Although the odds may be against that child, there are countless stories of people who have grown out of such poverty into very different lives. I pray for comfort, courage, light and love for that little child.

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Filed Under: AR - Lake Village, MS - Greenville Tagged With: King Biscuit Time Radio Show, Winterville Mounds

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