Riverside Hotel provides no-frills Mississippi blues experience
by Associated Press Published: September 5,2011
Tags: Bessie Smith, Clarksdale, Four Seasons, Frank Ratliff, George Washington, Heartbreak Hotel, Muddy Waters, Ritz, Riverside Hotel
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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