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IF YOU COULD PLAY MUSIC,
COME ON, LET'S PLAY SOME MUSIC THEN!
♪♪
SEATTLE WAS THE HOTTEST CITY IN AMERICA
DURING WORLD WAR II.
I MEAN, ON FIRE, BABY.
POW!
THERE WAS NO REASON TO BE HOME
ON A FRIDAY NIGHT OR A SATURDAY NIGHT.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD...
PIMPS AND ***...
TO STARS OF THE DAY
COMIN' THROUGH THIS ONE PLACE.
ERNESTINE ANDERSON.
QUINCY JONES.
URAL THOMAS.
48 POUNDS.
I THINK IT WAS THE EARLY 60s.
♪ WANT TO TELL YOU BOUT MY BABY ♪
♪ TALKIN' BOUT NOBODY, BUT MY GIRL ♪
I HAVE COOKED FOOD RIGHT HERE IN THIS HOUSE FOR RAY CHARLES.
[laughing]
EXTREMELY VIOLENT--
WE WERE EXPOSED TO EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING COMING-- ALL TYPES OF MUSIC.
YOU KNOW AS THE STORY GOES THAT DAY AT THE RECORD SHOW,
THERE WAS ANOTHER BOX OF 45s TO THE SIDE.
I THINK THE GUY SAID LIKE A QUARTER
OR FIFTY CENTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I JUST BOUGHT IT AND THEN THAT'S WHEN I NOTICED
IT WAS A SEATTLE RECORD.
THEY WERE JUST FIRST FIGURING OUT
WHO WAS GOING TO PLAY,
WHO WANTED TO PLAY, WHO STILL COULD PLAY.
I THINK THE MUSICIANS WE'RE SHOCKED THAT
THAT MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP.
SO THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY TOUCHING TO SEE IT PULLED OFF.
DURING THOSE MOMENTS THAT--
I SAID, "WOW."
YEAH, IT ONLY TOOK THIS LONG-- [snaps]
BUT IT'S WORTH IT.
THOSE WERE THE DAYS!
THOSE WERE THE NOW! AND THAT'S WHAT YA DID.
♪ FOR THOSE WHO BUILD DREAMS ♪
♪ DON'T GET DISCOURAGED ♪
♪ JUST DO YOUR THING ♪
♪ IT'S AN OUT OF SIGHT WORLD ♪
♪ DON'T LET IT PASS YOU BY ♪