Gip

August. 16,2016 NR

Rating：

5.5

Genre：

Documentary Music

Keywords：

Blues Music

Trailer Synopsis Cast

There are 4 juke joints left in the United States. On May 4, 2013, the last one in Alabama was raided and shut down. But Henry "Gip" Gipson, proprietor of Gip's Place, a gravedigger by day and hard drinking bluesman by night, had no intention of going down without a fight.

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