Blues & Beyond #306: We Juke Up In Here: A Tradition In Transition

From: WXPN
Series: Blues & Beyond
Length: 59:01

A look at tradition in transition, the new film "We Juke Up In Here" looks at hard times for Mississippi blues juke joints. Read the full description.

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Wejukeupinhere_small In this hour of The Blues & Beyond, we explore the film "We Juke Up In Here." The film is a sequel to the 2008 film M For Mississippi A road Trip Through The Birthplace of The Blues, and once again presents Roger Stolle and Jeff Konkel driving through rural Mississippi, recording blues musicians in performance and talking with them... though the tone is quite different from M For Mississippi, a sense that an era is ending. Stolle and Konkel focus on the one juke joint still thriving in the Clarksdale area, Red's Lounge, and its proud proprietor Red Paden, while looking at how other venues have closed or dropped live bands. We'll hear stories and thoughts from blues musicians and club owners in Mississippi in this affecting look at a tradition in transition, plus music from Robert Glasper and jazz singer Rhiannon in this hour of The Blues & Beyond.

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Piece Description

In this hour of The Blues & Beyond, we explore the film "We Juke Up In Here." The film is a sequel to the 2008 film M For Mississippi A road Trip Through The Birthplace of The Blues, and once again presents Roger Stolle and Jeff Konkel driving through rural Mississippi, recording blues musicians in performance and talking with them... though the tone is quite different from M For Mississippi, a sense that an era is ending. Stolle and Konkel focus on the one juke joint still thriving in the Clarksdale area, Red's Lounge, and its proud proprietor Red Paden, while looking at how other venues have closed or dropped live bands. We'll hear stories and thoughts from blues musicians and club owners in Mississippi in this affecting look at a tradition in transition, plus music from Robert Glasper and jazz singer Rhiannon in this hour of The Blues & Beyond.

promo included: promo306

Broadcast History

WXPN-FM Philadelphia 5-13-2012

Timing and Cues

00:00 Billboard: Show opens, opening theme, "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."

00:59 Billboard ends.. "... in this hour of The Blues & Beyond."

01:00 "option" song: "Starting out, this is..."

05:59 "option" song fades

06:00 show re-intro: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister....."

36:30 end of part 1:

"... after the break, here on The Blues & Beyond."

59-second bed plays

37:29 bed fades

37:30 part 2: show re-intro: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."

58:27 voice out on part 2 "... thanks for listening to this hour of The Blues & Beyond."

58:59 theme fades end of part 2

Musical Works

Title	Artist	Album	Label	Year	Length
No Exit	Bert Jansch and John Renbourn	Bert And John.	Wooded Hill Recordings	1996	00:59
Everything's Gonna Be AlRight	The Mississippi Marvel	The World Must Never Know!.	Broke & Hungry	2008	04:10
You Know I've Tried	Lil' Poochie & Hezekiah Early	We Juke Up In Here!.	Broke & Hungry	2012	04:10
Rabbit In A Log	Louis "Gearshifter" Youngblood	We Juke Up In Here!.	Broke & Hungry	2012	05:00
Country Back Hills Juke Joint	Bill Coday	Memories.	Ecko	2000	04:12
Casino In The Cottonfield	Vasti Jackson	Last Of The Mississippi Jukes.	BMG/Sanctuary	2003	04:26
Down South	Big George Brock	We Juke Up In Here!.	Broke & Hungry	2012	03:12
The Mississippi Diddley	Bill Abel	Mistakes Were Made: A Broke & Hungry Records Retrospective.	Broke & Hungry	2011	00:59
Smells Like Teen Spirit	Robert Glasper Experiment	Black Radio.	Blue Note	2012	07:30
Inside	Rhiannon	Spontaneous.	Rhiannon Music	2012	12:02
Forty-Eight	John Renbourn	Sir John A Lot.	Shanachie	1992	00:56

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