Gip's Place

[JamesP]

Gip's Place in Bessemer Alabama has had problems in the past with the local authorities. It remains one of the last true Juke Joints in the country. Began as a garage with the local blues musicians playing as they did in the days of Jim Crow, it was still open at last report.

Does anyone have an update?

[earleg]

It looks like they are still open and doing well there. Gips - Tripadvisor

I've never been and didn't know about it. Gip's Website

Bessemer Al was once known as the "Pittsburgh of the South" as it was mainly a steel manufacturing town. The industry used steel furnaces known as Bessemer Converters.

[JamesP]

Thanks George. They have a facebook page

www.facebook.com/Gips-Place-276216082455350/