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SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

Henry "Gip" Gipson died this week at the age of 99 - 99. Gip's Place is a music spot tucked into a ravine in Bessemer, Ala., one of the few authentic juke joints left in this country.

NPR's Peter Breslow paid a visit to Gip's Place in 2011. We remember Gip today with this excerpt from that story.

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HENRY GIPSON: My name is Herman.

Henry gip gipson biography template

Henry gip gipson biography

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PETER BRESLOW, BYLINE: There is a temptation to describe Henry Gipson as straight out of blues central casting, that is until you realize everything about the man is strictly genuine.

His hand swallows yours when you shake. And his smile is just as embracing. In a red, white and blue nylon jacket and white fedora with its wide brim turned up on one side, Gip is nursing a crinkled can of Budweiser in a room adjacent to his tin-roofed establishment.

GIPSON: I love old blues - John Lee Hoo