Yeah, but it's a kind of
Pete Johnson thing.
Pete Johnson.
Yeah, yeah, that's it.
You like that?
Here we go. Two, three, four.
¤ You can talk
about the pit barbecue ¤
¤ The band was jumpin',
the people, too ¤
¤ They're doin'
the mess around ¤
¤ They're doin'
the mess around ¤
¤ They're doin'
the mess around ¤
¤ Everybody doin'
the mess around ¤¤
All right, that's good.
Let me take it from here.
¤ Now this band's gonna
play from nine to one ¤
¤ Everybody here's gonna
have some fun ¤
¤ Doin' the mess around ¤
¤ Ah, doin' the mess around ¤
¤ They doin' the mess around ¤
¤ Everybody doin'
the mess around ¤
¤ Now you see that girl
with that diamond ring ¤
¤ She knows
how to shake that thing ¤
¤ Mess around ¤
¤ I declare
she can mess around ¤
¤ Ah, mess around ¤
¤ Everybody do
the mess around ¤¤
Now we got something!
That's all right there.
What do you think, Ahmet?
Great, Ray!
Unbelievable!
Who's that?
Ray, I want you to meet
my new partner, Jerry.
Mr. Ray Charles,
Jerry Wexler.
Hey.
Don't worry, Ray.
I'm going to step back,
I'm gonna watch,
I'm gonna learn
how to produce a record.
I'm in awe.
That was out of sight.
That's some running
and riffing, man!
Well,
this'll make you shout, man.
We're listening to that
new recording, Mess Around
by Atlantic recording artist,
Ray Charles.
And we have the gentleman
live here in the KCOH studios.
So, Ray, when you're not
making your own music,
what do you listen to?
You know what, the fact is,
King Bee, I really
and truly love gospel.
One of my favorite groups
is from right here in Houston:
The Cecil Shaw Singers.
You heard it:
Ray Charles endorses
Houston's own Cecil Shaw.
We'll be playing
gospel all day Sunday
but right now,
let's hear some more
of that Mess Around
by Ray Charles.
K.B., line 1.
King Bee.
Mmm-hmm.
Yeah, he's right here.
Miss Della Antwine
of the Cecil Shaw Singers.
Hello, Miss Antwine.
You sung tenor in
Jesus Is My Shepherd, right?
Yes.
How did you pick me out?
Actually,
l... I hear like you see.
Like that hummingbird
outside the window,
for instance.
I can't hear her.
You have to listen.
Yes.
Yeah.
Yes, you can.
OH-OH.
You hear that?
What?
Her heart just
skipped a beat.
Oh, did you like my record?
The one that King Bee
was playin'?
It was very nice.
Different than the others.
I've heard
a lot of your music.
Was it very nice, too?
Look, Miss Antwine, if you
don't really like the record,
you ain't got to
beat around the bush with me.
I mean, my mama never did.
It's not that I don't
enjoy your music.
It's just that I feel
I've heard it before.
I keep wondering
what the real Ray Charles
sound like.
Ray Charles? Who's he?
Nobody,
if you don't know.
Huh?
Sorry. I should have
kept my mouth shut.
Oh, no, no.
Then you wouldn't be you.
You know, it's not
like I haven't heard
that before.
I guess I just, uh, never
really listened, that's all.
Ain't nobody ever put
it that sweet, I guess.
You know what,
Miss Della Bea Antwine?
You really are a country girl.
You know that?
Yes.
How'd you know?
I could tell by
the way you ordered.
"Let me get molasses
with my cornbread."
Were you raised
on a farm?
My mother did
a little sharecropping
in Florida.
Is she still there?
God bless her heart,
she passed away
when I went to school.
Ray, I'm sorry.
She never was
real healthy.
She just worked
herself to death,
poor thing.
That's why she didn't
want me carrying around
no tin cup.
The kids
I went to school with,
they were doing basket-weavin'
and wickerwork.
But not you.
Because of your gift.
Because of my ears.
See, I can mimic
damn near anybody,
and l... l... l... I make
a pretty decent
living at it.
It's just, if I
change my style up
and people
really don't dig it,
I mean, what am I
left with, you know?
I mean, when you're blind,
Miss Antwine,
you ain't got
that many choices.
Seem to me
like you got