Ground Zero is a blues club in Clarksdale, Mississippi that is co-owned by Morgan Freeman and local attorney Bill Luckett. The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression Clarksdale is a city in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States. Mississippi ( is a state located in the Deep South of the United States Morgan Porterfield Freeman Jr (born June 1 1937 is an Academy Award -winning American actor Film director and Narrator. It got its name from the fact that Clarksdale has been historically referred to as "Ground Zero" for the blues. It opened in 2001 and is located right next to the Delta Blues Museum. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The Delta Blues Museum exists to collect preserve and provide public access to and awareness of the Blues. With its mismatched chairs and fraying sofa on the porch, it has a décor described as "manufactured authenticity. " Blues fans in Clarksdale welcome it as a place where local musicians have a chance to work regularly. [1]
The menu consists of traditional southern foods, and the restaurant has live blues music playing every weekend. See also List of foods of the Southern United States The Cuisine of the Southern United States is defined as the regional culinary form of states Super Chikan and Bill Perry are two of the most frequent and well-known performers. James "Super Chikan" Johnson (born 16 February 1951) is an American Blues Musician based in Clarksdale, Bill Perry William Sanford Perry (born in Goshen New York) on December 25 1957 was an American blues musician In addition to the food and music, there is an upstairs apartment that can be rented out to customers who would like to live the blues experience 24 hours a day.
Ground Zero has appeared in many television shows and publications, including 60 Minutes, National Geographic, and USA Today. Not to be confused with the BBC news magazine program Sixty Minutes (TV series. The National Geographic Magazine is the official journal of the National Geographic Society. USA TODAY is a national American daily Newspaper published by the Gannett Company.
Another club opened in Memphis, TN, on April 24, 2008. [2]
References
- ^ Stephen Kinzer, In Search of the Blues, at Its Roots; Musing on a Genre's Purity, Fans Flock to Mississippi, NY Times, March 25, 2003, Section E, Page 1
- ^ Eric Smith, Construction Begins On Memphis' Ground Zero Blues Club, Memphis Daily News, May 09, 2007
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