Sassy?
Flat tire.
Okay, 'Bama.
Why don't you get on up there
and show me what you got?
Well, I-I'm not
prepared to do my thing
right now, tonight...
This is the only audition
you're going to get, puddin'.
So either get on up there,
or you and Gossie can haul
your asses back down South.
Here. Smoke some of this.
This ain't no tobacco, man.
No, hold it in,
it'll calm you down.
All right, Oberon.
Get on up there
and introduce him.
Yes, ma'am.
Okay, 'Bama. Let's go.
Yeah.
Now, I got something special
for all you satin dolls.
And I don't mean
Oberon's big thunder.
Now that's
for another show.
Now we got some
new blood for ya.
Yeah, straight off
the bus from Florida,
I give you Ray
"Don't Call Me Sugar"
Robinson!
How y'all doing tonight?
Better than you!
Relax, Ray. Relax.
I got it.
¤¤
Uh-uh, what do y'all
want to hear?
How about
a little Nat King Cole?
Y'all like Nat King Cole?
¤ If you ever plan
to travel west ¤
'Bama ain't bad.
Yeah, I'd say
he saved our asses.
What the hell is
Ray doin' up there?
Auditioning for you,
Gossie.
He ain't no good without me.
How'd you and the 'Bama
like to do a week
here at the Chair?
I know a good bass player.
A nice jazz trio could score
big with the right manager.
Manager?
Come on now, Gossie,
don't be so small-minded.
You know
you've got to give to get.
Now what exactly do I
have to give?
25 percent.
But I'll be gettin' you
other gigs.
All right,
next question: What do I get?
What do you need?
Double scale as leader,
plus 10 percent.
What about the 'Bama?
He's about as green
as a blade of grass.
I can handle him.
¤ Flagstaff, Arizona ¤
Yeah, he's green.
¤ Kingman, Barstow ¤
So, Gossie,
you don't need to worry
about a hotel room
for the 'Bama.
He can flop at my place.
Hey, y'all never change.
¤ Get your kicks
on Route sixty-six ¤¤
Ray, you coming back to bed?
I'm getting some water.
I can see that,
but mama ain't finished yet.
For the first time anywhere,
let's hear it
for The McSon Trio!
¤ A buzzard took the monkey
for a ride in the air ¤
¤ The monkey thought that
everything was on the square ¤
Ray, when you
coming out?
In a minute.
Mama's got some more
blackberry cobbler
for you, baby.
Damn.
¤ Straighten up
and fly right ¤
¤ Cool down, papa,
don't you blow your top ¤¤
Marlene, if you're gonna
send us out on tour,
we're gonna need
more than $5 a day.
How come we can't get paid
after each gig?
Because you boys will spend
everything you make.
The club sends the checks
to me, so as I can bank them.
I just want to see
my own checks, that's all.
You don't see, Ray.
You're blind, baby.
Or did you forget?
Now, you want to go out
on your own
and see how well you do?
Ray! Hey, Marlene,
where's Ray?
He's in the back bedroom.
And wipe your feet.
Ray, uh, six-nine,
where you at?
Six-nine. Six-nine.
Lionel Hampton just asked me
to go on the road
with him, man!
Lionel Hampton, man!
Sure he did.
Then why you still here?
And dig this:
His wife, she kicked me off
the tour bus.
Told me to come back
when I started shaving.
You believe that?
Uh... uh, Seven-oh, could you
do me a favor, man,
and close that bag for me?
What's wrong?
You got two hands.
You can close it yourself.
I got two feet, too.
Could you close it?
I got it.
Excuse me, sir!
Man, we're gonna be late.
I got to get
my own place, Gossie.
Why? I mean,
you got free rent right now.
Like hell it's free rent.
Oh, come on, Ray.
Why you gonna mess
with a good thing?
All I'm saying is you keep
layin' that pipe with Marlene,
and I bet you she's gonna
make us all rich.
Hey, sir, excuse me!
¤ Straighten up
and fly right ¤
¤ Straighten up
and stay right ¤
¤ Straighten up
and fly right ¤
¤ Cool down, papa ¤
¤ Don't you blow your top ¤¤
Just back from their
triumphant tour
of the Yakima Valley,
The McSon Trio!
They'll be back right here,
same time, same place,
next week.
Hey, baby,