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Juke Joint Jump
Studio album by
Elvin Bishop
Released1975
StudiosRecord Plant, Sausalito
GenreRock
LabelCapricorn
ProducerJohnny Sandlin
Elvin Bishop chronology
The Best of Elvin Bishop: Crabshaw Rising
(1975)		 Juke Joint Jump
(1975)		 Struttin' My Stuff
(1975)

Juke Joint Jump is an album by the American musician Elvin Bishop, released in 1975.[1][2] It peaked at No. 46 on the Billboard 200.[3] The first single was "Sure Feels Good".[4] Bishop supported the album with a North American tour.[5]

Production

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Recorded at the Record Plant, in Sausalito, California, the album was produced by Johnny Sandlin.[6] The title track is about the Shaboo Inn nightclub, which was located in Willimantic, Connecticut.[7] Bishop made use of honky-tonk piano on several tracks.[8] "Crawling King Snake" is a cover of the John Lee Hooker song.[9] "Calling All Cows" was written by Earley Dranne.[10] June Pointer provided backing vocals on "Hold On".[10] Stephen Stills played guitar on "Rollin' Home".[11]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All Music Guide to the BluesStarStarStar[12]
Robert ChristgauB[13]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar[14]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album GuideStarStarHalf star[15]
The New Rolling Stone Record GuideStarStarStar[16]

The Statesville Record and Landmark opined that Bishop "probably makes some of the most genuine good-time music in the business."[10] The Buffalo News concluded that "a happier record hasn't come out all year."[17] The Boston Globe praised Bishop's "good-humored professionalism".[18] The Richmond Times-Dispatch said that Bishop "has blended nicely into the Macon genre of rock 'n' roll."[19] The Sunday Times Advertiser noted the "inimitably goofy, happy-drunk groove that is every Bishop band's trademark."[20] The Dayton Daily News called the music "some of the finest, get-down-with-it boogie being recorded these days."[21]

Ed Ward, in The Village Voice's 1975 Pazz & Jop poll, ranked Juke Joint Jump as the best album of the year.[22]

Track listing

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Side 1

  1. "Juke Joint Jump"
  2. "Calling All Cows"
  3. "Rollin' Home"
  4. "Wide River"

Side 2

  1. "Sure Feels Good"
  2. "Arkansas Line"
  3. "Hold On"
  4. "Crawling King Snake"
  5. "Do Nobody Wrong"

References

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  1. ↑ Prown, Pete; Newquist, HP (1997). Legends of Rock Guitar. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 41.
  2. ↑ York, William (1982). Who's Who in Rock Music. Scribner. p. 29.
  3. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2001). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums, 1955–2001. Record Research. p. 72.
  4. ↑ Fisher, Patricia (June 25, 1975). "Guitarist Elvin Bishop upstages the biggies". The Louisville Times. p. D14.
  5. ↑ Butts, Gene (May 20, 1975). "Today's Big Sound". Punch. The Birmingham News. p. 18.
  6. ↑ Bomar, Scott B. (2021). Southbound: An Illustrated History of Southern Rock. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 167.
  7. ↑ Catlin, Roger (June 22, 2000). "Sting, the Police and the old Shaboo". Calendar. Hartford Courant. p. 19.
  8. ↑ Kroese, Ron (May 11, 1975). "Sounds '75". Rapid City Journal. p. 13.
  9. ↑ Scott, Robert (May 1, 1975). "Elvin Bishop boogies on 'Juke Joint Jump'". Journal and Courier. p. B4.
  10. 1 2 3 Simon, Pam (May 10, 1975). "Imprimis". Statesville Record and Landmark. p. 21.
  11. ↑ Stefanic, Vern (June 8, 1975). "The Right Track". Your World. Tulsa World. p. 15.
  12. ↑ All Music Guide to the Blues (3rd ed.). Backbeat Books. 2003. p. 44.
  13. ↑ "Elvin Bishop". Robert Christgau. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
  14. ↑ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. I. MUZE. p. 547.
  15. ↑ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (2nd ed.). Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 108.
  16. ↑ The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 40.
  17. ↑ Anderson, Dale (May 10, 1975). "Summer Albums Echo the Past—Boogie Tunes, June to September". Weekend Pause. The Buffalo News. p. 30.
  18. ↑ Howard, William (May 16, 1975). "Records". The Boston Globe. p. 41.
  19. ↑ Bustard, C. A. (June 11, 1975). "Revolutions Per Minute". Richmond Times-Dispatch. p. B19.
  20. ↑ Edwards, Alan (July 6, 1975). "Elvin, yes; Todd, no". This Week Magazine. Sunday Times Advertiser. p. 15.
  21. ↑ Scott, David C. (July 13, 1975). "Record Mini-Reviews". Leisure. Dayton Daily News. p. 17.
  22. ↑ Christgau, Robert (December 29, 1975). "1975 Pazz & Jop: It's Been a Soft Year for Hard Rock". The Village Voice. Vol. 20, no. 52.
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