A few insights on ‘Sinners’, my adopted hometown of Clarksdale, MS and redemptive suffering – Jackson Advocate

A few insights on ‘Sinners’, my adopted hometown of Clarksdale, MS and redemptive suffering – Jackson Advocate

By Bernard Demczuk, Ph.D. JA Guest Writer Part 2 of a 4-part series  The Film: The first Bluesman we meet playing at the depot is “Delta Slim” (Delroy Lindo). He is actually Sonny Boy Williamson, AKA, Rice Miller (Delta Slim says his name in the film), who everyone in town knows is the best harmonica player in the Delta. (Harmonicas in Mississippi were called “Mississippi saxophones” because people in Mississippi were too poor to buy a saxophone…