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Willie Seaberry, AKA PO' Monkey, has run this "Joint" since about 1960.  Maybe longer as he can't remember just exactly when he opened up at the end of this field on a gravel road.  Willie has been a farmer his entire life and his juke joint was a main spot for rural blacks during the early years.  Now, it operates on Mondays with strippers from Memphis and Thursdays with a DJ spinning some Blues and R & B.  Occasionally, live music is held on a weekend.  PO Monkey's is one of the last of the Joints from the good old days.  Stop in and say Hi to Willie if you're in the area.  He's a fun guy and has a lot of history and stories under his belt.

Probably built around 1915 or so, this sharecropper shack, called PO Monkey's Lounge is known around the world.  PO Monkey is a big star now and has been featured in the Oxford American, the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Esquire-Japan, and PO Monkey's Lounge has been on Japanese TV and even broadcast to China!

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