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J“ you know some people say j“
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j“ that the worried blues
ain't bad j“
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j“ yeah, some people say j“
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j“ that the worried blues
ain't bad j“
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j“ but they're
the worst old feelin' j“
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j“ any man ever had j“
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Robert Palmer:
My name is Robert Palmer,
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and I'm from Arkansas...
That's blues country.
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I worked my way through school
playing blues and jazz
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in juke joints and roadhouses,
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and in 1966, I was the founder
of the Memphis blues festival.
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For the next 20 years,
I lived in New York City
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where I wrote
my book "deep blues"
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and covered music for
the New York times and rolling stone.
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Then, about three years ago,
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I decided to return to the south.
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I was living in olive branch,
Mississippi,
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just across the state line from Memphis,
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when Dave Stewart of eurythmics
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and the spiritual cowboys
got in touch with me.
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Stewart said he wanted
to pay tribute
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to the Mississippi blues
that had inspired him
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when he was first learning
to play the guitar.
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He asked me to help him
locate and record
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some of Mississippi's
best blues artists
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and took time off
from a concert tour
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to meet me in Memphis
and work out the details.
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J“ yeah, blues and trouble j“
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j“ they walk hand in hand j“
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Palmer: We met on beale street,
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where Mississippi blues musicians
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have been congregating
since the early 1900s.
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Palmer: So, this is really
kind of a dream project for me,
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because I don't feel like
most of these musicians
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have been recorded right
since the '505
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and early '60s, you know?
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Yeah, I understand what you mean,
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because the whole recording
industry went through
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a kind of polishing process
where it was a race
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to see who could make
like the perfect recording,
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and the essence
of a lot of fantastic music
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got lost amongst all of that.
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Great. Well, shall we have
a look around,
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- and you show me some of the places...
- Palmer: Yeah.
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This used to be a real neighborhood,
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when I first came here in 1965.
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There were blues singers living
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just around the corner off beale,
and furry Lewis,
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who was one
of the great blues singers here,
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was actually a street sweeper
here on beale for like 30 years.
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The city considered it an eyesore
and came in and bulldozed it
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and just left desolation
for a number of years,
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until they finally built
this sort of stage,
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set, 19th century mall type thing
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that doesn't look anything
like beale street used to look like.
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You know, every little store,
and barber shop,
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and so forth,
was very individual.
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But there was one guy...
One store owner on the street...
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Who refused to sell out,
and they tore down everything
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around his store for blocks.
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It's a dry goods store,
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but it's the only
dry goods store I've ever seen
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that has a very large voodoo section.
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And it's a very well
-patronized voodoo section.
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Voodoo's like a kind of...
High John the conqueror roots...
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Which are dried roots
and voodoo charms...
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Incense, candles,
all sorts of magical paraphernalia.
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Right. Let's have a look at that stuff.
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Yeah.
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A. Schwab: That's the high
John the conqueror root.
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Robert Palmer:
And what about a mojo hand?
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Schwab: Mojo hand?
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Well, what is a high John
the conqueror root?
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I don't know what the plant.
I don't know that.
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But they carry this with them,
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and it gives you the power
to overcome something.
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- You can conquer something.
- Oh, I see.
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It's high John the conqueror root.
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And this is a mojo hand here.
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This is a bag, and in that bag
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are a little piece of lode-stone,
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a little piece
of John the conqueror root.
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Was this place thronged with people
trying to buy blues records?
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Schwab: Yeah, right where
we're standing right now,
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there's about eight foot
across these steps right beside us.
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And this would be packed
with people standing here,
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buying records and also
just listening to records.
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The records were 35 cents...
Three for a dollar...
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And a person would
just stand there listenin'
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until he'd get three records
that he liked,
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and then he'd pay for them
and leave.
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The crowd would get so big here
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that you couldn't get down the steps.
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So, we don't want
to make anybody mad,
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'cause these were all customers.
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So, to get them away from here...
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Open this up a little bit...
We'd put on a spiritual record.
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There ain't nothing worse,
when you're listening to the blues,
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- than to play a spiritual record.
- Both: Mm-hmm.
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And this would thin the crowd out.
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We'd tell all the buying
customers, "just wait a minute."
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And as soon as everybody leaves,
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we'd go back to playing the blues.
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These people that are buying
the blues records
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are also users of the mojo
or candles and incense...
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This is part of their lifestyle.
That brings luck to you.
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The musician...
He's usually down on his luck.
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Very few of 'em are up.
They, most of them, got problems.
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And so, they use
the different forms of the mojo.
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Basically, the use of this is not evil.
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It is good or to help yourself...
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To promoting yourself in some way,
either through gambling, or luck,
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or good fortune in business.
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And a musician...
His business is music.
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And so, that's when
"he's got his mojo workin'" means
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he's putting all the power he can get
behind his problem, or whatever it is.
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And blues is usually problems,
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and you have to solve it
with singing about it
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or using that mojo...
Which means voodoo... on it.
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Stewart: He's got his "mojo
working, but it just won't work on you."
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- So, there's his problem already.
- Schwab: That's right.
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Schwab: And he has to come up
with something else.
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Yeah.
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- Appreciate havin' you all in.
- Palmer: Glad to meet you.
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- Have a good day.
- Palmer: All right.
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- Palmer: Okay, you, too.
- Stewart: Okay, thanks.
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Palmer:
The first artist that we found
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to do is this gentleman here.
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This man's an encyclopedia
of blues piano
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from all over this whole area.
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Palmer: Booker t. Laury,
Dave Stewart.
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Booker t. Laury: Nice
to have met you, Mr. Stewart.
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- Nice to meet you.
- It's been a pleasure.
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J“ woman I love j“
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j“ lives in Memphis, Tennessee j“
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J“ woman I love j“
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j“ lives in Memphis, Tennessee j“
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J“ she buys me
these long, tail shoes j“
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j“ she sure is good to me j“
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J“ little girl, she works j“
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j“ down at... j“
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j“ little girl, work everyday j“
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j“ down at... j“
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J“ lord, we go out
Saturday and Sunday j“
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j“ and have a good time j“
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j“ Monday mornin'
she rise and shine j“
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this is north Mississippi hill country
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up in here, and there were
never big plantations here
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at any time... it's always been
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small farms...
A lot of 'em black-owned,
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a lot of counties almost entirely black.
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And the music up here hasn't changed
as much as the music in the delta.
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It's really stayed very much the same
for generation after generation.
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And there's whole families
of music makers here
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that go back three,
four generations.
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This is r.L. Burnside's
house up here.
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R.I. Used to run his own juke joint
down in cold water, Mississippi,
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which is not too far from here.
And he plays a real,
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real hard north Mississippi style,
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which is quite different from the delta.
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Palmer: How you doin'?
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- Fine. How ya doin'?
- Good, man.
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This is Dave Stewart.
This is r.L. Burnside.
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- Nice to meet you.
- You as well.
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I'm looking foward
to hearing you play.
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Gonna be a little
"jumper on the line."
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J“ see my jumper,
lord hangin' out on the line j“
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J“ see my jumper,
lord hangin' out on the line j“
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J“ know that there's somethin'
on my mind j“
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J“ well, now, wouldn't
have been your baby, lord j“
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j“ if it hadn't have been for you j“
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J“ wouldn't have now
been your baby, lord j“
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j“ if it hadn't
have been for you j“
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J“ way down here
way you wanna do j“
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J“ fix my supper, baby j“
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j“ lord, let me go to bed j“
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J“ fix my supper, baby j“
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j“ lord, let me go to bed j“
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J“ this white lightnin'
done gone to my head j“
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J“ this white lightnin'
done gone to my head j“
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What was that tuning
for "long haired doney"?
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It seemed different tuning on that.
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Yeah, you have to kind
of change the tunin' on the guitar.
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What's this one?
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Yeah.
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Burnside: Just keep goin'
with what you're doing now.
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I'm gonna play one there.
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J“ well, wanna see
my long-haired j“
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J“ well, I wanna see
my longhairj'
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J“ well, I'm gonna tell her
about my troubles j“
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what's that?
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You've got it now.
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J“ well, I'm gonna
get up early in a j“
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You're doing it right.
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J“ well, I'm gonna
get up early in a j“
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J“ well, I'm gonna see
my long-haired done y j“
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you're doin' great.
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All right, ahnghfl
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Palmer: Blues, as we know it,
is a 20th century creation,
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but it incorporates
a number of earlier styles.
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Here, in north Mississippi,
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fife and drum music provided
a rhythmic foundation
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for the developing
local blues idioms.
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You can still hear fife
and drum music in these parts,
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especially in the summer
at country fish fries and picnics.
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You play that music at picnics still?
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Yeah, we still play at picnics,
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and we play at Greenville
at the blues festival,
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hot Springs blues festival.
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And we go everywhere playing,
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west Berlin, overseas,
playing drums.
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How far does that music
go back in your family?
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Oh, it goes back to the fifth
or sixth generation
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back there,
way before I was started.
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- Mm-hmm.
- Yeah.
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My granddaddy, and his daddy,
and his daddy all played music...
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Drums, and, uh, violins...
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You know,
all kinds of instruments.
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Was sid hemphill youn"?
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- Granddaddy. Yeah.
- Granddaddy, okay.
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He was recorded
for the library of congress
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in 1942,
playing some of that music.
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But you know,
when I hear that music,
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I hear all kinds of blues
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- in that rhythm, you know?
- Yeah.
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That rhythm is
real basic to the blues,
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and they've been playing
that music longer than blues.
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Longer than the blues,
I think so.
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A lot longer than blues, yeah.
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- Yeah.
- And that fife is just like,
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that's like he's singing.
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That's like, you know,
that's like some blues singin'
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or some field holler singin' with,
you know, transfers of fife.
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When he's doing the calling thing...
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J“ da-da-da-da da-da-da-da j“
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you wanna hear me
put the blues down?
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- Both: Yeah.
- I can put 'em down now.
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I can put 'em down.
I can put 'em down.
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I can make you put on
your walkin' shoes...
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Your blues,
and put on your walkin' shoes.
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- Let's go.
- All right.
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Thank you!
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J“ I said you can talk about me j“
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j“ you can say what you please j“
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J“ you can talk about me j“
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j“ you can say what you please j“
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J“ nothin' that you say j“
250
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j“ sure don't worry me j“
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J“ you run around here
lyin' and talkin' j“
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j“ you ought to try
to get a man like mine j“
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J“ you run around here
lyin' and talkin' j“
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j“ you ought to try
to get a man like mine j“
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j“ that man of mine j“
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j“ sure is nice and kind j“
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J“ I don't care
how far you go, babe j“
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j“ I don't care
how long you stay j“
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j“ I don't care
how far you go, babe j“
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j“ I don't care
how long you stay j“
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J“ spend good time dreamin' j“
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j“ bring you back
home someday j“
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J“ I said long time comin', baby j“
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j“ but you're sure welcome home j“
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j“ you's a long time comin', baby j“
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j“ but you're sure welcome home j“
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J“ now that I know, babe j“
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j“ I won't treat you wrong j“
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J“ I said, good-bye, babe j“
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j“ if I never see you no mo' j“
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J“ I said, good-bye, babyj'
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j“ if I never see you no 'mo j“
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J“ hope you think about me j“
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j“ every place you go j“
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J“ I say, I'm so happy j“
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j“ trouble don't last always j“
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J“ I say, I'm so happy, baby j“
278
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j“ trouble don't last always j“
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J“ I'll be looking
baby, on you someday j“
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J“ you can talk about me j“
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j“ you can do what you please j“
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J“ you can talk about me j“
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j“ you can do what you please j“
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J“ nothin' that you do j“
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j“ sure don't worry me j“
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J“ nothin' that you do j“
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j“ sure don't worry me j“
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yeah!
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All right!
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Palm er: Junior kimbrough
and his friend Sam operate
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a country juke joint near
Holly Springs, Mississippi.
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It's open Friday
and Saturday nights,
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and Sunday afternoons,
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and attracts
a lively crowd of regulars
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who get together
to eat barbecue, drink,
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and dance to the blues.
Junior was a formative influence
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on local country and rockabilly singers
like Charlie feathers,
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and he's a highly-original singer
and guitarist himself.
299
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Yet, he's never made
an album of his own.
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If you want to hear his music,
you have to go out jukin '.
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J“ all night long j“
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J“ junior, I heard you j“
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j“ callin' my name j“
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00:24:20,542 --> 00:24:22,711
J“ junior, I love you j“
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00:24:28,008 --> 00:24:30,511
J“ junior, I love you j“
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00:24:31,595 --> 00:24:34,264
j“ I hope you love me j“
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J“ all night long j“
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j“ girl, I heard you j“
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j“ callin' my name j“
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j“ junior, I love you j“
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00:25:17,182 --> 00:25:19,059
j“ junior, I love you j“
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00:25:22,646 --> 00:25:24,440
j“ hope you love me j“
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00:25:28,318 --> 00:25:30,946
j“ yes, I'm gonna love ya j“
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00:25:31,071 --> 00:25:33,157
j“ yes, I'm gonna love ya j“
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J“ girl, ineed you j“
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00:25:50,340 --> 00:25:55,804
j“ baby, ineed you
right here, baby j“
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00:25:55,929 --> 00:25:58,432
j“ by my side j“
318
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j“ baby, I need love j“
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j“ baby I need love j“
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j“ all night long j“
321
00:26:07,274 --> 00:26:09,860
j“ yes, I'm gonna love ya j“
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00:26:09,985 --> 00:26:12,780
j“ yes, I'm gonna love ya j“
323
00:27:11,004 --> 00:27:13,674
J“ girl, I heard you j“
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00:27:13,799 --> 00:27:18,637
j“ baby, I heard you
calling my name j“
325
00:27:21,974 --> 00:27:23,767
j“ junior, I love you j“
326
00:27:27,437 --> 00:27:30,065
j“ junior, I love you j“
327
00:27:30,190 --> 00:27:32,693
j“ hope you love me j“
328
00:27:32,818 --> 00:27:35,154
j“ yes, I'm gonna love ya j“
329
00:28:46,975 --> 00:28:50,604
J“ girl, I love you j“
330
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j“ girl, I love you j“
331
00:29:00,489 --> 00:29:02,574
j“ do you love me, girl? J“
332
00:29:06,078 --> 00:29:08,330
j“ do you love me, babe? J“
333
00:29:11,625 --> 00:29:14,461
j“ junior, I love you j“
334
00:29:14,586 --> 00:29:17,130
j“ yes, I'm gonna love ya j“
335
00:29:17,256 --> 00:29:19,216
j“ yes, I'm gonna love ya j“
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00:31:13,413 --> 00:31:15,207
J“ all night long j“
337
00:31:18,710 --> 00:31:20,837
j“ girl, I heard you j“
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00:31:24,174 --> 00:31:26,134
j“ calling my name j“
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00:31:29,554 --> 00:31:31,348
j“ junior, I love you j“
340
00:31:34,851 --> 00:31:36,770
j“ junior, I love you j“
341
00:31:40,357 --> 00:31:42,192
j“ all night long j“
342
00:31:56,915 --> 00:31:59,126
Robert, it's been
a really amazing experience,
343
00:31:59,251 --> 00:32:01,294
and you've been
a mine of information.
344
00:32:01,420 --> 00:32:03,964
I just hope that you can keep
345
00:32:04,089 --> 00:32:06,258
the same amount of,
well, the standard
346
00:32:06,383 --> 00:32:07,983
of everything that
you've been recording.
347
00:32:08,093 --> 00:32:10,220
But I have to go,
'cause I'm in the middle of a tour.
348
00:32:10,345 --> 00:32:12,889
It's been brilliant meeting you,
and I'll meet up with you again
349
00:32:13,014 --> 00:32:14,492
- when we go through all the tapes.
- Palmer: Great.
350
00:32:14,516 --> 00:32:15,910
- All right, see ya.
- I'm looking foward to it.
351
00:32:15,934 --> 00:32:17,227
Yeah, we'll keep it hot.
352
00:32:17,352 --> 00:32:18,854
- Stewart: Okay, bye.
- Palmer: Okay.
353
00:32:18,979 --> 00:32:22,065
Palmer: Memo to Dave,
too bad you had to leave
354
00:32:22,190 --> 00:32:23,817
just when we were starting to cook,
355
00:32:23,942 --> 00:32:26,153
but I'll keep you posted
on our progress.
356
00:32:26,278 --> 00:32:29,114
Right now, we're leaving
the north Mississippi hill country
357
00:32:29,239 --> 00:32:30,907
and driving south into the delta.
358
00:32:31,032 --> 00:32:33,994
The pattern and pace of life
in north Mississippi
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00:32:34,119 --> 00:32:37,205
don't seem to have changed very much
in the last hundred years,
360
00:32:37,330 --> 00:32:39,833
and the music there
is steeped in tradition.
361
00:32:39,958 --> 00:32:41,710
Spending time in those hills
362
00:32:41,835 --> 00:32:45,380
can be like visiting another
country, or another time.
363
00:32:45,505 --> 00:32:49,134
In the delta, the landscape
is flat as a table top.
364
00:32:49,259 --> 00:32:52,220
The soil, deposited
by the Mississippi river
365
00:32:52,345 --> 00:32:55,640
during centuries of
alternating drought and flood,
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00:32:55,765 --> 00:32:59,478
is rich and so dark
it's almost jet black in places.
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00:32:59,603 --> 00:33:02,481
The land is divided
into huge plantation tracts
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00:33:02,606 --> 00:33:04,483
of prime cotton country,
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owned by a handful
of wealthy families.
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00:33:07,694 --> 00:33:11,323
Fifty years ago,
each plantation employed hundreds,
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00:33:11,448 --> 00:33:13,950
sometimes thousands of black laborers
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00:33:14,075 --> 00:33:16,661
who lived on the land they farmed.
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00:33:16,786 --> 00:33:19,372
Often, they were unwelcome
in the nearby towns,
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00:33:19,498 --> 00:33:21,625
so they created their own
weekend entertainment
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00:33:21,750 --> 00:33:24,336
on the plantations...
In their cabins
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00:33:24,461 --> 00:33:26,254
or in the rooming houses provided
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00:33:26,379 --> 00:33:28,924
for single adults and transients.
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00:33:29,049 --> 00:33:31,343
Their music, delta blues,
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00:33:31,468 --> 00:33:34,221
evolved from the loosely structured,
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00:33:34,346 --> 00:33:37,933
rough-textured cotton field blues
of the early 1900s
381
00:33:38,058 --> 00:33:41,394
to the precise,
virtuosic music of men
382
00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:43,813
such as Robert Johnson
and muddy waters
383
00:33:43,939 --> 00:33:45,815
in the 1930s and '40s.
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00:33:45,941 --> 00:33:47,984
By the end of world war ii,
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00:33:48,109 --> 00:33:49,986
automated agriculture had replaced
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00:33:50,111 --> 00:33:52,030
many of the plantation workers,
387
00:33:52,155 --> 00:33:54,991
and they migrated north in droves.
388
00:33:55,116 --> 00:33:56,576
Those who stayed in the south
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00:33:56,701 --> 00:33:58,245
were as progressive musically
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00:33:58,370 --> 00:34:00,914
as their peers
in Chicago and Detroit.
391
00:34:01,039 --> 00:34:02,999
So, today's delta blues
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00:34:03,124 --> 00:34:05,919
is thoroughly modern electric music.
393
00:34:06,044 --> 00:34:08,880
Still, there's a rural point
of view in this music,
394
00:34:09,005 --> 00:34:10,799
and an awareness of tradition
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00:34:10,924 --> 00:34:13,051
that differentiates today's delta blues
396
00:34:13,176 --> 00:34:14,678
from the blues of the big cities.
397
00:34:14,803 --> 00:34:16,304
We got to Greenville today...
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00:34:16,429 --> 00:34:19,432
The delta's biggest
Mississippi river port...
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00:34:19,558 --> 00:34:22,310
Got to the motel,
turned on the tap,
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00:34:22,435 --> 00:34:24,729
the water came out dark brown.
401
00:34:24,854 --> 00:34:27,315
But there's a little card in the room,
402
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:30,402
on the desk,
that may help to explain a lot
403
00:34:30,527 --> 00:34:33,572
about the origins of the blues.
It's kind ofjivey.
404
00:34:33,697 --> 00:34:36,658
In fact,
it's almost a blues song.
405
00:34:36,783 --> 00:34:38,994
I'll read it to you.
406
00:34:39,119 --> 00:34:40,870
J“ we at this hotel j“
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00:34:40,996 --> 00:34:42,539
j“ welcome our guests j“
408
00:34:42,664 --> 00:34:44,249
j“ to delta hospitality j“
409
00:34:44,374 --> 00:34:45,834
j“ you'll find at its best j“
410
00:34:45,959 --> 00:34:47,460
j“ we know
you are wondering why j“
411
00:34:47,586 --> 00:34:49,045
j“ the water's so brown j“
412
00:34:49,170 --> 00:34:50,672
j“ it's the muddy Mississippi j“
413
00:34:50,797 --> 00:34:52,382
j“ that runs through our town j“
414
00:34:52,507 --> 00:34:54,926
j“ you can drink our water j“
415
00:34:55,051 --> 00:34:57,137
j“ and bathe without fear j“
416
00:34:57,262 --> 00:34:58,888
j“ oh, yeah j“
417
00:34:59,014 --> 00:35:01,600
j“ for no one lives longer j“
418
00:35:01,725 --> 00:35:03,977
j“ than the folks around here j“
419
00:35:04,102 --> 00:35:05,538
unless they go
to the wrong juke joint
420
00:35:05,562 --> 00:35:07,731
and get shot on Saturday night.
421
00:35:07,856 --> 00:35:09,816
But at least we have one theory
422
00:35:09,941 --> 00:35:12,819
about why so much blues
came out of this area:
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00:35:12,944 --> 00:35:14,946
There's definitely
something in the water.
424
00:35:15,071 --> 00:35:17,574
Greenville's Nelson street
has been notorious
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00:35:17,699 --> 00:35:19,993
for its danger,
excitement, and street action
426
00:35:20,118 --> 00:35:22,579
since the 1930s,
when blues records
427
00:35:22,704 --> 00:35:24,831
telling of the street
began to appear.
428
00:35:24,956 --> 00:35:27,959
Today, crack houses
and other modern amenities
429
00:35:28,084 --> 00:35:29,586
have sprung up alongside
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00:35:29,711 --> 00:35:32,672
Nelson street's
traditional vice dens.
431
00:35:32,797 --> 00:35:35,634
The blues and Nelson street
are old friends.
432
00:35:35,759 --> 00:35:37,802
The street's
contemporary blues hot spot
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00:35:37,927 --> 00:35:41,640
is the playboy club,
operated by, and featuring,
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00:35:41,765 --> 00:35:43,933
the performances
of Greenville bluesman
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00:35:44,059 --> 00:35:46,186
Roosevelt "booba" Barnes.
436
00:35:46,311 --> 00:35:48,647
We're here at
booba Barnes's playboy club,
437
00:35:48,772 --> 00:35:52,776
in the middle of a show,
with booba Barnes...
438
00:35:52,901 --> 00:35:55,403
The performer and owner
of the club...
439
00:35:55,528 --> 00:35:57,947
And frank self... who's the mayor
440
00:35:58,073 --> 00:36:00,116
of Greenville, Mississippi,
here where we are.
441
00:36:00,241 --> 00:36:02,452
Booba, how long
have you been playing?
442
00:36:02,577 --> 00:36:04,057
How long have
you had this place open?
443
00:36:04,162 --> 00:36:07,123
This is my sixth year,
goin' on my sixth year.
444
00:36:07,248 --> 00:36:08,625
And were you dissatisfied
445
00:36:08,750 --> 00:36:10,394
with the other places
that you had to play,
446
00:36:10,418 --> 00:36:12,379
or did you
just more want your own club?
447
00:36:12,504 --> 00:36:13,922
I just wanted my own club.
448
00:36:14,047 --> 00:36:15,882
I used to help my friend,
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00:36:16,007 --> 00:36:19,302
bartender Perry Payton
at the flowing fountain,
450
00:36:19,427 --> 00:36:21,888
and I just decided
to go and get me a club
451
00:36:22,013 --> 00:36:24,391
and have my own live entertainment...
452
00:36:26,643 --> 00:36:30,105
So I could play when I get ready,
heh, keep in practice.
453
00:36:30,230 --> 00:36:34,067
Mayor self, do you think
that people 'round Greenville
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00:36:34,192 --> 00:36:37,529
generally are aware
of the whole history
455
00:36:37,654 --> 00:36:40,907
of Nelson street and the blues?
'Cause you know, there's been songs
456
00:36:41,032 --> 00:36:43,410
about Nelson street
coming out on records
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00:36:43,535 --> 00:36:45,787
since the 1920s and 19305,
458
00:36:45,912 --> 00:36:50,250
and people all over Europe
and england that know about it.
459
00:36:50,375 --> 00:36:52,001
But I just wondered
how many people here
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00:36:52,127 --> 00:36:56,840
are aware of what a rich
source of music it's been.
461
00:36:56,965 --> 00:36:59,884
The blues is the heart
of the delta here
462
00:37:00,009 --> 00:37:02,137
and Nelson street...
463
00:37:02,262 --> 00:37:05,181
We're starting very busy
to clean up Nelson street
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00:37:05,306 --> 00:37:07,684
and to put it
as a tourist attraction.
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00:37:07,809 --> 00:37:09,704
- We sponsor, the blues festival here...
- Mm-hmm.
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00:37:09,728 --> 00:37:12,897
Which booba's a very big part of,
and a star.
467
00:37:13,022 --> 00:37:15,734
And we appreciate booba here
for what he's done for this city,
468
00:37:15,859 --> 00:37:17,527
and for this Nelson street...
469
00:37:17,652 --> 00:37:19,863
The area that he's set up here.
470
00:37:19,988 --> 00:37:21,573
And I just want
to say to you, booba...
471
00:37:21,698 --> 00:37:24,159
We really appreciate you,
and for what you're doing here.
472
00:37:24,284 --> 00:37:25,644
- Thank you, mayor.
- We really do.
473
00:37:30,498 --> 00:37:32,876
Barn es: "Heart broken man..."
474
00:37:33,001 --> 00:37:34,711
I know ya'll
been heartbroken before.
475
00:37:34,836 --> 00:37:36,254
So, I don't need 'em
iaughin' at me.
476
00:38:03,782 --> 00:38:05,700
J“ my baby done left me j“
477
00:38:06,993 --> 00:38:09,412
j“ ain't it a shame j“
478
00:38:09,537 --> 00:38:12,290
j“ my baby done left me j“
479
00:38:12,415 --> 00:38:15,251
j“ you know that's a shame j“
480
00:38:15,376 --> 00:38:18,004
j“ won't you hurry on home? J“
481
00:38:18,129 --> 00:38:21,132
j“ yeah, yeah, babyj'
482
00:38:21,257 --> 00:38:24,135
j“ I'm a heartbroken man j“
483
00:38:24,260 --> 00:38:27,222
j“ I cried so hard j“
484
00:38:27,347 --> 00:38:29,849
j“ I couldn't see a thing j“
485
00:38:29,974 --> 00:38:32,936
j“ I cried so hard j“
486
00:38:33,061 --> 00:38:35,855
j“ I couldn't see a thing j“
487
00:38:35,980 --> 00:38:38,650
j“ won't you hurry on home? J“
488
00:38:38,775 --> 00:38:40,360
j“ yeah, baby j“
489
00:38:41,820 --> 00:38:43,696
j“ yeah, baby j“
490
00:38:44,864 --> 00:38:47,158
j“ come on, baby j“
491
00:38:47,283 --> 00:38:50,328
j“ uh, don't you know
that I love you? J“
492
00:38:50,453 --> 00:38:53,414
j“ I place no one above you j“
493
00:38:53,540 --> 00:38:56,209
j“ need you j“
494
00:38:56,334 --> 00:38:59,254
j“ I need you by my side j“
495
00:38:59,379 --> 00:39:02,131
j“ I want you to kiss j“
496
00:39:02,257 --> 00:39:05,134
j“ uh, keep me satisfied j“
497
00:39:05,260 --> 00:39:09,097
j“ come on, baby j“
498
00:39:09,222 --> 00:39:11,891
j“ yeah, baby j“
499
00:39:12,016 --> 00:39:14,811
j“ yeah, baby j“
500
00:40:08,948 --> 00:40:11,284
Now, look-a here.
501
00:40:11,409 --> 00:40:12,952
J“ in my hometown j“
502
00:40:14,787 --> 00:40:16,289
j“ where llive j“
503
00:40:17,790 --> 00:40:19,334
j“ the name of the town j“
504
00:40:20,752 --> 00:40:22,295
j“ they call it Greenville j“
505
00:40:23,546 --> 00:40:26,674
j“ ain't no pity j“
506
00:40:26,799 --> 00:40:29,385
j“ it ain't no shame j“
507
00:40:29,510 --> 00:40:32,263
j“ my woman done left me j“
508
00:40:32,388 --> 00:40:34,766
j“ and I'm a heartbroken man j“
509
00:40:36,267 --> 00:40:38,645
j“ come on j“
510
00:40:38,770 --> 00:40:41,648
j“ yeah, baby j“
511
00:40:41,773 --> 00:40:44,692
j“ yeah, baby j“
512
00:40:44,817 --> 00:40:46,736
j“ yeah, baby j“
513
00:40:48,237 --> 00:40:49,489
j“ come on j“
514
00:41:43,543 --> 00:41:45,461
J“ I wanna get married j“
515
00:41:45,586 --> 00:41:47,130
I'm goin' crazy now, ya'll.
516
00:41:48,423 --> 00:41:50,800
J“ I wanna get married today j“
517
00:41:52,385 --> 00:41:53,386
j“ I might as well j“
518
00:41:54,554 --> 00:41:55,680
j“ I might as well j“
519
00:41:56,806 --> 00:41:58,850
j“ I might as well j“
520
00:41:58,975 --> 00:42:01,769
j“ I don't love nobody no way j“
521
00:42:05,106 --> 00:42:07,233
j“ I'm gonna get married j“
522
00:42:09,986 --> 00:42:11,446
now, look-a here.
523
00:42:13,531 --> 00:42:15,950
J“ the other day, I was walkin'
down the street j“
524
00:42:17,952 --> 00:42:19,579
j“ and I met a little old girl j“
525
00:42:21,497 --> 00:42:23,291
j“ and I asked her to marry me j“
526
00:42:27,420 --> 00:42:29,964
J“ she put her hand
on her hip, she say j“
527
00:42:30,089 --> 00:42:32,884
j“ "you must be a fool j“
528
00:42:33,009 --> 00:42:35,595
j“ "you don't have no job j“
529
00:42:35,720 --> 00:42:37,972
j“ what can you do for me?"J'
530
00:42:38,097 --> 00:42:40,433
j“ I looked at her and laughed j“
531
00:42:40,558 --> 00:42:42,268
rlsayj“
532
00:42:42,393 --> 00:42:46,064
j“ I'll take you in my arms
and hold you j“
533
00:42:46,189 --> 00:42:49,776
j“ I'll take you in my arms
and squeeze you j“
534
00:42:49,901 --> 00:42:52,862
j“ I'll take you in my arms
and love you every night j“
535
00:42:52,987 --> 00:42:55,573
j“ I'll make everything
all right, all right j“
536
00:42:55,698 --> 00:42:56,741
j“ come on j“
537
00:42:56,866 --> 00:42:58,159
j“ and baby, let me j“
538
00:42:58,284 --> 00:42:59,284
j“ baby, let me j“
539
00:42:59,368 --> 00:43:00,703
j“ love you, baby j“
540
00:43:00,828 --> 00:43:04,332
j“ I 'ii wipe-a
your tears away j“
541
00:43:04,457 --> 00:43:07,752
j“ I 'ii wipe-a
your tears away j“
542
00:43:07,877 --> 00:43:11,589
j“ I 'ii wipe-a
your tears away j“
543
00:43:11,714 --> 00:43:15,051
j“ I 'ii wipe-a
your tears away j“
544
00:43:15,176 --> 00:43:16,427
j“ cry, baby j“
545
00:44:03,683 --> 00:44:04,684
J“ come on j“
546
00:44:05,852 --> 00:44:07,812
j“ yeah j“
547
00:44:07,937 --> 00:44:10,481
j“ yeah, baby j“
548
00:44:10,606 --> 00:44:13,526
j“ yeah, baby j“
549
00:44:13,651 --> 00:44:15,361
j“ yeah, baby j“
550
00:44:16,696 --> 00:44:19,282
j“ I'm a heartbroken man j“
551
00:44:26,747 --> 00:44:27,999
Thank you.
552
00:44:28,124 --> 00:44:31,085
Do you find any differences
in the audiences,
553
00:44:31,210 --> 00:44:33,171
like when you go to New York,
to play in New York?
554
00:44:33,296 --> 00:44:34,922
Do you find a difference in the way
555
00:44:35,047 --> 00:44:37,091
that the audiences react,
compared to here?
556
00:44:37,216 --> 00:44:40,303
I used to say that,
up until tonight.
557
00:44:40,428 --> 00:44:42,263
There's not much difference,
after I found out
558
00:44:42,388 --> 00:44:43,639
what happened here tonight.
559
00:44:43,764 --> 00:44:45,308
They applaud and everything else.
560
00:44:45,433 --> 00:44:47,101
That's what they do up there.
561
00:44:47,226 --> 00:44:49,312
I used to say that, really.
562
00:44:49,437 --> 00:44:51,731
And I really didn't think
they appreciated music
563
00:44:51,856 --> 00:44:53,983
like they do away from home.
564
00:44:54,108 --> 00:44:56,569
- Mm-hmm.
- But they appreciate it here,
565
00:44:56,694 --> 00:44:58,738
because they miss me
when I be out of town.
566
00:44:58,863 --> 00:45:00,907
They be missin' me then, see.
567
00:45:01,032 --> 00:45:03,910
But they would always,
would sit quiet.
568
00:45:04,035 --> 00:45:07,205
They never applaud like
I would expect for 'em to do
569
00:45:07,330 --> 00:45:09,373
up until tonight, and they did.
570
00:45:09,498 --> 00:45:11,542
And I appreciate that, too.
I love 'em for it.
571
00:45:32,521 --> 00:45:35,858
J“ gonna leave in the mornin' j“
572
00:45:38,486 --> 00:45:41,739
j“ ain't goin' to worry about tomorrow j“
573
00:45:49,288 --> 00:45:51,749
J“ I'm gonna leave
in the mornin', ya 'ii j“
574
00:45:54,835 --> 00:45:58,547
j“ ain't goin'
to worry about tomorrow j“
575
00:46:04,595 --> 00:46:08,808
J“ I'm gonna
find me someone new j“
576
00:46:10,851 --> 00:46:14,689
j“ and drown away
all of my sorrow j“
577
00:46:21,988 --> 00:46:24,490
J“ I know I've got
a good little girl j“
578
00:46:26,659 --> 00:46:30,037
j“ somehow she don't understand j“
579
00:46:37,211 --> 00:46:39,630
J“ I know I've got
a good little girl j“
580
00:46:42,758 --> 00:46:46,512
j“ somehow
she don't understand j“
581
00:46:53,227 --> 00:46:57,606
J“ well, I heard her
tell a friend j“
582
00:46:57,732 --> 00:47:01,861
j“ that "booba"
was one no-good man j“
583
00:47:51,410 --> 00:47:53,496
I said I wasn't
gonna do this no more.
584
00:48:34,745 --> 00:48:36,497
J“ I'm goin' leave you j“
585
00:48:38,707 --> 00:48:42,253
j“ and your cryin'
won't make me stay j“
586
00:48:48,217 --> 00:48:50,845
J“ I'm goin' leave you j“
587
00:48:53,055 --> 00:48:56,475
j“ and your cryin'
won't make me stay j“
588
00:49:02,148 --> 00:49:06,318
J“ well, the more
you cry for me j“
589
00:49:06,444 --> 00:49:08,154
j“ the further
you're gonna drive j“
590
00:49:08,279 --> 00:49:10,281
j“ little ol' booba away j“
591
00:50:00,581 --> 00:50:03,250
Palmer: Our second stop
in the delta is clarksdale,
592
00:50:03,375 --> 00:50:05,794
a town in coahoma county
that a remarkable number
593
00:50:05,920 --> 00:50:08,130
of blues heavyweights
have called home.
594
00:50:08,255 --> 00:50:11,842
In the town itself,
Wade walton's barbershop
595
00:50:11,967 --> 00:50:15,012
has long been a gathering
place for blues musicians.
596
00:50:15,137 --> 00:50:18,182
Walton, a guitarist and singer
who made records
597
00:50:18,307 --> 00:50:20,768
during the blues revival
of the '60s,
598
00:50:20,893 --> 00:50:22,561
has also been recorded playing
599
00:50:22,686 --> 00:50:25,481
his barber's razor
and leather strap
600
00:50:25,606 --> 00:50:27,733
as a kind of
percussion instrument.
601
00:50:27,858 --> 00:50:30,236
His memory
is a living repository
602
00:50:30,361 --> 00:50:32,196
for the history
of clarksdale blues.
603
00:50:32,321 --> 00:50:35,658
Who are some of the people
that you've given haircuts to
604
00:50:35,783 --> 00:50:38,536
over the years...
Some blues musicians, blues singers?
605
00:50:38,661 --> 00:50:41,288
Wade walton: Well, there's
been Sonny boy Williamson and, um...
606
00:50:43,332 --> 00:50:46,001
Um, ike Turner.
607
00:50:48,045 --> 00:50:50,839
And there's been...
608
00:50:52,383 --> 00:50:54,301
Uh, howling wolf...
I cut his hair.
609
00:50:56,178 --> 00:50:58,114
There's been a fellow
by the name of mantan moreland
610
00:50:58,138 --> 00:50:59,658
- which has played in the movies.
- Mm-hmm.
611
00:50:59,682 --> 00:51:00,683
- Mantan moreland?
- Sure.
612
00:51:00,808 --> 00:51:02,434
I've cut his hair back...
613
00:51:02,560 --> 00:51:04,937
About, um, 40 years ago.
614
00:51:05,062 --> 00:51:06,814
Is there anybody in particular
615
00:51:06,939 --> 00:51:09,900
that was hard to give
a haircut and a shave to?
616
00:51:10,025 --> 00:51:11,777
I mean, I heard Sonny boy
617
00:51:11,902 --> 00:51:14,697
could be kind of crotchety sometimes.
618
00:51:14,822 --> 00:51:15,906
I was just wondering.
619
00:51:16,031 --> 00:51:18,117
Well, if he was deep
in his liquor...
620
00:51:18,242 --> 00:51:19,994
You know, in his liquor.
621
00:51:20,119 --> 00:51:22,413
- He was a liquor lover.
- Uh-huh...
622
00:51:22,538 --> 00:51:25,457
Yeah, I played quite a bit
with Sonny boy,
623
00:51:25,583 --> 00:51:28,127
like tryin' to do a little guitar,
624
00:51:28,252 --> 00:51:30,254
while he'd do the harp,
625
00:51:30,379 --> 00:51:33,340
and I'd do the harp,
and he'd do the guitar.
626
00:51:33,465 --> 00:51:35,217
Sonny boy could play
some guitar, too.
627
00:51:35,342 --> 00:51:36,677
- Could he really?
- Yeah.
628
00:51:36,802 --> 00:51:39,263
J“ won't you rock me, baby j“
629
00:51:40,973 --> 00:51:43,684
j“ rock me all night long j“
630
00:51:50,649 --> 00:51:54,612
J“ want you to rock me, baby j“
631
00:51:54,737 --> 00:51:57,448
j“ rock me all night long j“
632
00:52:04,330 --> 00:52:08,417
J“ I want you to rock me j“
633
00:52:08,542 --> 00:52:11,378
j“ like my back
ain't got no bone j“
634
00:52:15,424 --> 00:52:16,842
Palmer: Well, this is ajukejoint
635
00:52:16,967 --> 00:52:18,719
in clarksdale, Mississippi.
636
00:52:18,844 --> 00:52:23,432
The word juke came to america
from west Africa,
637
00:52:23,557 --> 00:52:26,101
where it was a word meaning
"to have a good time."
638
00:52:26,226 --> 00:52:28,270
And first, it got attached
639
00:52:28,395 --> 00:52:31,982
to juke joints orjuke houses,
640
00:52:32,107 --> 00:52:34,902
and then it got attached
to juke boxes
641
00:52:35,027 --> 00:52:38,656
and passed
into general American slang.
642
00:52:38,781 --> 00:52:40,061
Down in this part
of the country,
643
00:52:40,115 --> 00:52:42,534
a juke joint is just a place
644
00:52:42,660 --> 00:52:44,203
where people go
to have a good time,
645
00:52:44,328 --> 00:52:46,288
and it's associated
with the blues.
646
00:52:46,413 --> 00:52:49,083
It could be live music...
It could have a juke box in it.
647
00:52:49,208 --> 00:52:53,003
This particular place,
smitty's red top lounge...
648
00:52:53,128 --> 00:52:55,881
Jack Johnson and Sam carr
and frank frost
649
00:52:56,006 --> 00:52:58,258
played here every weekend
for about 10 years.
650
00:52:58,384 --> 00:53:01,053
In clarksdale,
they call him big Jack Johnson.
651
00:53:01,178 --> 00:53:02,304
Out in the country,
652
00:53:02,429 --> 00:53:03,889
his deliveries of heating oil
653
00:53:04,014 --> 00:53:05,224
to out-of-the-way locations
654
00:53:05,349 --> 00:53:06,558
inspired his nickname...
655
00:53:06,684 --> 00:53:07,935
The oil man.
656
00:53:08,060 --> 00:53:09,561
Jack's music is as raw
657
00:53:09,687 --> 00:53:12,398
and powerful
as howling wolf in his prime.
658
00:53:12,523 --> 00:53:14,400
But Jack utterly transforms
659
00:53:14,525 --> 00:53:17,319
the familiar themes
and devices he employs,
660
00:53:17,444 --> 00:53:21,448
charging them with the energy
of his hyperactive imagination.
661
00:53:21,573 --> 00:53:25,703
Here, he's the guest of clarksdale's
veteran blues deejay early Wright.
662
00:53:25,828 --> 00:53:28,788
Early Wright: Ladies and gentlemen,
I've got a very extinguished guest here
663
00:53:28,831 --> 00:53:30,708
in the studio with me tonight...
664
00:53:30,833 --> 00:53:35,587
One of our big-time stars of Mississippi
and other places as well.
665
00:53:35,713 --> 00:53:39,049
It's no other
than Mr. Jack Johnson.
666
00:53:39,174 --> 00:53:41,009
We all call him big Jack
667
00:53:41,135 --> 00:53:43,637
because of that famous record
that he got out there,
668
00:53:43,762 --> 00:53:45,762
talkin' about, "you better
treat your woman right."
669
00:53:45,806 --> 00:53:48,267
And everybody knows
big Jack at that...
670
00:53:48,392 --> 00:53:51,437
I've played it so often,
and get so many requests for it.
671
00:53:51,562 --> 00:53:55,274
Let me ask you this: You work
at the oil mill, don't you?
672
00:53:55,399 --> 00:53:58,402
Jack Johnson: No, I work
for Mr. Rutledge at shell.
673
00:53:58,527 --> 00:54:00,007
- All right. Shell.
- Johnson: Mm-hmm.
674
00:54:00,112 --> 00:54:02,281
That's the reason
they call you the oil man?
675
00:54:02,406 --> 00:54:03,425
That's why
they call me the oil man.
676
00:54:03,449 --> 00:54:05,284
Better known as the oil man.
677
00:54:05,409 --> 00:54:07,762
Well, listen, let me tell you,
how long you been working there?
678
00:54:07,786 --> 00:54:09,413
Oh, 11 years now.
679
00:54:09,538 --> 00:54:11,665
Wright: How do you feel
working there in the daytime,
680
00:54:11,790 --> 00:54:14,668
then come
and do the blues at night?
681
00:54:14,793 --> 00:54:16,837
That's good. When you do
a hard day's work, man...
682
00:54:16,962 --> 00:54:18,857
You come in, get your shower,
and jump in your clothes,
683
00:54:18,881 --> 00:54:20,841
and go out there and get you
a good, strong drink,
684
00:54:20,924 --> 00:54:22,694
and get over to the guitar...
You can go on about your business.
685
00:54:22,718 --> 00:54:24,318
- Wright: Hush your fuss!
- That's right.
686
00:54:26,430 --> 00:54:27,639
That sounds good!
687
00:54:27,765 --> 00:54:29,141
In other words,
when you get in it,
688
00:54:29,266 --> 00:54:31,059
and go to get
the house rockin'...
689
00:54:31,185 --> 00:54:32,561
Everybody get with you...
690
00:54:32,686 --> 00:54:34,205
You don't feel like
you did no day's work.
691
00:54:34,229 --> 00:54:35,248
Don't feel like it at all.
692
00:54:35,272 --> 00:54:36,523
Oh, what you know about that!
693
00:54:55,375 --> 00:55:00,506
J“ well, if I were a catfish j“
694
00:55:00,631 --> 00:55:05,719
j“ swimmin' in the deep blue sea j“
695
00:55:05,844 --> 00:55:07,971
j“ I'd have all j“
696
00:55:08,096 --> 00:55:09,848
j“ all of your big-legged women j“
697
00:55:11,141 --> 00:55:13,560
j“ fishin' after me j“
698
00:55:13,685 --> 00:55:16,271
j“ fishin' after me j“
699
00:55:16,396 --> 00:55:18,816
j“ lord, fishin'
after the oil man j“
700
00:55:18,941 --> 00:55:21,485
j“ oh, yes, I will j“
701
00:55:21,610 --> 00:55:23,278
j“ oh, yes, I will j“
702
00:55:25,656 --> 00:55:28,158
j“ well, I went j“
703
00:55:28,283 --> 00:55:30,828
j“ to my baby now j“
704
00:55:30,953 --> 00:55:33,455
j“ and I sat down j“
705
00:55:33,580 --> 00:55:36,041
j“ on her stairs j“
706
00:55:36,166 --> 00:55:39,795
j“ she said,
"come on in Mr. Big Jack j“
707
00:55:39,920 --> 00:55:42,381
j“ my husband just done left j“
708
00:55:42,506 --> 00:55:44,967
j“ lord, my husband
just done left” j“
709
00:55:45,092 --> 00:55:47,427
j“ my husband just done left j“
710
00:55:47,553 --> 00:55:50,222
j“ lord, my husband
just done left j“
711
00:55:54,017 --> 00:55:55,435
listen to this, right here.
712
00:55:55,561 --> 00:55:58,021
Rlputabellj'
713
00:55:58,146 --> 00:56:00,524
j“ on a buzzer j“
714
00:56:00,649 --> 00:56:03,068
j“ and you know i-i-i... j“
715
00:56:03,193 --> 00:56:05,529
j“ found it trollin' j“
716
00:56:05,654 --> 00:56:07,489
j“ I've got a keyj'
717
00:56:07,614 --> 00:56:09,533
j“ to the highway j“
718
00:56:09,658 --> 00:56:12,077
j“ but I've gotta let her go j“
719
00:56:12,202 --> 00:56:14,872
j“ I've gotta let her go j“
720
00:56:14,997 --> 00:56:19,459
j“ I've gotta let her go j“
721
00:56:19,585 --> 00:56:22,337
j“ lord, I've gotta let her go j“
722
00:56:22,462 --> 00:56:25,799
j“ lord, I've got to let
that big-legged woman go j“
723
00:57:53,512 --> 00:57:55,806
J“ well, there's two j“
724
00:57:55,931 --> 00:57:58,308
j“ two trains runnin' j“
725
00:57:58,433 --> 00:58:00,811
j“ well, they ain't never j“
726
00:58:00,936 --> 00:58:03,271
j“ goin' my way j“
727
00:58:03,397 --> 00:58:07,067
j“ there's one run at midnight j“
728
00:58:07,192 --> 00:58:09,403
j“ the other little 'fore day j“
729
00:58:09,528 --> 00:58:11,989
j“ the other little 'fore day j“
730
00:58:12,114 --> 00:58:14,533
j“ the other little 'fore day j“
731
00:58:14,658 --> 00:58:17,202
j“ lord, little 'fore day j“
732
00:58:17,327 --> 00:58:19,454
j“ that's the train j“
733
00:58:19,579 --> 00:58:22,207
j“ that took my baby away j“
734
00:58:22,332 --> 00:58:24,459
j“ that's the train j“
735
00:58:24,584 --> 00:58:26,837
j“ that took my baby away j“
736
00:58:26,962 --> 00:58:29,464
j“ baby, please don't go j“
737
00:58:29,589 --> 00:58:32,009
j“ baby, please don't go j“
738
00:58:32,134 --> 00:58:34,469
j“ baby, please don't go j“
739
00:58:34,594 --> 00:58:36,930
j“ I beg you all night long j“
740
00:58:37,055 --> 00:58:39,474
j“ got you all night long j“
741
00:58:39,599 --> 00:58:41,935
j“ I've got my shackles on j“
742
00:58:42,060 --> 00:58:44,271
j“ I've got my shackles on j“
743
00:58:44,396 --> 00:58:45,957
j“ I've got my shackles
got my shackles j“
744
00:58:45,981 --> 00:58:47,524
j“ got my shackles
got my shackles j“
745
00:58:47,649 --> 00:58:49,234
j“ I've got my shackles on j“
746
00:58:49,359 --> 00:58:51,737
j“ got my shackles on j“
747
00:58:51,862 --> 00:58:53,572
j“ baby, please don't go j“
748
01:01:40,197 --> 01:01:42,449
Thank you.
749
01:01:45,869 --> 01:01:46,888
Wright: Let me ask you this...
750
01:01:46,912 --> 01:01:48,163
- Are you married?
- Yes.
751
01:01:48,288 --> 01:01:49,748
- You got a family?
- Yes.
752
01:01:49,873 --> 01:01:51,666
How many you got in your family?
753
01:01:51,791 --> 01:01:53,351
You want me to say that?
754
01:01:53,418 --> 01:01:55,218
If it's all right.
If it's all right with you.
755
01:01:55,295 --> 01:01:57,756
I'm just kiddin'.
I've got 10 kids.
756
01:01:57,881 --> 01:01:59,049
- You've got 10 kids?
- Yes.
757
01:01:59,174 --> 01:02:00,175
Ah, good.
758
01:02:00,300 --> 01:02:02,427
- Don't you have a new album out?
- Yes, I do.
759
01:02:02,552 --> 01:02:03,678
- A new one?
- Mm-hmm.
760
01:02:03,803 --> 01:02:05,263
What's the name of your record?
761
01:02:05,388 --> 01:02:06,723
"Daddy, when
is mama comin' home?"
762
01:02:06,848 --> 01:02:08,141
All right.
763
01:02:08,266 --> 01:02:09,826
Do you have
any favorite number on there
764
01:02:09,893 --> 01:02:12,520
that you'd like to be played...
765
01:02:12,646 --> 01:02:14,689
One of your favorite numbers?
766
01:02:14,814 --> 01:02:16,709
- What's your favorite number on there?
- What's my favorite?
767
01:02:16,733 --> 01:02:18,777
"Daddy, when
is mama comin' home?"
768
01:02:18,902 --> 01:02:20,338
- Wright: "When is momma comin' home?"
- Johnson: Mm-hmm.
769
01:02:20,362 --> 01:02:21,863
Wright: Uh-huh!
770
01:04:04,632 --> 01:04:06,134
I remember...
771
01:04:08,136 --> 01:04:10,472
Along, long time ago...
772
01:04:14,976 --> 01:04:16,978
Me and my old lady,
right there...
773
01:04:19,689 --> 01:04:21,483
We were lovey-dovey, we was.
774
01:04:27,364 --> 01:04:30,200
But somewhere down the line...
775
01:04:35,497 --> 01:04:37,248
She got involved with another man.
776
01:04:44,381 --> 01:04:45,965
She left me, she did...
777
01:04:48,301 --> 01:04:49,636
With three little girls.
778
01:04:57,018 --> 01:04:58,520
One named josea.
779
01:05:00,688 --> 01:05:02,065
And one named melody.
780
01:05:03,441 --> 01:05:05,360
And one named po' cow.
781
01:05:09,739 --> 01:05:10,949
And every morning...
782
01:05:15,954 --> 01:05:18,164
I would drive
my old lunch bucket to work...
783
01:05:22,377 --> 01:05:24,337
And I would start closin' the door.
784
01:05:28,591 --> 01:05:30,385
Po' cow would walk up to me...
785
01:05:33,805 --> 01:05:35,849
With tears in her eyes...
786
01:05:41,020 --> 01:05:43,106
And I would look at po' cow...
787
01:05:45,859 --> 01:05:48,820
And tears would get in my eyes, too.
788
01:05:54,159 --> 01:05:55,660
She said, "daddy?"
789
01:05:58,037 --> 01:05:59,456
I said, "yes, darling?"
790
01:06:05,920 --> 01:06:08,381
She said, "when is
my mama comin' home?"
791
01:06:12,552 --> 01:06:14,304
And she kept right on sayin' it.
792
01:06:21,352 --> 01:06:23,188
R "daddy r
793
01:06:28,067 --> 01:06:30,153
j“ when is my mama j“
794
01:06:30,278 --> 01:06:32,322
j“ my mama comin' home? J“
795
01:06:35,950 --> 01:06:38,203
r on, daddy, daddy r
796
01:06:40,914 --> 01:06:42,248
j“ when is my mama j“
797
01:06:42,373 --> 01:06:44,667
j“ my mama comin' home?" J“
798
01:06:47,045 --> 01:06:48,755
j“ I looked at p0' cow I did j“
799
01:06:50,840 --> 01:06:52,675
j“ with tears streamin'
down her cheek j“
800
01:06:54,844 --> 01:06:56,888
j“ and tears streamin'
down mine j“
801
01:06:59,807 --> 01:07:00,975
j“ I said, "darlin' j“
802
01:07:02,727 --> 01:07:04,354
j“ I'm goin' find your mother j“
803
01:07:06,105 --> 01:07:07,565
j“ out here somewhere j“
804
01:07:10,860 --> 01:07:12,070
j“ but I know j“
805
01:07:13,988 --> 01:07:17,200
j“ just as sure as
a bluebird flies in the sky j“
806
01:07:19,244 --> 01:07:21,621
j“ when I find her j“
807
01:07:21,746 --> 01:07:23,164
j“ she gonna tell me a lie"j'
808
01:08:29,272 --> 01:08:31,065
J“ and every evenin' j“
809
01:08:34,902 --> 01:08:36,654
j“ I would come home I would j“
810
01:08:40,408 --> 01:08:42,076
j“ I would get my old newspaper j“
811
01:08:45,246 --> 01:08:46,998
j“ and I would sit down to read j“
812
01:08:50,960 --> 01:08:52,837
j“ p0' cow would walk up to me j“
813
01:08:55,590 --> 01:08:58,259
j“ tears still hung in her eyes j“
814
01:09:01,971 --> 01:09:03,890
j“ and I would look at p0' cow j“
815
01:09:05,975 --> 01:09:08,394
j“ and tears would get
right back in my eyes, too j“
816
01:09:11,397 --> 01:09:13,775
j“ she said, "daddy?" J'
817
01:09:13,900 --> 01:09:16,444
j“ I said, "yes, sweetheart" j“
818
01:09:16,569 --> 01:09:18,738
j“ said, "why did mama leave us?" J'
819
01:09:21,532 --> 01:09:23,785
j“ well, I couldn't tell a child j“
820
01:09:23,910 --> 01:09:25,870
j“ what I could tell
an adult, I couldn't j“
821
01:09:28,289 --> 01:09:30,333
j“ 80, imade
a long story short j“
822
01:09:33,002 --> 01:09:34,712
j“ and I told her
just like this j“
823
01:09:43,513 --> 01:09:45,306
J“ love can bring happiness j“
824
01:09:48,476 --> 01:09:50,228
j“ and love can bring sorrow j“
825
01:09:52,855 --> 01:09:55,692
j“ love can be here today j“
826
01:09:55,817 --> 01:09:58,736
j“ love, you know what
can be gone tomorrow j“
827
01:10:00,822 --> 01:10:02,615
j“ bring it on home, girl j“
828
01:10:05,827 --> 01:10:07,453
j“ bring it on home j“
829
01:10:11,666 --> 01:10:13,126
j“ she know'd I couldn't iron j“
830
01:10:15,628 --> 01:10:17,213
j“ and she know'd I couldn't wash j“
831
01:10:19,924 --> 01:10:22,677
j“ she know'd I didn't have no business j“
832
01:10:22,802 --> 01:10:24,220
j“ pinnin' no diaper j“
833
01:10:24,345 --> 01:10:25,847
j“ on a little girl's behind j“
834
01:10:30,935 --> 01:10:33,146
J“ she know'd I couldn't patch j“
835
01:10:33,271 --> 01:10:34,897
j“ and she know'd I couldn't sew j“
836
01:10:37,316 --> 01:10:39,777
j“ she know'd
I didn't have no business j“
837
01:10:39,902 --> 01:10:41,404
j“ scratchin' a little girl's back j“
838
01:10:43,322 --> 01:10:45,241
j“ bring it on home, girl j“
839
01:10:47,243 --> 01:10:48,995
j“ bring it on home j“
840
01:10:51,581 --> 01:10:53,875
j“ you've got three j“
841
01:10:54,000 --> 01:10:56,294
j“ three little girls j“
842
01:10:58,337 --> 01:11:00,214
j“ waiting j“
843
01:11:00,339 --> 01:11:03,593
j“ waiting on you j“
844
01:11:05,094 --> 01:11:07,889
j“ yes, you have, darling j“
845
01:11:08,014 --> 01:11:09,807
j“ you've got three little girls j“
846
01:11:11,934 --> 01:11:13,060
j“ waiting j“
847
01:11:13,186 --> 01:11:15,354
j“ oh you j“
848
01:11:15,480 --> 01:11:16,814
j“ listen here, baby j“
849
01:11:18,524 --> 01:11:19,901
j“ they need you j“
850
01:11:21,360 --> 01:11:22,820
j“ and I need you, too j“
851
01:11:25,072 --> 01:11:26,574
j“ bring it on home j“
852
01:11:28,284 --> 01:11:29,911
j“ bring it on home,
Mrs. Johnson j“
853
01:11:31,871 --> 01:11:33,998
j“ whoo-hoo j“
854
01:11:34,123 --> 01:11:38,002
j“ whoo, whoa, whoa, whoa j“
855
01:11:38,127 --> 01:11:39,253
j“ bring it on home j“
856
01:11:40,797 --> 01:11:44,425
j“ you've got three j“
857
01:11:44,550 --> 01:11:47,720
j“ oh, you've got
three little girls, baby j“
858
01:11:47,845 --> 01:11:50,681
j“ you've got three little girls j“
859
01:11:50,807 --> 01:11:52,058
j“ waiting on j“
860
01:11:52,183 --> 01:11:54,310
j“ waiting on you j“
861
01:11:54,435 --> 01:11:56,270
j“ yes, you have j“
862
01:12:56,664 --> 01:12:58,082
Palm er: Memo to Dave:
863
01:12:58,207 --> 01:12:59,542
There's something mysterious,
864
01:12:59,667 --> 01:13:02,044
even a little spooky,
about benton/a.
865
01:13:02,169 --> 01:13:05,715
It's not just another sleepy little town
in southern Mississippi.
866
01:13:05,840 --> 01:13:08,384
Through the years,
benton/a bluesmen
867
01:13:08,509 --> 01:13:11,971
have created a style
that is uniquely their own.
868
01:13:12,096 --> 01:13:14,724
Of all the songs
associated with benton/a,
869
01:13:14,849 --> 01:13:18,311
one in particular has seeped
into neighboring traditions.
870
01:13:18,436 --> 01:13:21,314
It's a song called
"the devil blues,"
871
01:13:21,439 --> 01:13:23,065
or just "the devil."
872
01:13:23,190 --> 01:13:26,360
In this song, the devil is
a trickster figure,
873
01:13:26,485 --> 01:13:29,488
a kind of
cosmic joker or sprite,
874
01:13:29,614 --> 01:13:33,993
and not the terrifying fallen
angel of Christian myth.
875
01:13:34,118 --> 01:13:36,662
The tradition of the blues
as the "devil's music"
876
01:13:36,787 --> 01:13:40,374
has to be understood in the light
of this characterization.
877
01:13:40,499 --> 01:13:44,045
This trickster devil
strikingly resembles legba,
878
01:13:44,170 --> 01:13:46,589
the trickster god
of the crossroads
879
01:13:46,714 --> 01:13:49,383
and opener of the path
to the world of the spirits
880
01:13:49,508 --> 01:13:52,678
in the religion
of Nigeria's yoruba people.
881
01:13:52,803 --> 01:13:54,555
Early Christian missionaries,
882
01:13:54,680 --> 01:13:56,891
seeking converts
among the slaves,
883
01:13:57,016 --> 01:13:58,893
would have had little trouble
identifying legba
884
01:13:59,018 --> 01:14:00,269
with their Lucifer.
885
01:14:00,394 --> 01:14:03,147
And legba is also the dark man
886
01:14:03,272 --> 01:14:06,275
Robert Johnson
and other bluesmen claimed
887
01:14:06,400 --> 01:14:09,362
to have met at the crossroads
at midnight...
888
01:14:09,487 --> 01:14:12,365
The shadowy figure to whom
they sold their souls
889
01:14:12,490 --> 01:14:14,700
in exchange for mastery
of the blues.
890
01:14:14,825 --> 01:14:17,787
Bud spires:
One time, a preacher...
891
01:14:17,912 --> 01:14:19,872
You know, back in time,
892
01:14:19,997 --> 01:14:22,583
you know, back,
893
01:14:22,708 --> 01:14:26,420
way back, you know,
we didn't have no cars, no...
894
01:14:28,714 --> 01:14:30,424
Had to ride a horse and buggy
895
01:14:30,549 --> 01:14:32,843
wherever we had to go, you know.
896
01:14:32,969 --> 01:14:40,518
Preacher, he got a little horse
that Sunday morning.
897
01:14:40,643 --> 01:14:46,273
And he got his little horse,
saddled him up, everything...
898
01:14:46,399 --> 01:14:49,860
Got the horse ready,
got on the horse,
899
01:14:49,986 --> 01:14:51,362
got everything,
900
01:14:51,487 --> 01:14:53,614
got a little whip,
put it on the horse there.
901
01:14:55,449 --> 01:14:58,119
He had to go through
a sketch of woods, you know.
902
01:14:59,954 --> 01:15:01,622
The closer
he got to the woods, you know,
903
01:15:01,747 --> 01:15:03,833
the old devil
was sittin' over there
904
01:15:03,958 --> 01:15:07,461
on a stump,
wasn't botherin' nobody.
905
01:15:07,586 --> 01:15:09,839
He was sittin' there takin'
care of his own business.
906
01:15:11,590 --> 01:15:16,303
And as he, the horse get
a little closer,
907
01:15:16,429 --> 01:15:17,847
the horse seen the devil,
908
01:15:17,972 --> 01:15:20,725
but the preacher
didn't see the devil.
909
01:15:22,476 --> 01:15:24,854
"You know, there's
something wrong with you."
910
01:15:24,979 --> 01:15:27,023
And he hit him that time,
911
01:15:27,148 --> 01:15:29,108
and the horse jumped on up
a little further,
912
01:15:29,233 --> 01:15:32,319
still looking at that devil, though.
913
01:15:32,445 --> 01:15:36,407
And, ah, he got up
a little further,
914
01:15:36,532 --> 01:15:38,617
and said, "wait a minute."
915
01:15:38,743 --> 01:15:42,496
The horse stopped then.
He lookin' at the devil then.
916
01:15:42,621 --> 01:15:44,415
The horse stopped.
917
01:15:44,540 --> 01:15:45,833
Said, "wait a minute."
918
01:15:45,958 --> 01:15:48,085
Got a little whip out
and hit the horse.
919
01:15:48,210 --> 01:15:50,171
He said, "I know
what's wrong with you.
920
01:15:50,296 --> 01:15:53,299
You've got the devil in you
this morning!"
921
01:15:54,925 --> 01:15:56,302
That time,
the devil hollered out
922
01:15:56,427 --> 01:15:58,179
over there on the stump.
923
01:15:58,304 --> 01:16:00,389
He said, "how the hell
can I be in that horse,
924
01:16:00,514 --> 01:16:02,266
when I'm sittin' over here
on this stump?"
925
01:16:04,185 --> 01:16:07,271
The devil, he...
926
01:16:07,396 --> 01:16:09,231
Like of Jack said...
927
01:16:09,356 --> 01:16:12,109
He got religion.
928
01:16:12,234 --> 01:16:13,736
He got religion,
929
01:16:13,861 --> 01:16:17,531
and he joined
the baptist church,
930
01:16:17,656 --> 01:16:21,952
see, tryin' to fool
all us christians
931
01:16:22,078 --> 01:16:23,996
not to pray no more
932
01:16:24,121 --> 01:16:25,706
and do no more.
933
01:16:31,587 --> 01:16:33,964
J“ devil got religion j“
934
01:16:35,007 --> 01:16:36,050
oh, he did?
935
01:16:37,635 --> 01:16:41,055
J“ joined the baptist church j“
936
01:16:41,180 --> 01:16:42,681
we ain't got to pray
no more, ya'll...
937
01:16:45,559 --> 01:16:46,727
If devil got religion.
938
01:16:49,146 --> 01:16:51,482
J“ devil got religion j“
I wouldn't trust him though.
939
01:16:53,692 --> 01:16:57,154
J“ joined the baptist church j“
940
01:17:03,911 --> 01:17:06,705
J“ well, the Deacon told my baby j“
941
01:17:09,917 --> 01:17:13,129
j“ don't have to pray no more j“
942
01:17:13,254 --> 01:17:15,339
spires: Now, I ain't got
to say my prayers tonight.
943
01:17:24,473 --> 01:17:26,684
Owens:
J“ hey there, pretty baby j“
944
01:17:28,686 --> 01:17:32,106
j“ lord, ain't it a shame? J“
945
01:17:43,367 --> 01:17:46,120
J“ hey there, pretty baby j“
946
01:17:48,497 --> 01:17:51,542
j“ lord, ain't it a shame? J“
947
01:17:58,924 --> 01:18:02,052
J“ lord knows the devil, baby j“
948
01:18:06,182 --> 01:18:09,393
j“ oh, he fooled the man j“
949
01:18:11,687 --> 01:18:13,207
spires:
That's the old devil, you know.
950
01:18:14,690 --> 01:18:17,568
J“ oh, he fooled the man j“
951
01:18:19,111 --> 01:18:22,239
j“ baby gal he fooled the man j“
952
01:18:24,825 --> 01:18:27,953
j“ baby gal he fooled the man j“
953
01:18:29,413 --> 01:18:31,290
spires: Mercy, Mr. Percy!
954
01:19:06,867 --> 01:19:10,829
J“ if I ever get off
this killin' floor j“
955
01:19:10,955 --> 01:19:13,749
j“ greedy floor j“
956
01:19:13,874 --> 01:19:18,087
j“ I'll never get down
this low no more j“
957
01:19:18,212 --> 01:19:20,756
j“ oh, no, no j“
958
01:22:15,013 --> 01:22:16,408
Palmer: For years now,
we've been hearing
959
01:22:16,432 --> 01:22:18,142
that the blues is dead,
960
01:22:18,267 --> 01:22:20,811
and it's true that many
veteran musicians have died,
961
01:22:20,936 --> 01:22:23,105
but not without passing on
their inheritance.
962
01:22:23,230 --> 01:22:24,982
Young musicians in Mississippi,
963
01:22:25,107 --> 01:22:27,568
who were playing
funk or disco a few years ago,
964
01:22:27,693 --> 01:22:29,361
have been learning
and carrying on
965
01:22:29,486 --> 01:22:31,321
some important blues traditions.
966
01:22:31,447 --> 01:22:33,740
Lonnie pitchford,
the youngest musician
967
01:22:33,866 --> 01:22:35,951
we met in Mississippi,
has mastered
968
01:22:36,076 --> 01:22:38,912
one of the oldest instruments,
the diddle y bow...
969
01:22:39,037 --> 01:22:41,165
A single strand
of wire that's played
970
01:22:41,290 --> 01:22:42,749
with a slider and a pick
971
01:22:42,875 --> 01:22:45,169
in the manner
of African musical bows.
972
01:22:45,294 --> 01:22:49,173
Many outstanding bottleneck
or slide guitarists in blues
973
01:22:49,298 --> 01:22:51,508
first learned
the technique as children,
974
01:22:51,633 --> 01:22:54,470
playing homemade diddley bows
much like Lonnie 's.
975
01:22:54,595 --> 01:22:56,763
This song
that I'm gonna do right now
976
01:22:56,889 --> 01:23:00,309
is a song that I did
when I was about five years old.
977
01:23:00,434 --> 01:23:03,437
It's something like
a nursery rhyme song.
978
01:23:19,953 --> 01:23:23,040
J“ Johnny stole an apple j“
979
01:23:23,165 --> 01:23:24,791
j“ from the apple tree j“
980
01:23:26,710 --> 01:23:29,379
j“ one day he went out j“
981
01:23:29,505 --> 01:23:31,548
j“ into the orchard j“
982
01:23:32,716 --> 01:23:35,969
j“ when he said, "mama j“
983
01:23:36,094 --> 01:23:39,973
j“ I didn't mean to steal j“
984
01:23:40,098 --> 01:23:42,100
j“ that apple tree " j“
985
01:23:43,685 --> 01:23:45,312
j“ one day I was out j“
986
01:23:46,772 --> 01:23:48,398
j“ I was playin' alone j“
987
01:23:49,983 --> 01:23:53,278
j“ when I saw Johnny pla yin' j“
988
01:23:53,403 --> 01:23:55,989
j'inatreej'
989
01:23:56,114 --> 01:23:59,076
j“ I said "Johnny, won't you j“
990
01:23:59,201 --> 01:24:02,329
j“ come on down j“
991
01:24:02,454 --> 01:24:03,830
j“ and talk with me j“
992
01:24:05,499 --> 01:24:07,125
j“ and talk with me" j“
993
01:24:08,460 --> 01:24:09,711
Palmer: Memo to Dave:
994
01:24:09,836 --> 01:24:11,421
It's midnight,
995
01:24:11,547 --> 01:24:13,924
and on our way back
to Memphis from the delta,
996
01:24:14,049 --> 01:24:16,260
we just passed
a deserted crossroads.
997
01:24:16,385 --> 01:24:18,178
But the moon was full,
and the crossroads
998
01:24:18,303 --> 01:24:20,013
wasn't dark or forbidding.
999
01:24:20,138 --> 01:24:22,516
It was luminous
in the soft moonlight.
1000
01:24:22,641 --> 01:24:24,643
It seems incredible,
but as we anticipate
1001
01:24:24,768 --> 01:24:26,144
the coming millennium,
1002
01:24:26,270 --> 01:24:28,105
the blues itself is more visible
1003
01:24:28,230 --> 01:24:30,023
than at any time in its history
1004
01:24:30,148 --> 01:24:32,150
and within the culture
that created it,
1005
01:24:32,276 --> 01:24:34,570
here in Mississippi,
blues seems to be regaining
1006
01:24:34,695 --> 01:24:36,280
the importance it had
at the beginning
1007
01:24:36,405 --> 01:24:38,865
of this century
when it was fresh and new.
1008
01:24:38,991 --> 01:24:40,701
The people
who created this music
1009
01:24:40,826 --> 01:24:43,954
were at the very bottom
of america's social hierarchy.
1010
01:24:44,079 --> 01:24:45,664
Even within black america,
1011
01:24:45,789 --> 01:24:47,833
blues was outlaw culture,
1012
01:24:47,958 --> 01:24:49,668
an underground art form
1013
01:24:49,793 --> 01:24:53,088
that decent, church-going
folks stayed well away from.
1014
01:24:53,213 --> 01:24:55,632
But the men and women
of the blues persevered
1015
01:24:55,757 --> 01:24:59,428
and created, out of hard times
and a steely inner resolve,
1016
01:24:59,553 --> 01:25:02,431
a music that has enriched
the lives of all of us.
1017
01:25:02,556 --> 01:25:05,350
Robert Johnson,
a master of delta blues
1018
01:25:05,475 --> 01:25:08,353
whose 1930s recordings
are more popular today
1019
01:25:08,478 --> 01:25:11,064
than ever before,
displayed a determination
1020
01:25:11,189 --> 01:25:13,358
and sense of purpose
characteristic
1021
01:25:13,483 --> 01:25:15,360
of all the great blues artists.
1022
01:25:15,485 --> 01:25:18,739
He didn't just want a woman
or a terraplane luxury car...
1023
01:25:18,864 --> 01:25:21,617
He wanted possession
over judgment day.
1024
01:25:21,742 --> 01:25:24,077
Instead of looking down
at his feet in the mud
1025
01:25:24,202 --> 01:25:25,996
and dreaming of new shoes,
1026
01:25:26,121 --> 01:25:29,249
he looked up and dreamed
of storming heaven.
1027
01:25:29,374 --> 01:25:31,918
When I first began
to play guitar,
1028
01:25:32,044 --> 01:25:33,587
I was playin' pretty good.
1029
01:25:33,712 --> 01:25:36,882
But later on, I met
Robert Johnson's stepson...
1030
01:25:37,007 --> 01:25:38,383
Mr. Robert "junior" lockwood...
1031
01:25:38,508 --> 01:25:40,108
And he taught me
a lot of different tunes
1032
01:25:40,177 --> 01:25:41,762
of Robert Johnson.
1033
01:25:41,887 --> 01:25:44,473
And then, he also taught me
this particular song.
1034
01:25:54,941 --> 01:25:57,736
J“ if I had possession j“
1035
01:25:57,861 --> 01:25:59,446
j“ over judgment day j“
1036
01:26:04,951 --> 01:26:07,621
J“ if I had possession j“
1037
01:26:07,746 --> 01:26:09,623
j“ over judgment day j“
1038
01:26:15,045 --> 01:26:17,756
J“ all these easy women
that I'm lovin' j“
1039
01:26:17,881 --> 01:26:19,966
j“ wouldn't have
no right to pray j“
1040
01:26:23,220 --> 01:26:25,889
j“ well, I went up
on the mountain j“
1041
01:26:26,014 --> 01:26:28,183
j“ looked far
as my eyes could see j“
1042
01:26:33,355 --> 01:26:36,066
J“ well, I went up
on the mountain j“
1043
01:26:36,191 --> 01:26:38,485
j“ looked far
as my eyes could see j“
1044
01:26:43,407 --> 01:26:46,118
j“ well, ibelieve the blues
done got my lover j“
1045
01:26:46,243 --> 01:26:47,953
j“ and the blues done got me j“
1046
01:26:51,623 --> 01:26:54,584
j“ I had to fold my arms and j“
1047
01:26:54,710 --> 01:26:56,670
j“ walked along the way j“
1048
01:27:01,758 --> 01:27:04,469
J“ I had to fold my arms and j“
1049
01:27:04,594 --> 01:27:06,680
j“ walked along the way j“
1050
01:27:11,476 --> 01:27:14,271
j“ well, [knew
in my mind, ya 'ii j“
1051
01:27:14,396 --> 01:27:16,273
j“ trouble gonna come one day j“
1052
01:27:21,653 --> 01:27:24,614
J“ if I had possession j“
1053
01:27:24,740 --> 01:27:26,742
j“ over judgment day j“
1054
01:27:31,788 --> 01:27:34,624
J“ if I had possession j“
1055
01:27:34,750 --> 01:27:36,877
j“ over judgment day j“
1056
01:27:42,090 --> 01:27:44,676
J“ oh, all those easy women
that I'm lovin' j“
1057
01:27:44,801 --> 01:27:47,053
j“ wouldn't have
no right to pray j“
1058
01:27:59,649 --> 01:28:01,443
Palm er: Final memo to Dave:
1059
01:28:01,568 --> 01:28:03,320
As I'm sure you can tell,
1060
01:28:03,445 --> 01:28:05,614
my voice is just about gone
1061
01:28:05,739 --> 01:28:08,492
from yelling to be heard
in all those juke joints.
1062
01:28:08,617 --> 01:28:10,076
So, I'm going to give it a rest
1063
01:28:10,202 --> 01:28:11,562
and leave you
with Lonnie pitchford
1064
01:28:11,661 --> 01:28:14,247
doing one last
Robert Johnson song.
1065
01:28:14,372 --> 01:28:16,833
Listening to Lonnie sing
"come on in my kitchen"
1066
01:28:16,958 --> 01:28:19,961
started me thinking about
shelter from the coming storm
1067
01:28:20,086 --> 01:28:22,172
and a nice warm place to sleep.
1068
01:28:42,484 --> 01:28:44,778
J“ you'd better come on j“
1069
01:28:44,903 --> 01:28:46,905
j“ in my kitchen j“
1070
01:28:48,698 --> 01:28:52,452
j“ it's gonna be rainin'
outdoors j“
1071
01:28:59,417 --> 01:29:01,920
J“ I know she's gone j“
1072
01:29:02,045 --> 01:29:05,090
j“ I know she won't come back j“
1073
01:29:05,215 --> 01:29:07,551
j“ she took her last nickel j“
1074
01:29:07,676 --> 01:29:09,636
j“ out of her nation sack j“
1075
01:29:11,054 --> 01:29:13,515
j“ you'd better come on j“
1076
01:29:13,640 --> 01:29:15,308
j“ in my kitchen j“
1077
01:29:17,018 --> 01:29:20,814
j“ it's gonna be rainin' outdoors j“
1078
01:29:30,031 --> 01:29:32,075
J“ the woman I'm lovin' j“
1079
01:29:32,200 --> 01:29:35,537
j“ stole from my best friend j“
1080
01:29:35,662 --> 01:29:37,956
j“ some joker got lucky j“
1081
01:29:38,081 --> 01:29:40,166
j“ stole her back again j“
1082
01:29:41,543 --> 01:29:43,962
j“ you'd better come on j“
1083
01:29:44,087 --> 01:29:46,882
j“ in my kitchen j“
1084
01:29:47,007 --> 01:29:51,261
j“ it's gonna be rainin' outdoors j“
1085
01:29:57,601 --> 01:30:00,061
J“ when a woman gets in trouble j“
1086
01:30:00,186 --> 01:30:03,356
j“ everybody throws her down j“
1087
01:30:03,481 --> 01:30:05,942
j“ lookin' for her good friend j“
1088
01:30:06,067 --> 01:30:07,819
j“ no, it can't be found j“
1089
01:30:09,154 --> 01:30:11,573
j“ you'd better come on j“
1090
01:30:11,698 --> 01:30:14,242
j“ in my kitchen j“
1091
01:30:14,367 --> 01:30:18,788
j“ it's gonna be rainin' outdoors j“
1092
01:30:25,420 --> 01:30:27,339
Oh, don't you hear
that old wind howl?
1093
01:30:30,675 --> 01:30:32,928
Oh, don't you hear
that old wind howl?
1094
01:30:36,514 --> 01:30:38,975
J“ you'd better come on j“
1095
01:30:39,100 --> 01:30:42,020
j“ in my kitchen j“
1096
01:30:42,145 --> 01:30:46,274
j“ it's gonna be rainin' outdoors j“
1097
01:30:52,530 --> 01:30:55,116
J“ when a woman gets in trouble j“
1098
01:30:55,241 --> 01:30:58,203
j“ everybody throws her down j“
1099
01:30:58,328 --> 01:31:00,705
j“ lookin' for her good thing j“
1100
01:31:00,830 --> 01:31:03,625
j“ no, it can't be found j“
1101
01:31:03,750 --> 01:31:06,294
j“ you'd better come on j“
1102
01:31:06,419 --> 01:31:09,047
j“ in my kitchen j“
1103
01:31:09,172 --> 01:31:13,385
j“ it's gonna be rainin' outdoors j“
1104
01:31:16,179 --> 01:31:17,931
j“ outdoors j“
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