This song is an early rockabilly, leaning heavily on the honky honk hillbilly side — it's a lot more Lefty Frizzell than Eddie Cochran. It's where Hank Williams and Jerry Lee Lewis meet, all bending guitar lines and metronome percussion. In the song, the narrator boasts about dancing and playing and juking and scoring (with the ladies). Despite the title, Moore doesn't say "juke joint" except in the chorus; he says "juke box" throughout. "Cause I'm a juke box Johnny, yeah now watch me go / Well I'm a juke box Johnny and baby you're steppin' too slow."
"A great song mutates, makes quantum leaps, turns up again like the prodigal son. It crosses genres. Could be punk rock, ragtime, folk-rock, or zydeco, and can be played in a lot of different styles, multiple styles... A great song is the sum of all things." - Bob Dylan
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Juke Joint Johnny - Lattie Moore
This song is an early rockabilly, leaning heavily on the honky honk hillbilly side — it's a lot more Lefty Frizzell than Eddie Cochran. It's where Hank Williams and Jerry Lee Lewis meet, all bending guitar lines and metronome percussion. In the song, the narrator boasts about dancing and playing and juking and scoring (with the ladies). Despite the title, Moore doesn't say "juke joint" except in the chorus; he says "juke box" throughout. "Cause I'm a juke box Johnny, yeah now watch me go / Well I'm a juke box Johnny and baby you're steppin' too slow."
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