Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

and then they wanna balk about how much this session is costing them.

Come on in. I'll get you fed and ready to make some music.

Well, why ain't you just say that then?

and he say he gonna let me record them when I get my band together.

I ain't playing with you. I could walk out of here right now.

- What you do that for? - Said I'm sorry.

Come on and save this nigga.

What's the difference between then and now?

Over in a minute, then you got to tend with the consequences.

You gonna step on my goddamn shoe. You done fucked up my shoe.

♪ Please come home to me ♪

What I care about what you and Cutler do?

record those songs on that list, and get her out.

Okay, boys. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go.

What's all this shit about "the boys in the band said"?

One, two, you know what to do.

with some of this lightning you talking about to me?

- Waste of my time. - Where's she going?

I'm gonna give him a chance to save you. I'm calling your God!

cross around his neck,

How that first part go again there, Lev?

was when you found out I hadn't signed the release forms.

He's spooked up by the white man. Ain't had time to study 'em.

I'm doing you a favor.

"Ma Rainey's gonna show you her black bottom."

Take that hat off inside. Come over here and leave that piano.

You get up knowing you ain't alone.

Where's the paper? Look at the paper. See what it say.

Mr. Sturdyvant, you asked me to write them songs.

Where the band at?

It's just that, I don't think they'd sell like Ma's records.

coming outta Tallahassee in Sigsbee.

I ain't going for that. Brand-new car. They better fix it like new.

I'll see what I can do. I can't promise you nothing.

Hey, hey, hey. Y'all gotta keep up now. You playing in the wrong time.

Couldn't live like that.

They don't understand that that's life's way of talking.

That's part of making life.

Chrissakes, Mel! Ma!

and they gonna keep having a good time after you gone.

Oh. There you go.

All right, boys,

Now we gotta see if that boy can get that part right.

♪ Oh, yeah! ♪

Harlem, Detroit, DC.

♪ My jelly roll ♪

Got to be more to life than just having a good time.

I tried my damnedest to cut one of them's throat.

You get your own band and we'll see if your red rooster know how to crow.

I don't know what fellas you had playing them songs,

♪ You wanna be my man ♪

Carried him a bag. One of them carpet bags.

Had him near 50 acres of good farming land. I'm talking good land.

If you was any kind of musician, I'd let you be in my band.

That's the way I'm gonna be. Make the white man respect me.

My daddy came back

- Everybody move along. - It's not the place.

He stepped on my shoe.

There's nothing I can do about that.

♪ Oh, my jelly roll ♪

Man said he was sorry.

♪ Everybody ♪

I ain't thinking about Levee.

Hell, even Sylvester will be a star.

Talking about art.

It go like this.

Hiding up in the woods,

And I want you to find somebody to replace Levee when we get to Memphis.

Baby, come over here and sit down. Come on.

The only train that stop at Sigsbee is the Santa Fe,

Not putting up with any Royal Highness, Queen of the Blues bullshit.

♪ You can slide across the floor You'll never have to stall ♪

Ain't nothing but old jug-band music.

- I ain't thinking about no four dollars. - Levee sure was.

A man gotta have some shoes to dance like this.

Turn your back on me, motherfucker! I'll cut your heart out!

and he tell them straight-out he done sold his soul to the devil

was an outhouse they had sitting way back, 200 yards or so from the train station.

You mess up, we'll do it till you get it right.

Good. Say, Levee, did you finish that song?

You gonna fit two propositions on the same track,

Toledo, I don't know why you waste your time with this fool.

Who… Who's you to tell me what to do, nigga?

Irvin, give me my keys.

I just thought you was jiving me at the club last night.

Uh, Levee, I'll be fair with you. They're not the right songs.

I tells you what to do.

you done seen the rest. Now I'm gonna show you the best.

and the little Bible that he keep with him all the time.