Rick and Mark both returned to Clarksdale in October 2006 to play at the Arkansas Blues & Heritage Festival - formerly known as the King Biscuit Festival.

"It's King Biscuit Time folks! After going along to the festival as members of the audience back in 2004, it was an honour to be invited back as performers this year. We played on the Emerging Artists stage on the Saturday afternoon in front of an enthusiastic crowd who enjoyed our 45 minute set.

We were thrilled to be reunited with Eric 'Bassfingers' Lanier on bass and Jeff 'Drummerboy' Hayes on drums, the wonderful rhythm section who played on our latest CD 'Made in Mississippi'.

Above - the Sons of the Delta plus guests. Thanks to Kokomo at the Blind Man's Blues Forum for this pic!

Left - Mark and Rick © Tim Holek 2006

We were sponsored by Ronnie Drew at Bluestown Music in Clarksdale. He supplied the guitars we used and they really sounded great through the Fender twins supplied by the festival organisers.

Joining us on the stage for the last few numbers was our very special guest 'Little' Mark Gowland on harp (right). Mark is one of the finest harp players in the UK and it was a real pleasure to have him with us for the whole trip.

Left - The Super Soul Shop, Clarksdale MS

On one of our days off we all spent a few hours in this wonderful shop and came out a few hundred dollars lighter but with the most fantastic bluesman outfits you could ever wish to own. Think pimp suits in pale gold, bright blue and black, and snakeskin shoes in pale blue, bright blue, pale gold and bright purple and you've got the general idea! So if you see any of us looking super-sharp and super-cool at a gig, you know where we bought the clothes! You can just make out Rick in the picture, browsing through the clearance shirts rail.

Once again, mainly for 'Little' Mark's benefit, we visited the grave of Sonny Boy Williamson II.

When he approached the grave a bird swooped down and pecked his head! Maybe the spirit of Sonny Boy was playing tag with him? Hey 'Little' Mark - you're it!

Left - Mark at Sonny Boy's grave

Right - No visit to Clarksdale would be complete without a visit to Red's juke joint! If you're ever in town, be sure to visit. Red needs your business to get that leaky roof fixed. In case you're wondering who that is playing guitar in the middle of the room - it's T-Model Ford.

And finally, three more pictures from the trip: Mark and Rick in Abe's BBQ at the legendary Crossroads, a Helena side street, and 'Little' Mark and Rick outside Stax studios, Memphis.