juke joint
noun
: a small inexpensive establishment for eating, drinking, or dancing to the music of a jukebox or a live band
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Where To Eat In Clarksdale, Mississippi Get Dinner And A Show
Most people know this juke joint as being the Clarksdale spot co-owned by Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman, but there are lots of reasons to visit outside of a possible celebrity sighting.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2025
Some of its best moments center on those invigorating music and dance sequences at the juke joint.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
But the vampires’ descent on the juke joint ups the suspense and becomes genuinely scary, at first with the unsettling charm of their ancient leader, Remmick (Jack O’Connell, chilling), and eventually the brutal carnage of their siege.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
Mississippi Delta Clarksdale is ground zero, a town with numerous juke joints (blues music venues) where the Delta spawned such legends as John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Ma Rainey, Howlin’ Wolf and B.B. King.
—Gqlshare, Orange County Register, 19 Feb. 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2025
Some of its best moments center on those invigorating music and dance sequences at the juke joint.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
But the vampires’ descent on the juke joint ups the suspense and becomes genuinely scary, at first with the unsettling charm of their ancient leader, Remmick (Jack O’Connell, chilling), and eventually the brutal carnage of their siege.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
Mississippi Delta Clarksdale is ground zero, a town with numerous juke joints (blues music venues) where the Delta spawned such legends as John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Ma Rainey, Howlin’ Wolf and B.B. King.
—Gqlshare, Orange County Register, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Juke joint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/juke%20joint. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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