Mississippi Business Journal » Bessie Smith http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Riverside Hotel provides no-frills Mississippi blues experience http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/05/riverside-hotel-provides-no-frills-mississippi-blues-experience/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=riverside-hotel-provides-no-frills-mississippi-blues-experience http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/05/riverside-hotel-provides-no-frills-mississippi-blues-experience/#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:05:26 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=45670 CLARKSDALE — It’s not the Heartbreak Hotel or the Ritz, and George Washington didn’t sleep there. But the Riverside Hotel in Clarksdale is regarded as a history exhibit of blues music. And, oh yes. Muddy Waters did sleep there and Bessie Smith died there. Blues icons roomed at the Riverside from the 1940s to early [...]

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