When we heard that one of the last true Alabama juke joints is still going strong out on the fringes of Birmingham, we knew we had to see it. The rumor was that the place was run by a 90-something year-old gravedigger named Henry ‘Gip’ Gipson, and that out at Gip’s Place, you could see blues legends and people from everywhere dancing together deep into the night. Local artist Tres Taylor loaded up his car with our crew and a few friends and we made the winding, wayward trek out to Gip’s on a foggy Saturday night. 

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Gip's Place - from the "Travelogue: Volume Two" episode

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