Juke Joint Jump

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. It peaked at No. 46 on the Billboard 200. The first single was "Sure Feels Good". Bishop supported the album with a North American tour.

Production

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

Critical reception

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

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

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

Track listing

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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  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.