Ground Zero is a blues club in Clarksdale, Mississippi, US that is co-owned by Morgan Freeman, Memphis entertainment executive Howard Stovall, and businessman Eric Meier. Attorney Bill Luckett was also co-owner until his death in 2021. It got its name from Clarksdale being historically referred to as "Ground Zero" for the blues. It opened in May 2001 and is located near the Delta Blues Museum. In the style of juke joints, it is in a repurposed, un-remodeled building, vacant for 30 years, that had housed the wholesale Delta Grocery and Cotton Co. Mismatched chairs, Christmas-tree lights, and graffiti greet one everywhere. Blues fans in Clarksdale welcomed it as a place where local musicians have a chance to work regularly.
The menu consists of traditional Southern foods, and the restaurant has live blues music playing Wednesday through Saturday. Super Chikan is a performer. In addition to the food and music, there are seven upstairs apartments that can be rented.
In media
Ground Zero has appeared in many television shows and publications, including:
- 60 Minutes
- NPR
- Stephen Fry in America (BBC Documentary), 3rd episode, aired 26 October 2008.
- The Mighty Mississippi
- "The Story of God W/Morgan Freeman, S1/E3(Who is God)" ()
Video
- Robert Mugge, Director (2003). Last of the Mississippi Jukes. Clarksdale and Jackson, Mississippi: MVD Visual. OCLC 971052576. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
- Live at Ground Zero Blues Club: Bobby Rush
See also
References
- "Co-owner of Clarksdale's Ground Zero Blues Club and former Mississippi mayor dies".
- ^ Ground Zero Blues Club (2014). "About Us". Retrieved August 9, 2019.
- * Robert Mugge, Director (2003). Last of the Mississippi Jukes. Clarksdale and Jackson, Mississippi: MVD Visual. OCLC 971052576. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
- 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
External links
| Clarksdale, Mississippi | |
|---|---|
| Education | |
| Transportation | |
| Media | |
| Landmarks | |
| (*) The community college main campus and early college (formerly agricultural) high school are not in the city limits while one college building away from the main campus is in the city limits; Clarksdale is in the community college's service area (the city was in the service area of the Mississippi Delta Community College until 1995) Coahoma County Junior-Senior High School of the Coahoma County School District is within the Clarksdale city limits, but does not serve the City of Clarksdale | |
34°12′00″N 90°34′28″W / 34.2°N 90.57453°W / 34.2; -90.57453
Categories: