Teddy’s Juke Joint, the world-famous music attraction in Zachary, celebrates its 45th anniversary on Saturday. Teddy “Lloyd” Johnson — the venue’s cowboy hat-wearing owner and DJ — has booked the Neal ...
Blues Boy Hubbard (l), Johnny Holmes (c), and Grey Ghost (r) posed at the Victory Grill as part of Tary Owens’ Texas Blues Reunion project, 1987.Photo courtesy of the Tary Owens archive Linear stories ...
“Chicago Kinfolk: The Juke Joint Blues” earns Gold for Use of Music Craft (Casting/Performance) and Bronze for Use of Music ...
The youngest band to perform at the recent Baton Rouge Blues Festival, the Juke Joint Juniors feature middle and high school students enrolled in the West Baton Rouge Museum’s Blues After School ...
The blues runs deep through Orlando Paden’s veins. As a child, he danced for nickels and quarters by the jukebox. He cleaned, crushed cans, and bagged them. He’d greet Mr. Bill, the bouncer, at the ...
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains plot details from Ryan Coogler‘s “Sinners,” now playing in theaters. Cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw vividly remembers when Ryan Coogler sent her the script ...
This takes place during the grand opening of the juke joint owned by gangsters Smoke and Stack (both played by Michael B. Jordan) in the Mississippi Delta of 1932. This was Coogler's way of showcasing ...
“Teddy’s Juke Joint is magical, the kind of place you can’t believe still exists,” Cook said. “When I first showed up there in 2006, it opened a portal to glittering Louisiana, a reason this place is ...