Juke Joint Festival Revisited, The Documentary

When Grammy- and Emmy-award winning documentary filmmaker Ted Reed learned that the JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL scheduled for April 17, 2020 was cancelled due to the global health crisis, he immediately leapt into action pushing back the release of his original documentary “THE BLUES TRAIL REVISITED” and instead worked to create a new film celebrating the performers and performances of the festival of 2019. “JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL REVISITED”, a 60 minute film, created for digital release on Saturday, April 18th, features exclusive performances with some of the world’s blues legends, old and new. This film celebrates the worldwide impact the Juke Joint Festival has on blues tourism, blues culture, and the unwavering passion and dedication to keeping the blues alive for generations to come.
Last April, Reed, a self-proclaimed blues fanatic, filmed extensive footage for his soon to be released documentary, “THE BLUES TRAIL REVISITED”, during the annual Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale, MS. While editing this film, Reed realized he had a treasure trove of live performance footage. His decision to create a new film based on this exclusive performance footage came from a desire to help blues musicians and fans through this challenging time.
Led by Roger Stolle, Nan Hughes and their amazing team, The Juke Joint Festival draws in thousands of blues fans from all over the world for a weekend full of live musical performances. With this year’s 18th annual festival cancelled, they wanted to create an online experience and felt Reed’s documentary, JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL REVISITED, would be a great opportunity to relive last year’s event and provide a finale to a day of live-streamed blues performances during April 18th's just announced VIRTUAL JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL CELEBRATION.
In order of appearance:
Anthony "Big A" Sherrod & Big Jon Short
Jesse Cotton Stone
Deak Harp
Ghalia Volt
Terry "Harmonica" Bean
Bill & Shy Perry & Lucy Piper
Marcus "Mookie" Cartwright
Big George Brock
Grace Askew
Guy Davis
Libby Rae
Lucious Spiller
Rachelle Coba
Sean Bad Apple
Rev Peyton & His Big Damn Band

[@oldgeezerfitnessr.perales7344]

The young man playing guitar and singing with the young lady on bass and foot percussion personifies the true blues feel...soul......as do most of these players......joe bona massa and others could learn a few things from these players!!!!!!

[@AMGphotography74]

My brother & I are in this video 🥰 we go every year

[@imnotavingthat6813]

What a truly wonderful man Mr Deak Harp is, saw him live at the Ham Bone, an outstanding evening was had, long live Deak Harp

[@DucaBelintaniOficial]

Fantastic

[@genesebelius4466]

Great tunes!!

[@HAMMERHEAD-g3h]

Clarksdale is a special place. Blacks and whites mingle black they don't even see color. Everybody is so nice down there. I went down there for a week in the slowest part of the year so there wasn't very many tourists and they treated me like one of their own.

[@MsBluezy1]

Thanks for sharing this, I remember it all to well… My first time seeing this. I’m playing with Marcus Cartwright.

[@stuartknowles8206]

Fantastic production... puts us right amongst the action. Thank you so much for sharing this with everyone.

[@michelgerard3672]

Thank you Ted, came across your film ... accidentally but really enjoyed it Merci Monsieur ! (Michel - Belgium ... as Ghalia!)

[@Minokedi]

Such a fantastic documentary! Visiting Clarksdale is definetly on my bucket list. Next time I get to the USA, I will be there. Love

[@mikeabner0511]

Back in the day I would slip out of the house and go to the real juke joints in Jonestown MS.

[@markdezuba]

I was there.

[@mechcavandy986]

My home town is famous for Juke joints. Wade Walton had a sign in his place, “Lebe yo knifes and razozors at de doe.” They’ve all be sanitized for your protection.

[@4orrcountry]

Who's that guy singin' Pine Top's song...I love "High Heel Sneakers"!

[@royhendershot2218]

Love it! #Knuckleheadz

[@SilverLoggerhead]

❤❤❤

[@Arnold-yz4fl]

Great movie! What is the name of the first band with singer/guitarist in black?

[@RawBluesTV]

The singer was Big A Sherrod