Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. The powerHouse Arena is pleased to invite you to the opening reception and launch party for the exhibition and book Blues, Booze, & BBQ by Michael Loyd Young Thursday, Decemeber 10, 2009, 7–9PM powerHouse Arena · 37 Main Street (corner of Water & Main St) · DUMBO, Brooklyn Join us at The powerHouse Arena for a celebration of Michael Loyd Young's photographic document of the Mississippi Delta—the birthplace of the blues—and the communities that struggle to survive there today. powerHouse Books is pleased to launch the publication of Blues, Booze, & BBQ, and The powerHouse Arena is opening an accompanying exhibition (Dec 4–Jan 3). On Thursday, December 10, from 7–9PM, our opening reception and book launch party will feature live music by T-Model Ford. About Blues, Booze, & BBQ: Blues, Booze, & BBQ, the first book by Michael Loyd Young, documents 150 miles of Highway 61, the famed blacktop road snaking from Memphis, Tennessee down to Greenville, Mississippi. At the halfway point, in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, sits Clarksdale, Mississippi, the city considered the birthplace of the blues and the location of Robert Johnson's famed "Cross Road Blues" intersection of Highway 61 and 49. "T-Model Ford is going to remember you sorry fuckers how it's done." The Delta has been home to blues legends such as Charley Patton, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Ike Turner, Cadillac John Nolden, B.B. King, T-Model Ford, Mississippi Slim, Big Jack Johnson, and Willie King, among countless others whose music has become the glue that holds these communities together as they struggle to survive. Young's photographs, taken at juke joints, in private homes, or just hanging out, illustrate the bond the blues creates between the Delta and its people. It is through this music that the people pass on their heritage and culture to future generations. About Michael Loyd Young: Michael Loyd Young lives in Houston, TX. Since 2002 Young has worked on several projects, traveling to 21 different countries documenting cultural symbols and the impact they have on the daily lives of the people he photographs. This is Young's first book. All proceeds will be donated to the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He is currently working on his second book, documenting the hunting and fishing culture along the Gulf Coast, from southern Texas to the Florida Everglades. RSVP here: bluesboozeandbbq@powerhousebooks.com Order a copy of Blues, Booze, & BBQ here. powerHouse Books | powerHouse Arena 37 Main St., Brooklyn, NY 11201 212 604 9074 For more information, please contact: Press inquiries: Craig Cohen x113 Trade sales: Wes Del Val x103 Arena bookings: Craig Mathis x123 © Copyright 2009 powerHouse Books