Ground Zero (blues club)

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Ground Zero is a blues club in Clarksdale, Mississippi that is co-owned by Morgan Freeman and local attorney Bill Luckett. 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. 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. Super Chikan and Bill Perry are two of the most frequent and well-known performers. 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 different television shows and publications, including 60 Minutes, National Geographic, and USA Today.

Another club is being opened in Memphis[2]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Eric Smith, Construction Begins On Memphis' Ground Zero Blues Club, Memphis Daily News, May 09, 2007

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