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May 1, 2014

Thinking of Studs in the American South

 

The Big Doors at Under the Hill, May 1, 2014

NATCHEZ, Ms.- It is hard to place a number on all the great things about drinking at the Under the Hill Saloon.

There’s the stunning sunset on the Mississippi River. The bar has a dwarf  bartender. As my friend Bill FitzGerald pointed out last night there likely is no other tavern so close to the Mississippi River.

Then there are the characters you encounter.

I meet them every spring on my way to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Last night was no different. (For my 2002 take on Under the Hill circle back to this site’s [...]

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