Sentences with phrase «juke joint owner»

Meandering but evocative, Honeydripper - filmmaker John Sayles» 16th feature - follows a»50s juke joint owner (Danny Glover's Tyrone «Pine Top» Purvis) as he attempts to avoid bankruptcy by booking a legendary guitar player named Guitar Sam.

Set in rural Alabama in the early 1950s, Honeydripper gives us Tyrone «Pine Top» Purvis (Danny Glover), a local juke joint owner in debt and in competition with another bar owner, determined to bring financial salvation in the form of live shows starring guitar legend Guitar Sam.