Last of the Mississippi Jukes

This is the 2nd film by Robert Mugge I've seen, and as a result, I've added all of his films which are available on Prime for streaming to my queue. This is a great overview of two Mississippi juke joints from the early 2000s. It's the story about history, about civil rights, about music, and restoration of historic buildings. There are many performances here, but none complete (apparently the DVD comes with a performance DVD), but they still got me moving and both known and unknown artists were a joy. I imagine I can find these people on YT while I wait for the DVD.The blues moved me as a 15yr old white girl living in a highly segregated midwestern city. I had only heard them in the form of pop and rock (via the British, who had more access to it than we did), or soul, on the radio or on TV, places they got through to us in spite of what our families and the powers that be wanted at that time. But it wasn't until I was grown that I heard pure blues, and it moved me like nothing ever has. It's music that gets to your heart and every other place, no matter what color your skin happens to be. It's music that anyone can play, once you know a few chords and the 12 bar form. You don't need a music degree or special ear. It can also be as complex as you want, like the jazz which developed from it. I just hope that it, like any "real" music, survives the 21st century (or at least local music, which is highly endangered, even more than they knew at the time of this film). This film is like a time capsule of a bygone era and will hopefully inspire others to save historic places and play the blues, even if these places weren't. The quality is great, and it's a nearly 20yr old film, but I've read that Mugge's films been published with quality and care.

A wonderful capturing of a just recently demolished juke-joint that has a rich and deep history of a never-to-be-seen-again period of the wonderful Blues born in the Mississippi Delta region, the birth of the blues.

Saw this on PBS a few years ago. It was worth ordering and watching again and again. I plan to go to some of the old Juke Joints on vacation and after watching this, I can't wait.

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Made me want to had on down. Loved the music ans wish there were more full song performances rather than cutting some off or voice over narration. It is though a definite must see for Blues music lovers. Enjoyed it all the more finding out one of my favorite actors Morgan Freeman was a partner in the Ground Zero Blues Club.

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Gute, wenn auch nicht vollständige, Beschreibung von Juke Joints in Mississippi. Es werden auch bekannte Songs vorgestellt.Es fehlt eine Erwähnung von so wichtigen Mississippi Hill Country Bluesmusikern wie R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimborough und Anderen.Kaufenswert!