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Clarksdale, Mississippi
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| Clarksdale is in the heart of the Mississippi Delta | Can I make the Clarksdale reservation by phone? |
| cotton country. It's no surprise, then, that it's also one | We would be happy to help you make any |
| of the cradles of the Delta blues, the earthy music | Clarksdale hotel reservation by phone. You can call |
| created largely by black cotton workers beginning in | our toll free number between the hours of 8 a.m. to 10 |
| the early 1900s. A listing of musicians from | p.m. Monday through Friday (CST). 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
| Clarksdale and the surrounding area is a who's who | Saturday and Sunday. |
| of blues greats and a respectable lineup of R&B, | |
| jazz and pop stars as well. To name just a few, Son | How can I be sure information about my credit card is |
| House, John Lee Hooker, Ike Turner and Sam | secure? We use secure-socket-layer (SSL) |
| Cooke were born in Clarksdale, and Bessie Smith | encryption, the standard encryption on the Internet. |
| died there. Muddy Waters lived at Stovall Farms, | This type of encryption allows you to feel confident |
| south of Clarksdale, and Sonny Boy Williamson is | and secure about supplying personal and credit |
| buried at Tutwiler. Early blues man Charley Patton | card information. |
| may have first worked up the blues style at Dockery | |
| Farms (a former plantation south of Clarksdale) and | Is there a minimum age requirements to reserve a |
| Robert Johnson died at Greenwood (there are two | room? A minimum age of 18 is required by most |
| monuments to him south of nearby Itta Bena). The | hotels to book a room. Some require the guest(s) be |
| legendary crossroads where Johnson is said to | 21. These requirements and other amenities |
| have sold his soul to the Devil to improve his guitar | information on the property "Detail" pages. |
| playing may lie somewhere in the area: Your best | |
| bet is to pick out a lonely rural intersection, wait until | Can I book the reservation to stay tonight? Some |
| midnight and see who shows up. | hotels accept reservations until 3:00pm on the arrival |
| | day. Only hotels that follow this policy will show when |
| An easier way to learn about the music is to visit the | the today's arrival date is typed into the search form. |
| Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale (located in a | |
| renovated train depot). It chronicles the music from its | Is free breakfast available? Some hotels offer free |
| beginnings with a mixture of photos, memorabilia, | breakfast with each room night booked. This |
| books and records The exhibits are short on | information can be found on the property information |
| high-tech gizmos but long on substance. Occasional | "detail" page for your specific property. |
| concerts take place at the museum. You can also | |
| get a big dose of the blues at two annual festivals in | How will I know when my reservation is confirmed? |
| the area: the Sunflower River Blues Festival in | Our confirmation number displayed immediately |
| Clarksdale (early August) and the Mississippi Delta | upon successfully making your reservation. Our |
| Blues Festival in Greenville (mid September). | systems work behind the scenes to email you the |
| Greenville is also the site of Winterville Mounds | final confirmation number. |
| State Park, which has one of the Mississippi Valley's | |
| largest concentrations of Indian burial mounds. A | Are taxes included in the rates? Taxes are figured |
| museum at the site explains their significance. | and displayed into the final payment screen. See |
| Clarksdale is 135 mi/215 km north of Jackson. | rate details for taxes for each day. |
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