Michael Lister - Soldier 03 - the Big Hello
“began in the South in sharecropper shacks as places where blacks could congregate, drink, dance, and socialize out of the sight of whites.
Birthplace of the blues, a jook was little more than a ramshackle room with a few Christmas lights strung up, a place for a local or traveling band to play, space for dancing, maybe a few mismatched chairs and tables, and a small crowd of people checking the injustices of their lives at the door.
These days jukes were a little more sophisticated, but... not much.
Bud’s Beer and Barbeque looked to be a converted service station, its intact overhang serving both as a covered porch and a place to tack up advertisements for everything from beer and cigarettes to war bonds and upcoming bands.
Even from the damp dirt and mud hole parking lot, you could tell Bud’s was hopping tonight. Ginned-up hep cats and kittens, young and old, soldiers and civilians, spilled out of the joint with the sounds of blues-infused jazz and the laughs and shouts, whoops and hollers of people having a good time.MoreLess
Birthplace of the blues, a jook was little more than a ramshackle room with a few Christmas lights strung up, a place for a local or traveling band to play, space for dancing, maybe a few mismatched chairs and tables, and a small crowd of people checking the injustices of their lives at the door.
These days jukes were a little more sophisticated, but... not much.
Bud’s Beer and Barbeque looked to be a converted service station, its intact overhang serving both as a covered porch and a place to tack up advertisements for everything from beer and cigarettes to war bonds and upcoming bands.
Even from the damp dirt and mud hole parking lot, you could tell Bud’s was hopping tonight. Ginned-up hep cats and kittens, young and old, soldiers and civilians, spilled out of the joint with the sounds of blues-infused jazz and the laughs and shouts, whoops and hollers of people having a good time.MoreLess
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