Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

That's part of making life.

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

A man gotta have some shoes to dance like this.

What's the difference between then and now?

I'm doing you a favor.

♪ My jelly roll ♪

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oh. There you go.

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

You get up knowing you ain't alone.

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

♪ Please come home to me ♪

All right, boys,

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

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

Couldn't live like that.

He stepped on my shoe.

You gonna fit two propositions on the same track,

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

I tells you what to do.

What I care about what you and Cutler do?

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

Hiding up in the woods,

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

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

♪ Everybody ♪

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

Chrissakes, Mel! Ma!

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

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

There's nothing I can do about that.

with some of this lightning you talking about to me?

Man said he was sorry.

Hell, even Sylvester will be a star.

♪ Oh, yeah! ♪

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

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

Carried him a bag. One of them carpet bags.

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

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

♪ You wanna be my man ♪

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

Come on and save this nigga.

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

How that first part go again there, Lev?

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

Talking about art.

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

Where the band at?

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

My daddy came back

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

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

Ain't nothing but old jug-band music.

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

It go like this.

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

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

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

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

♪ Oh, my jelly roll ♪

coming outta Tallahassee in Sigsbee.

Harlem, Detroit, DC.

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

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

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

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

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

I ain't thinking about Levee.

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

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

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

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

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

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

cross around his neck,

One, two, you know what to do.

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

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

Irvin, give me my keys.

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

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