: a small inexpensive establishment for eating, drinking, or dancing to the music of a jukebox or a live band
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Recent Examples on the WebThe multipart piece memorializes childhood summer trips from his home in Chicago to visit family in Mississippi, where an uncle operated a candy store out of a double-wide trailer, which became a juke joint at night.New York Times, 4 Aug. 2022 Proprietor Red Paden presides over this tiny juke joint in Clarksdale, a Delta city with as strong a claim to the blues as anywhere in the region. Jim Beaugez, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2022 His mother stepped into the managerial role, booking church and juke joint gigs, calling news outlets. Carlo Rotella, Washington Post, 20 July 2022 The current Crowes tour turns an amphitheater stage into an oversized juke joint. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 17 June 2022 In the new Baz Luhrmann film dramatizing the life and career of Elvis Presley, a young Elvis peers into a juke joint in his hometown of Tupelo, Miss., and his jaw drops. Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 24 June 2022 The film unravels 40 years of secrets and lies in a tale of forbidden love and family drama soundtracked by juke joint blues in the deep South. Angelique Jackson, Variety, 11 Feb. 2022 Written, directed, and produced by Tyler Perry, A Jazzman's Blues unspools 40 years of secrets and lies in a tale of forbidden love and family drama soundtracked by juke joint blues in the deep South. Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2022 Written, directed and produced by Tyler Perry, A Jazzman’s Blues unspools forty years of secrets and lies in a tale of forbidden love and family drama soundtracked by juke joint blues in the deep South. Jacob Siegal, BGR, 3 Feb. 2022 See More