05 May 2009

Inside Junior Kimbrough's Juke Joint 1997

Leslie and I visited Junior's in 1997. R.L. Burnside played and later he and Leslie danced. Before we left I spoke to Kinney Kimbrough and asked if I could shoot some video (you'll see Leslie and Kinney talking at the start of the video). He said "Yeah man! If i'd known you had a camera you could have been recording all night." Well, damn. Oh well. So here, for my friends who never had the chance to go, is a couple minutes that'll show you the inside of the late Junior Kimbrough's juke joint. Junior passed on in 1998. The juke was burned to the ground in 2000.

Inside Junior Kimbrough's Juke Joint 1997 from ricksaunders on Vimeo.

4 comments:

Stacy said...

THANKS! Rick...stacy

Nathan Danger Croson said...

wow rick i'm jealous. if i ever get some money i'm gonna buy myself a shitty house in newton, ia and turn it into Nathan Danger Croson's Juke Joint...of course it will never have the mojo of that place.

Unknown said...

Amazing...thanks brother.

Anonymous said...

so glad to see this. I was there (from london) on a packed sunday night in 97, and it was one of the best nights of my life. didn't take any pictures so very glad to find this. irreplaceable place. thank you!