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♪ I bet we've been together
for a million years ♪
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♪ And I bet we'll be together
for a million more ♪
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♪ Oh, it's like
I started breathing ♪
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♪ On the night we kissed ♪
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♪ And I can't remember
what I ever did before ♪
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♪ What would we do, baby,
without us? ♪
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♪ What would we do, baby,
without us? ♪
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♪ And there ain't no nothing we
can't love each other through ♪
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♪ What would we do, baby,
without us? ♪
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Ripped By mstoll
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This is WLEL,
voice of Leland University,
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and you're listening
to Syncopated Money.
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The only radio show
that combines
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classic American music
with in-depth analysis
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of the business scene.
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I'm Alex Keaton.
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FEMALE SINGERS: ♪ Alex Keaton,
how can you resist him? ♪
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♪ He's so cute! ♪
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And I'm reminding you that
our phone lines are now open
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for your comments,
questions and suggestions.
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Okay, while you're rushing
to the phone,
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why don't I take
this opportunity
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to tell you about
some of the exciting events
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we have coming up for you
here on Syncopated Money.
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(coins jingling)
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In our continuing effort
to bridge the world's music
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and business, we'll be having
our annual Celebrity Week.
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On Monday,
economist Milton Friedman
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will discuss the music
of Ella Fitzgerald.
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On Tuesday, Ella Fitzgerald
will discuss the economics
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of Milton Friedman.
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And on Wednesday...
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Ella and Milton...
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will perform
that George Gershwin classic,
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"Bess, You Is My Woman Now."
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Okay... Hey, we've got a guest
here in the WLEL studios.
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It's Lauren Miller,
psychology student here at
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Leland University,
lover of American music,
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and hopelessly
devoted girlfriend
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of yours truly, Alex Keaton.
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FEMALE SINGERS:
♪ Alex Keaton ♪
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♪ He's so cute! ♪
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Alex, please,
I don't want to go on the radio.
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Help me out,
help me out, will you?
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You can talk about
anything you want.
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Just try to tie it in to music.
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So, honey bunch,
what you got on your mind?
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Do you want to go
to the movies tonight?
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♪ Be-bop, be-bop,
doo-wah, doo-wah. ♪
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Hey, uh, well, honey,
um, actually,
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I'm going to be busy tonight,
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but, um, listen,
I don't think the listeners
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are interested in hearing
about our personal life.
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Oh, hey.
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WLEL. You're on the air.
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MAN: Hi, this is Bill
from Alpha Lambda Phi.
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I'll go to the movies
with you, Lauren.
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In fact, our whole third floor
will go with you.
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Well, Bill, uh, I think that's
going to be a tough one for her
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to pass up, but, uh, I'll let
her handle it for herself.
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What movie would
you guys like to see?
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♪ Alex Keaton ♪
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♪ He's so cute! ♪
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Okay, time to spin a little wax
with a blue tint,
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as we get aboard
the Keaton Blues Train
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and chug on up
to a station marked "Blues."
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Okay, this is "I Feel So Good"
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by the late, great, legendary
Eddie Dupre.
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Lord knows we miss him so.
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♪ I got a letter ♪
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♪ And it come to me by mail ♪
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♪ My baby says
she's coming home and I ♪
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♪ Hope that she don't fail ♪
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Yeah, hello. WLEL.
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MAN:
Is this Keaton?
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Yes, it is, yes, it is.
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Alex Keaton, the only DJ
with a sound fiscal policy.
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Do you have a request?
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Yes, I have a request.
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I'm Eddie Dupre.
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My request is before
you go around burying people,
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I wish you'd get
their permission first.
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(laughs)
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Wait a minute, wait a minute.
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You're really, you're really
Eddie Dupre?
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That's right.
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You're still alive?
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Closest I come to death
is sitting here
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listening to you on the radio.
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Well, Mr. Dupre, I-I haven't
seen y-your name on-on a record
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in it's got to be 15 years.
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Close to 25.
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Wow, um... I'm sorry.
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I-I apologize, um...
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Hey, I'm-I'm
a really big fan of yours.
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I-I had no idea
that-that you weren't dead,
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you know, that you were
just washed up.
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What I am is a bus driver
right here in Columbus.
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Listen, um, I-I'd love
to talk to you sometime.
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Uh, maybe-maybe have you
right here on the show.
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Um, we could discuss
your views on music.
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I have no views on music.
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There is a fee involved.
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Time and place, please?
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"Terraplane Blues"...what year?
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Uh, "Terraplane Blues," 1928.
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Who was on the session?
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Okay, let me see,
that'd be, uh, Robert Johnson,
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uh, uh, Random Millings,
and, um... ooh-ooh...
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♪ Ba-da-boom-boom-
boom-boom-boom ♪
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...uh, Pop Corn Ferguson
on bass.
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Very good.
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Okay, okay, keep them coming,
keep them coming.
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Come on, Alex, enough already.
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We've been at this for an hour.
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Jen, come on, it's important
we be knowledgeable here.
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Now, when Eddie Dupre walks in
that door, we got to show him
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we know a lot about the blues.
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Alex, having you as a brother is
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all I need to know
about the blues.
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All right, Alex.
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Here's all
our old college stuff.
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Whatever old blues albums
we have would be in here.
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Thanks, Dad. This is great.
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Oh, look at this old term paper.
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"Flower Power: An Alternative
to Hydro-Electric Power."
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Oh, yeah, I remember that.
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That was the project to see
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if we could light
the city of Berkeley
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exclusively
through geranium friction.
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How'd that turn out?
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At best, it's a backup.
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Oh, here's an old
Eddie Dupre album.
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Eddie Dupre at
the Monterey Blues Festival.
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Oh.
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"Perhaps the highlight of the
festival was Dupre's classic
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"rendition of 'Keys to the
Highway', in which he showed
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why many consider him to be
the King of the Delta Blues."
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It's hard to believe that
such a great musician could
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just disappear
from the music scene.
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None of these guys owned the
publishing rights to their song.
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They'd come in,
make-make a record, uh,
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get some lunch
if they were lucky.
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Maybe 50 bucks for the day...
somebody else got rich.
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What about the videos?
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Didn't they own
the rights to those?
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Mal, Mal, this is before videos.
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Before videos?
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Then what did they show on MTV?
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The same thing
that's in your head, Mal.
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Test pattern.
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What's this?
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"Going to Berkeley Blues."
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"Living in Berkeley Blues."
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"Leaving Berkeley Blues."
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That's The Berkeley
Blues Trilogy!
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(chuckles):
Oh, man.
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I, uh, I wrote this.
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Elyse and I would perform
in the local coffee houses.
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Yeah, and seeing as
Eddie Dupre is coming tonight,
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we thought maybe we'd put on
a little show...
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Oh, no, no, no, no, Mom.
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No, no, don't you even
think about it.
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I think Mr. Dupre might, uh,
might enjoy hearing it.
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(sniffs)
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♪ Going to Berkeley ♪
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♪ Going to Berkeley ♪
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♪ Going to Berkeley ♪
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♪ Now. ♪
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You wrote that
all by yourself, Dad?
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(doorbell rings)
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Oh, I got it, I got it,
I got it, I got it.
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Hello, I'm Eddie Dupre.
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Uh, hi, I'm Alex Keaton.
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I'm Alex Keaton.
Please, come in.
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- Uh, can I take your coat?
- Thank you.
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Mr. Dupre, uh, I, uh,
I can't tell you how meaningful
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it is to meet you
after all these years.
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We are truly
two of your biggest fans.
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Wonderful of you to say that.
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But who are you?
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Oh. Um, this is my-my father,
Steven Keaton.
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This is my mother, Elyse Keaton.
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- Come in.
- Please, come in.
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This is my girlfriend,
uh, Lauren Miller.
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My sisters,
Mallory and Jennifer.
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- Hi.
- Uh, Mr. Dupre,
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there's something
I don't understand.
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That's the standard opening to
any remark she's likely to make.
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No, it's about these "blues"
you keep referring to.
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What exactly are you blue about?
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Little lady, personally,
I'm not blue about anything.
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These blues are like a pain.
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Pain that a man has
when his woman leaves him.
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Yeah, that's the blues,
all right.
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Thank you, "Lead Belly" Keaton.
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Uh, Mr. Dupre, listen.
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I-I thought maybe
when you came on the show,
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what I'd like to do is-is talk
a little bit about your roots.
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Yeah, and where
you come from, um...
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Do you remember
what your first paying job was?
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I was 12 years old
down in Statesboro, Georgia,
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where I was living at
when McPhail's Medicine Show
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come through the town, selling
some medicine out of a bottle
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they said that was good
for rheumatic pain, pneumonia
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and anything that ails you.
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They had a little show
that drawed the crowd around
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and they hired me...
for five cents a day.
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And all the medicine
I could use.
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I'll sing a little song.
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- Give me the guitar.
- Yeah.
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Show you how I did it.
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It was something like this.
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♪ Did you ever hear the blues ♪
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♪ On a battered old guitar? ♪
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♪ Did you ever hear the blues ♪
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♪ Over yonder, Lord, so far? ♪
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♪ Did you ever hear the blues ♪
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♪ On a Saturday night? ♪
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♪ Worrying about some chick ♪
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♪ Didn't treat you right ♪
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♪ People ♪
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♪ Did you ever ♪
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♪ Hear the blues? ♪
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- Oh, whoa.
- Thank you.
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(applause)
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Mr. Dupre,
uh, it just struck me.
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We can't just do one night.
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We-we got to have
an Eddie Dupre festival.
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Uh, four nights of interviews.
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And then on the fifth night,
you perform live.
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Slow down.
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Just one interview... that's it.
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But, Eddie... uh, Mr. Dupre, um,
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it's just that, you know,
I think this is a chance
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for you to-to get back
to doing what you love.
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You don't understand.
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I'll talk on your show.
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I'll answer your questions.
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But Eddie Dupre will not
sing in public anymore.
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(raspy, bluesy voice):
Oh, yes, yes, yes.
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That was Blind... (coughs)
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(normal voice):
That was Blind Lem...
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That was Blind Lemon Jefferson
singing "Going to the Country,"
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which was recorded in
Mobile, Alabama, April 17, 1936.
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Now, also on that date,
April 17, 1936,
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Xerox was first offered
over the counter.
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At $20 a share.
251
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And, hey, don't it
give you the blues to know
252
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you didn't get in at that price?
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Okay.
254
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It's 8:34 here on WLEL,
87.2 on your FM dial.
255
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I'm Alex Keaton...
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♪ He's so cute! ♪
257
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...your blues man
and stock analyst for the night.
258
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I want to remind you that
the legendary blues guitarist
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Eddie Dupre will be joining us
right here in the studio.
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Now, I know
I said he was dead...
261
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...but I was dead wrong.
262
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(chuckles)
263
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Okay, now, here is Eddie Dupre,
264
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singing one of his favorites,
"John Henry."
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♪ The captain,
he said to John Henry ♪
266
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- ♪ Bring my steel drill... ♪
- Hey, Eddie!
267
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You're here! Great.
268
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You didn't think
I was going to show up?
269
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Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Please, sit down.
270
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- Oh.
- Thank you, thank you.
271
00:12:46,599 --> 00:12:48,032
Whoa, okay, great.
272
00:12:48,167 --> 00:12:49,395
Uh, listen, can I get you
something to drink?
273
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Black coffee will do.
274
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Black coffee. Black coffee.
275
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Beverage of the blues.
276
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And-and a heck of
a tune, too, huh?
277
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♪ Mama get mad
when Papa don't bring no... ♪
278
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If you're going to sing,
I'm going to leave.
279
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Well, Eddie, uh, normally
I get a lot of requests
280
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for my fine vocal stylings,
but, um...
281
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tonight is your night.
282
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Don't worry.
283
00:13:10,656 --> 00:13:12,146
Okay. Um...
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(song ends)
285
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All right! All right!
286
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Joining me now in the studio
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is the blues great, Eddie Dupre.
288
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So if you have any questions
for Mr. Dupre,
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call us here at 555-WLEL.
290
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And, uh, why don't
I get it started.
291
00:13:27,006 --> 00:13:29,338
Uh, Eddie, uh, can you
tell us a little bit
292
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about the kind of
music you make?
293
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Music is not to be talked about.
294
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It's like talking to somebody
about making love.
295
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You don't talk about it,
you just do it!
296
00:13:45,191 --> 00:13:47,455
All right, okay.
297
00:13:47,593 --> 00:13:48,719
I see.
298
00:13:48,861 --> 00:13:50,692
It's going well.
It's going... Okay.
299
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Hello. WLEL.
You're on the air.
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MAN: Mr. Dupre,
I'm one of your biggest fans.
301
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This bozo... Keaton...
told me you were dead,
302
00:13:58,504 --> 00:14:00,131
and it got me real upset.
303
00:14:00,272 --> 00:14:03,503
So, if you get a wreath
of flowers, they're from Tony.
304
00:14:03,642 --> 00:14:05,007
Thanks, Tony.
305
00:14:05,144 --> 00:14:07,237
Yeah, hello. WLEL.
You're on the air.
306
00:14:07,379 --> 00:14:08,539
MALLORY:
Hi, Alex.
307
00:14:08,681 --> 00:14:10,672
Um, have you seen
my pink sweater?
308
00:14:20,326 --> 00:14:22,954
Hey, Mal...
Mal, we're on the air.
309
00:14:24,163 --> 00:14:26,688
You mean I'm on the radio?
310
00:14:26,832 --> 00:14:27,856
Yes.
311
00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,331
Mom! Quick! Turn it on!
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I'm on the radio!
313
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Yeah, hello. WLEL.
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- You're on the air.
- MAN: Mr. Dupre,
315
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I'm Professor Webster
from the Music Department
316
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here at Leland,
and I'm a very big fan of yours.
317
00:14:43,582 --> 00:14:45,812
Thanks. I love you.
318
00:14:45,951 --> 00:14:48,385
I've been trying
to track you down forever.
319
00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:50,886
I'm staging a blues show
at the High Note Cafe,
320
00:14:51,023 --> 00:14:53,218
and I really want you
to be a part of it.
321
00:14:53,359 --> 00:14:55,327
Thank you,
but I'm not interested.
322
00:14:55,461 --> 00:14:57,429
Hey, uh, Eddie,
323
00:14:57,563 --> 00:14:58,928
that, you know,
that's-that's a big chance.
324
00:14:59,064 --> 00:15:01,760
Didn't I tell you I wasn't
going to perform anymore?
325
00:15:01,901 --> 00:15:05,928
Well, I-I'm very disappointed,
because in my mind,
326
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you're the greatest blues man
to ever hold a guitar.
327
00:15:08,474 --> 00:15:10,465
Well... good-bye.
328
00:15:10,609 --> 00:15:13,669
You know, I-I have to agree
with Professor Webster.
329
00:15:13,812 --> 00:15:15,336
Um... I mean, it...
330
00:15:15,481 --> 00:15:17,642
Mr. Dupre, it just seems to me
that this is a big opportunity.
331
00:15:17,783 --> 00:15:19,080
I don't see why
you wouldn't grab it.
332
00:15:19,218 --> 00:15:22,585
People don't want to hear
a bus driver sing the blues.
333
00:15:23,622 --> 00:15:25,283
Okay. Well...
334
00:15:25,424 --> 00:15:27,358
uh, we're going to play
a song now
335
00:15:27,493 --> 00:15:29,654
that Mr. Dupre recorded
in 1943.
336
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It's called
"Cornbread and Peas."
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♪ ♪
338
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♪ I don't want no ♪
339
00:15:40,005 --> 00:15:43,873
♪ Cornbread and peas
and black molasses ♪
340
00:15:44,009 --> 00:15:46,239
♪ I don't want no ♪
341
00:15:46,378 --> 00:15:48,676
♪ Cornbread and peas
and black molasses... ♪
342
00:15:48,814 --> 00:15:51,214
Been a long time
since I heard that.
343
00:15:51,350 --> 00:15:55,081
I made that out in Chicago,
in Okeh Studio.
344
00:15:55,220 --> 00:15:57,882
It was so cold
when I made that record,
345
00:15:58,023 --> 00:16:01,049
my fingers froze
to the "E" chord.
346
00:16:01,193 --> 00:16:02,683
Listen.
347
00:16:02,828 --> 00:16:05,626
That's Lightning Fats
on the rhythm guitar.
348
00:16:05,764 --> 00:16:07,493
That's Little Willie
on the bass.
349
00:16:07,633 --> 00:16:11,194
Hey, boy... mm.
350
00:16:12,237 --> 00:16:14,102
(sighs)
351
00:16:14,239 --> 00:16:16,173
(song ends)
352
00:16:16,308 --> 00:16:17,900
Wow.
353
00:16:18,043 --> 00:16:19,271
They don't make music
like that anymore,
354
00:16:19,411 --> 00:16:20,400
do they, ladies and gentlemen?
355
00:16:22,715 --> 00:16:24,239
Hi. WLEL. Alex Keaton.
356
00:16:24,383 --> 00:16:26,374
♪ He's so cute! ♪
357
00:16:35,494 --> 00:16:37,689
MAN: I'd like to say something
to Mr. Dupre.
358
00:16:37,830 --> 00:16:39,263
I just want to say that
359
00:16:39,398 --> 00:16:42,890
I would walk 15 miles
in the snow to hear you play.
360
00:16:43,035 --> 00:16:45,196
20 miles in good weather.
361
00:16:45,337 --> 00:16:47,134
Sorry I got
to disappoint you like that.
362
00:16:47,272 --> 00:16:49,399
WLEL. You're on the air.
363
00:16:49,541 --> 00:16:51,065
BILL: This is Bill
from Alpha Lambda Phi,
364
00:16:51,210 --> 00:16:53,303
and our whole fraternity's
hoping you'll play.
365
00:16:53,445 --> 00:16:56,437
And if not, we're wondering
if Lauren is still available.
366
00:17:01,020 --> 00:17:03,648
You're off the air.
367
00:17:03,789 --> 00:17:05,313
- Hello, you're on the air.
- WOMAN: Eddie...
368
00:17:05,457 --> 00:17:07,482
I've got every one
of your records,
369
00:17:07,626 --> 00:17:10,254
and I've been waiting my whole
life to hear you play live.
370
00:17:10,396 --> 00:17:13,194
For your fans,
please reconsider.
371
00:17:15,634 --> 00:17:16,794
Well, Mr. Dupre,
372
00:17:16,935 --> 00:17:18,994
looks like a lot of people
would rather see you
373
00:17:19,138 --> 00:17:21,129
play the blues than drive a bus.
374
00:17:24,309 --> 00:17:26,106
♪ So good ♪
375
00:17:26,245 --> 00:17:27,837
♪ Baby ♪
376
00:17:27,980 --> 00:17:30,676
♪ So good,
I don't mean maybe ♪
377
00:17:30,816 --> 00:17:33,683
♪ You make me feel so good ♪
378
00:17:33,819 --> 00:17:37,050
♪ So good, so good, so good ♪
379
00:17:37,189 --> 00:17:39,089
♪ Well, I feel so good ♪
380
00:17:39,224 --> 00:17:42,990
♪ Feel like fallin' down, hey ♪
381
00:17:43,128 --> 00:17:45,358
♪ So good. ♪
382
00:17:45,497 --> 00:17:46,555
Hey! Hey! Hey!
383
00:17:46,698 --> 00:17:47,960
All right, Andy.
Okay, buddy.
384
00:17:48,100 --> 00:17:49,590
Whatever I sing, you sing.
385
00:17:49,735 --> 00:17:51,862
- Okay?
- All right.
386
00:17:52,004 --> 00:17:53,699
♪ Baby, please don't go ♪
387
00:17:53,839 --> 00:17:55,534
♪ Baby,
please don't go ♪
388
00:17:55,674 --> 00:17:57,198
♪ Baby, please don't go ♪
389
00:17:57,342 --> 00:17:59,867
♪ Baby,
please don't go ♪
390
00:18:00,012 --> 00:18:03,311
♪ Baby, please don't go
down to New Orleans ♪
391
00:18:03,449 --> 00:18:07,010
♪ Baby, please don't go down
to New Orleans ♪
392
00:18:07,152 --> 00:18:08,779
♪ 'Cause I love you so ♪
393
00:18:08,921 --> 00:18:10,752
♪ 'Cause
I love you so ♪
394
00:18:10,889 --> 00:18:13,653
♪ Baby, please don't go. ♪
395
00:18:13,792 --> 00:18:15,316
You are a natural-born
bluesman, Andy.
396
00:18:15,461 --> 00:18:17,452
You are, too, bro.
397
00:18:18,630 --> 00:18:20,097
(laughing):
Very good!
398
00:18:20,232 --> 00:18:21,199
Very good indeed.
399
00:18:21,333 --> 00:18:22,823
I had no idea we had two such
400
00:18:22,968 --> 00:18:25,300
down-home funky hepcats
in the Keaton family.
401
00:18:25,437 --> 00:18:28,770
You're right, Dad.
We're cool.
402
00:18:28,907 --> 00:18:30,169
Absolutely.
Andy has even decided
403
00:18:30,309 --> 00:18:31,901
what he's going to be
when he grows up.
404
00:18:32,044 --> 00:18:33,511
Oh, what is that?
A bluesman?
405
00:18:33,645 --> 00:18:34,839
No, a music publisher.
406
00:18:34,980 --> 00:18:36,971
Bluesmen don't make money.
407
00:18:38,617 --> 00:18:40,608
You must understand,
Professor Webster...
408
00:18:40,752 --> 00:18:43,220
See, in my view, your
"Pawn Shop Blues" has overtones
409
00:18:43,355 --> 00:18:44,947
of the Aeolian cadences
410
00:18:45,090 --> 00:18:47,581
in Mahler's
"Das Lied von der Erde."
411
00:18:47,726 --> 00:18:50,354
That's the way I think, too.
412
00:18:50,496 --> 00:18:53,522
You see, Mr. Dupre,
you are the absolute epitome
413
00:18:53,665 --> 00:18:55,098
of the American spirit.
414
00:18:55,234 --> 00:18:58,203
Professor Webster, you're
going to get on my nerves.
415
00:18:58,337 --> 00:19:00,328
"Mr. Dupre,
you're a living legend.
416
00:19:00,472 --> 00:19:02,303
"Mr. Dupre, you're indebted
to the blues.
417
00:19:02,441 --> 00:19:04,466
Mr. Dupre,
you're a national treasure."
418
00:19:04,610 --> 00:19:06,976
You caused all this.
419
00:19:07,112 --> 00:19:08,545
Yeah, I'm proud of it.
420
00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:12,309
I just happen to believe that
the blues of Eddie Dupre are...
421
00:19:12,451 --> 00:19:13,884
every bit as important
a contribution
422
00:19:14,019 --> 00:19:15,987
to American culture
as Huckleberry Finn.
423
00:19:16,121 --> 00:19:17,611
Why don't you go find
Huckleberry Finn
424
00:19:17,756 --> 00:19:19,883
and hassle him, too?
425
00:19:20,025 --> 00:19:21,049
- Hi.
- Hi.
426
00:19:21,193 --> 00:19:22,057
- ALEX: Hi, girls.
- EDDIE: Hi.
427
00:19:22,194 --> 00:19:23,491
Hi, Mr. Dupre.
428
00:19:23,629 --> 00:19:26,462
We just wanted to let you know
that over the past few days,
429
00:19:26,598 --> 00:19:28,896
well, we've really become
big blues fans.
430
00:19:29,034 --> 00:19:30,899
- Yeah. So we made this for you.
- Yeah.
431
00:19:31,036 --> 00:19:32,833
Thank you. What is it?
432
00:19:32,971 --> 00:19:34,871
Oh, it's a scarf with all
the shades of blue in it.
433
00:19:35,007 --> 00:19:35,905
Like the blues.
434
00:19:36,041 --> 00:19:37,668
Do you know you girls
are becoming
435
00:19:37,809 --> 00:19:39,208
- sweethearts of the blues?
- STEVEN: Yeah.
436
00:19:39,344 --> 00:19:40,834
All right.
We'll see you later.
437
00:19:40,979 --> 00:19:43,072
- Have a good show.
- Come on, buddy.
438
00:19:43,215 --> 00:19:45,308
- Have a good one.
- Oh...
439
00:19:45,450 --> 00:19:47,111
All right, so... you nervous?
440
00:19:47,252 --> 00:19:50,187
I got the two coldest feet
in history.
441
00:19:50,322 --> 00:19:53,689
The last time I played
before an audience was 1965.
442
00:19:53,825 --> 00:19:55,690
You wasn't born then.
443
00:19:55,827 --> 00:19:58,387
And I don't know
what Xerox was selling at.
444
00:19:58,530 --> 00:20:00,998
I've got a good notion to just
jump right out that door.
445
00:20:01,133 --> 00:20:02,122
No, Eddie, listen to me.
446
00:20:02,267 --> 00:20:05,430
If you don't sing tonight,
I will.
447
00:20:05,571 --> 00:20:08,062
Keaton, you fight dirty.
448
00:20:10,142 --> 00:20:11,302
ALEX:
Evening.
449
00:20:11,443 --> 00:20:13,604
We, uh... we have a very special
treat for you tonight.
450
00:20:13,745 --> 00:20:15,770
A legendary blues artist
we haven't heard
451
00:20:15,914 --> 00:20:18,144
nearly enough of in a...
in a long, long time.
452
00:20:18,283 --> 00:20:21,047
Uh, he's come a long way
to be here tonight.
453
00:20:21,186 --> 00:20:23,814
Listen, there's nothing
I can say about this guy
454
00:20:23,956 --> 00:20:26,186
that he can't say himself
with his music.
455
00:20:26,325 --> 00:20:28,384
Ladies and gentlemen,
Mr. Eddie Dupre!
456
00:20:28,527 --> 00:20:30,518
(audience applauds, cheers)
457
00:20:38,537 --> 00:20:41,404
Guess I'm supposed
to play you some blues.
458
00:20:41,540 --> 00:20:43,474
So here I go.
459
00:20:50,716 --> 00:20:52,741
♪ I'm tired ♪
460
00:20:52,884 --> 00:20:55,079
♪ Of runnin' around ♪
461
00:20:55,220 --> 00:20:57,245
♪ Think I'll get married ♪
462
00:20:57,389 --> 00:20:59,857
♪ And settle down ♪
463
00:20:59,992 --> 00:21:02,119
♪ This old sportin' life ♪
464
00:21:02,261 --> 00:21:04,525
♪ It is a mean life ♪
465
00:21:04,663 --> 00:21:06,995
♪ And it's killin' me ♪
466
00:21:07,132 --> 00:21:08,861
♪ Yes, it is ♪
467
00:21:09,001 --> 00:21:13,529
♪ I got a letter from my home ♪
468
00:21:13,672 --> 00:21:15,867
♪ All my schoolmates ♪
469
00:21:16,008 --> 00:21:18,203
♪ They are dead and gone ♪
470
00:21:18,343 --> 00:21:20,436
♪ It'll make you worry ♪
471
00:21:20,579 --> 00:21:22,877
♪ It'll make you wonder ♪
472
00:21:23,015 --> 00:21:24,949
♪ My days are gone. ♪
473
00:21:26,985 --> 00:21:30,216
This next song is
for a special friend of mine.
474
00:21:30,355 --> 00:21:32,380
♪ If you lose your money ♪
475
00:21:32,524 --> 00:21:35,322
♪ Please don't you
lose your mind ♪
476
00:21:35,460 --> 00:21:38,486
♪ Don't lose your mind ♪
477
00:21:38,630 --> 00:21:41,394
♪ If you lose your money ♪
478
00:21:41,533 --> 00:21:44,525
♪ Please don't lose your mind ♪
479
00:21:47,039 --> 00:21:49,234
♪ Well, if you lose your woman ♪
480
00:21:49,374 --> 00:21:52,639
♪ Please, please don't
fool with mine ♪
481
00:21:56,615 --> 00:22:00,574
♪ Come rain, come sunshine,
from the skies ♪
482
00:22:00,719 --> 00:22:04,485
♪ From the skies above,
blue, blue skies above ♪
483
00:22:04,623 --> 00:22:07,524
♪ Let it come rain,
come sunshine ♪
484
00:22:07,659 --> 00:22:11,618
♪ From the skies,
the lonely skies above ♪
485
00:22:11,763 --> 00:22:14,231
♪ The blue, blue skies above ♪
486
00:22:14,366 --> 00:22:15,958
♪ You know if I'm a fool ♪
487
00:22:16,101 --> 00:22:18,968
♪ I'm a fool about
the woman I love ♪
488
00:22:19,104 --> 00:22:21,595
♪ Yes, I am ♪
489
00:22:21,740 --> 00:22:25,870
♪ Walk on, walk on ♪
490
00:22:26,011 --> 00:22:29,208
♪ Walk on... walk on ♪
491
00:22:29,348 --> 00:22:33,546
♪ Walk on, walk on ♪
492
00:22:33,685 --> 00:22:36,552
♪ Walk on... walk on ♪
493
00:22:36,688 --> 00:22:39,282
♪ People, I'm going to
keep on walking ♪
494
00:22:39,424 --> 00:22:42,393
♪ Until I find
my way back home ♪
495
00:22:42,527 --> 00:22:44,552
Talk and tell me something.
496
00:22:44,696 --> 00:22:48,564
♪ My mind gets worried
when my shoes get thin ♪
497
00:22:48,700 --> 00:22:52,136
♪ Don't know where I'm going
but I do know where I've been ♪
498
00:22:52,270 --> 00:22:55,899
♪ I'm gonna walk on, walk on ♪
499
00:22:56,041 --> 00:22:59,772
♪ I'm gonna walk on and on and
on and on and on and on and on ♪
500
00:22:59,911 --> 00:23:04,780
♪ I'm gonna keep on walking
till I find my way back home ♪
501
00:23:04,916 --> 00:23:07,510
Let me tell you something.
502
00:23:07,652 --> 00:23:09,847
♪ Bright lights are shining ♪
503
00:23:09,988 --> 00:23:12,183
♪ People, I've got to be
on my way ♪
504
00:23:12,324 --> 00:23:15,521
♪ I'm gonna leave tomorrow
but I'm coming back someday ♪
505
00:23:15,660 --> 00:23:19,221
♪ I've got to walk on, walk on ♪
506
00:23:19,364 --> 00:23:23,198
♪ Walk on... on and on
and on and on ♪
507
00:23:23,335 --> 00:23:25,633
♪ I'm gonna keep on walking ♪
508
00:23:25,771 --> 00:23:29,332
♪ Till I find my way back home ♪
509
00:23:29,474 --> 00:23:34,173
♪ I'm gonna keep on walking
till I find my way back home ♪
510
00:23:34,312 --> 00:23:36,109
♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪
511
00:23:36,248 --> 00:23:37,681
♪ Walk on. ♪
512
00:23:37,816 --> 00:23:39,807
(cheering, applauding)
513
00:24:41,500 --> 00:24:49,500
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