Hi,
Blues fans from all over the world come to the Mississippi Delta on a Blues Pilgrimage. Some only get to do it once in their life. Others do it again and again. They say there's nothing like hearing the Blues in a little Juke House off the highway. I ran Blues Alley in Jonesboro for 2 1/2 years and they're right. When the Blues gets good in a small club there's nothing that sounds better.
Some like to go to Clarksdale, Greenville, Holly Springs, Cleveland or Inverness, all in Mississippi. But the Mississippi Delta runs on both sides of the river and the number one destination for a Blues Pilgrimage is Helena, Arkansas home of the annual Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival informally known as The Biscuit.
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Helena, Arkansas is also the home of KFFA where the original King Biscuit Time hosted by Sonny "Sunshine" Payne still broadcasts. This is the show where Sonny Boy Williamson, Pinetop Perkins and other greats played every noon during the week selling King Biscuit flour and cornmeal. Pinetop Perkins is still playing and will be at the festival again this year. So if you haven't made that pilgrimage yet there's a reason why, right there. Just seeing Pinetop will be worth your gas money. The festival is free. He's playing this year with "Steady Rollin" Bob Margolin who played guitar with Muddy Waters in the seventies and played with Pinetop last year in this video.
Pinetop Perkins and Friends, Helena, AR 2007 - Chicken Shack
And there are many many other great musicians playing. Click through here for the schedule.
Hairy Larry, Rhode Island Red, and the Bunky's Breakfast Emporium Orkestra will be at Bunky's Breakfast again this year. This has been a great gig for me. We play true acoustic with no mics or PA at all for a breakfast crowd. What a gas. We play Blues, Country, Jug Band, and whatever. We host jams and open mic. Guest musicians are always welcome.
Here's Hairy Larry and Rhode Island Red live at Bunky's Breakfast on archive.org.
Hairy Larry and Rhode Island Red Live at Bunky's Breakfast October 5, 2006
Bunky's Breakfast is on Cherry St. right on the festival grounds. So if you make that pilgrimage this year stop in and see us.
Thanks,
Hairy Larry