Drinking at the Crossroads With the Ghost of Robert Johnson

Delta Blues

A Jackson distillery is channeling the myth and music of the Mississippi Delta.

Published Jul. 18 2017 1:00AM EDT

170717-rothbaum-robert-johnson-tease_qudyer — Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast

Holding a bottle of his Hoodoo Legba’s Reserve Chicory Liqueur, Phillip Ladner, the distiller at Mississippi’s Cathead Distillery, gets inspired to start talking about local blues legend Robert Johnson.

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Drinking at the Crossroads With the Ghost of Robert Johnson

A Jackson distillery is channeling the myth and music of the Mississippi Delta.

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Max Watman