
Juke joint is a dialectal English term used to describe those venues, mostly run by African Americans in the southern United States, where music was played, people danced, drank, and gambled.
The word “juke” is thought to derive from the Creole term “joog,” which means noisy and disorderly. Another word used to describe these places was “barrelhouse,” which could be translated into Italian as "bèttola." These venues began to spread after the emancipation of African Americans, who needed a place to gather and unwind from the hardships of their strenuous work. Field workers and sharecroppers would frequent these makeshift venues—just four wooden planks and a bit of sheet metal—where they could finally be free. The owners supplemented their income by selling food to patrons and the famous moonshine, a corn mash liquor that was most often distilled illegally.
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Boozoo Bajou - Juke Joint II (Dub, Rhythm & Blues, Downtempo, Hip Hop, Funk) (2006)
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