Deep South Directory
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Outsider Economics · Brief 001
The 80% Extraction Rate (And How to Stop It)
Eighty cents of every dollar earned in the Deep South leaves within 48 hours. Not bad luck. A machine designed to drain you. Here's how it works — and how to stop it.
Read →Big Muddy Spotlight · Issue 001
Rise Up: The Talent Has Always Been Here.
Arrie Aslin and the Rise Up Gospel and Blues Band travel the corridor. At every stop: a live show, a regional talent search, and the economic program running underneath.
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Featured Listings
Businesses we've written about, photographed, and know personally. The corridor starts here.
The Anthologist
Record Store / Florist / Venue · Natchez, MS
Vinyl, violets, and live music under one roof. A record store inside a flower shop inside a performance space.
Biscuits & Blues
Restaurant / Cooking School · Natchez, MS
Built by Regina Charboneau, the Biscuit Queen of Natchez. Paris-trained technique, Mississippi soul.
Stanton Hall
Historic Venue / Event Space · Natchez, MS
Built in 1857. Maintained by the Pilgrimage Garden Club since 1938. National Historic Landmark.
The Big Muddy Inn
Boutique Hotel / Music Venue · Natchez, MS
6 rooms, a Blues Room, and the headquarters of everything you're reading right now.
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