Mississippi Juke Joint Confidential - (Landmarks) by Roger Stolle (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

What's the real meaning of juke joint? Explore these special places for a special brand of the blues.

Juke joint - two words often used, often abused. They convey an inherent promise of something real, edgy, from another time. All juke joints are blues clubs, but not all blues clubs are jukes. Here, artist recollections and insights delve below the murky surface to tell the tales, canonize the characters and explain the special brand of blues bottled in these quasi-legal establishments. Author Roger Stolle works from the inside to educate and entertain with a mix of history, anecdote and discovery. It's a wild ride.

Review Quotes

You'll enjoy the colorful stories, the sense of the cool music, and the wonder of the experience as brought to you by Stolle's stories and Bopp's magnificent photos. Stolle will convince you to come to Clarksdale, Mississippi, where there is now a festival for such music, and a place you can find it.Decatur Daily

About the Author

Roger Stolle owns Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art, a blues store in Clarksdale, Mississippi, as well as his own music and tourism marketing service. He is a Blues Revue magazine columnist, WROX radio deejay, XM/Sirius radio correspondent, Ground Zero Blues Club music coordinator and Juke Joint Festival cofounder. Award-winning photographer Lou Bopp has photographed a majority of the most significant Mississippi blues musicians in recent years, from James "T-Model" Ford to "Big" George Brock.