Guide Exploring Clarksdale, Mississippi | SolarTravels.com

<body> Destination Guides Search for a City Destination Guides > North America > USA > South > Mississippi > Delta > Clarksdale Clarksdale Travel Options Flights Hotels Vacation Rentals Cars • Clarksdale • Practicalities • Hotels in Clarksdale CLARKSDALE BE THERE NOW Hotels in Clarksdale • Best Western Executive Inn Clarksdale from $62.95 USD • Comfort Inn Clarksdale Clarksdale from $71.99 USD • Best Western Executive Inn Clarksdale from $62.95 USD More Hotels in Clarksdale >> READ IT HERE CLARKSDALE , the first significant town south of Memphis, has an unquestionable claim to consider itself the home of the blues. Its quite phenomenal roll call of former residents - stretching from Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf and Robert Johnson up to Ike Turner and Sam Cooke - is celebrated in the Delta Blues Museum , housed at 1 Blues Alley (Mon-Sat 9am-5pm, closed Sunday; $6; tel 662/627-6820, ). The centerpiece among the photos, instruments, personal possessions, videos and recordings is the "Muddywood" guitar, created by ZZ Top using wood from Waters' old cabin. Each year, around the second weekend in August, the town holds the Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival (free; tel 1-800/626-3764). </body>