Good for you Doc! Hope you have a hellacious good time down there. Go check out Junior's Juke Joint for the ultimate jukejoint planning guide and tour book (complete with maps). Junior's site has been featured on CNN and is about the best written travelogue about the delta country as you will find anywhere. He makes the whole place on a laptop set up in his kitchen. You'll find good places to go to eat, drink and listen to live blues, and advice on how to behave while your visiting these establishments.

Here's link to Junior's Juke Joint. Worth a visit and several readings even if you ain't goin' down to the Delta.

He sez this about the mood in them places..

"Without exception, the owners and customers of those places welcomed this redneck white boy."

Hey, Junior! What's the difference between a juke joint and a honky tonk?
I'm glad you asked. Here's the main differences:

• The race of the customers.
• The race of the girls in the beer posters.
• The predominant type of music on the jukebox.
• The price of beer.
• The amount of violence.

Go and check him out. You'll get lost in there for a couple hours easy!