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Ike Turner House. 2 reviews. #9 of 12 things to do in Clarksdale. Points of Interest & Landmarks. Write a review. About. Duration: < 1 hour. Suggest edits to improve what we show. Improve this listing. Full view. All photos (1) Top ways to experience nearby attractions. Skip the Line: GRAMMY Museum Mississippi General Admission Ticket. 13. Museums.
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Mississippi Blues Trail - Ike Turner - Visit Mississippi. Mississippi Blues Trail – Ike Turner. Rock ‘n’ roll and rhythm & blues pioneer Ike Turner began his career playing blues and boogie woogie piano in Clarksdale.
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The Riverside Hotel was originally built as an African American hospital in 1914. The “Empress of the Blues,” Bessie Smith, was sent here in 1937 after a car accident left her with a nearly severed arm while traveling from Memphis to Clarksdale. Ratliff says it is believed that though Memphis was closer to the site of the accident than Clarksdale, ...
The Riverside Hotel finally opened its doors in 1944, and within a few years became a popular spot for aspiring Black male musicians, who saw the hotel as their home away from home and Hill as their “Momma” away from momma. “When it opened, we were still in the Jim Crow era, and you had to think about all that,” says Ratliff. “[The hotel] was a ref...
By the 1970s, Clarksdale and the Riverside Hotel were cemented as the epicenter of blues music. Ratliff says her grandmother started becoming known around the world, and the first major surge of foreign tourists came from Asia in the 1970s, particularly Japan and China. These visitors would exchange stories with Hill and soak up all the history, en...
Ratliff's father, Frank "Rat" Ratliff, took over the Riverside Hotel once "Momma" Hill died in 1997. He'd grown up in the hotel and renovated the rooms of the hotel with his own two hands, refurbishing the now-historic furniture and repainting the walls. Zelena Ratliff says he has been featured in countless documentaries, broadcasts, and articles a...
Frank "Rat" Ratliff died in 2013 at the age of 73, and Zelena and her mother, Joyce Ratliff, continued on the family legacy until her mother died this past January. The hotel has taken some major hits in the past year, between Covid-19 halting the tourism industry for months (and international tourism until recently), structural damage after a tree...
Ratliff's sister, Sonya Gates, says that some major repairs need to be made before they can begin getting the hotel back in operating condition. The last big construction work took place right before the hotel first opened in 1944, so their first hope is to get funding to secure an architect or preservationist who can determine what needs to be don...
Oct 18, 2015 · A significant historical month for this entry is March 1951. Location. 34° 12.094′ N, 90° 34.408′ W. Marker is in Clarksdale, Mississippi, in Coahoma County. Marker is at the intersection of 3rd Street and Yahoo Avenue, on the left when traveling east on 3rd Street. Touch for map.
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Others, including Ike Turner, Sonny Boy Williamson II, and Robert Nighthawk, liked the place so much they moved in. Frank “Rat” Ratliff was a living historian and story teller. The hotel played a pivotal role in the development of the Delta Blues sound and—literally—is one of the birthplaces of rock and roll.
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