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This little light of mine. This little light of mine. I'm gonna let it shine. This little light of mine. I'm gonna let it shine. Let it shine. Let it shine. Let it shine.

Let it shine, everywhere I go, I'm gonna let it shine, everywhere I go. Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. This little light of mine.

Sammy! Ruth! Come on, son. It's okay.

My son has felt the call of sin. You see what that gets you?

But the good Lord calls upon us to be fishers of men who sin and show them the way.

I want you to swear to me and before this congregation to leave those sinning ways where they lie.

I want you to promise right now. Drop the guitar, Sammy.

In the name of God. Let it go, Sammy.

Somebody in your heart, nine.

Good morning, Miss Beatrice.

Just strumming that guitar tonight?

You gonna tell me what you're playing or am I gonna have to hear through the grapevine?

You have a good one, Beatrice. I see you at service tomorrow morning.

Morning, ma. Morning, baby.

Don't put that on your body, Sammy.

It'll dry it out.

I'm gonna put this on while it's still wet.

Boy, you ain't got the sense God gave a goose.

Hey, mama said get up.

You hog wood?

You boys twins?

Nah, we cousins.

That's good.

There she is.

He moved a ton of timber a month back in his heyday.

Workers lived upstairs.

Y'all washed these floors?

Yeah.

What was on them?

I thought y'all was dead set on buying the place.

The more time I spend with y'all, the less sure I am.

You boys are serious about it.

Ain't no boys here.

I just grown men.

But grown men money.

And grown men bullets.

That ain't mean nothin' by it.

Just the way we talk down here.

We'll take it.

The mill, the equipment, and the lane that it's standing on.

Well, damn!

I understand.

It's the last diamond you're ever gonna see from us.

And if we see you or any one of your clan buddies cross our property line,

we're gonna kill them right where they stay.

Plan don't exist no more.

Okay then.

All right.

Say, what are you fellas planning on doing with the place?

Morning, Pop.

You're up all for early, son.

Like you said.

Jump on the work.

Don't let the work jump on you.

Finish my quota for the day.

Yeah, I brought it in here.

I want you to help me give my sermon tomorrow.

First Corinthians 10, 13.

Read.

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind.

God is faithful.

He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.

But when you're tempted,

He will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

Now, Pop, if you don't mind, I'm gonna be late.

Late for what, boy?

The way you gotta be that's more important than being in the house of God.

I've been working all week, Pop.

I'm gonna be free of all this for a day.

I'll be back in town for service in the morning.

Son?

You keep dancing with the devil.

One day, he's gonna follow you home.

Little cousin, come on out.

Got two dollars waiting on time.

Sam.

Oh, don't you worry now, Uncle Jed.

Gonna get him back to you in one piece.

Boy, look at you.

All grown up.

Boy, how you big?

Daddy doing right by you?

See, he's not putting his hands on you, is he?

Nah, man.

Nothing too much.

What about them loved ones?

Only when they deserve it?

Well, Ma usually hands out the whoopings.

Good.

But Uncle Jed always been good.

Yeah.

So tell me about Chicago.

I heard they ain't got Jim Crow up there.

Black man can go where he wants.

So, boy, you can't be believing anything that you hear.

Time to fill your head up for this make-believe.

Me and your cousin?

We gonna give it to you straight.

Chicago ain't shit for Mississippi with tall buildings instead of plantation.

That's why we came back here.

Figure we might as well deal with the devil we know.

Well, who gonna watch the truck when I'm in there talking to the child?

Nigga, just let him see us you.

We've been gone a long time, Stack.

Seven years ain't long enough to forget about us.

Don't.

Move.

How about you leave that truck to us?

Watch this fool make sure he don't get in no trouble.

You big enough to take me now, huh?

I'll do what I can.

Lord, you'll do what you told.

We got 24 hours to turn this booze into cash.

You keep your eyes open for anybody staring too long.

This nigga don't know how to watch his own back.

Last time you cleaned this?

Shit, last time I had to use it?

Shit.

Cracker showing up late already got us behind schedule.

Smoke.

Look at that sky.

That's a mighty fine day to be free, ain't it?

I want you, Johnny.

Just like we always wanted.

Love you. Love you too.

Be careful.

I will.

You with me.

You're not a little Lisa, is you?

Guilty as charged.

Daddy here?

Daddy!

What?

Old child.

Damn cat dragged in.

Where's your brother?

All right, listen.

Every cool's got a button on towards the top.

And you want to keep a woman.

You find it?

Lick that.

Not too hard.

Not too soft either.

How fast does this thing drive?

Too damn fast.

Why you want to drive?

No, you know I want to drive.

On the way back.

All right.

All right.

Go on, tell me.

You and Uncle Jay, y'all doing one thing?

You always said you would tell me what happened to Uncle Adam when I got older.

Y'all really killed?

Nah, we ain't killing.

Smoke dead.

That's my fingers.

I'm...

I'm...

Man, just get your own damn thing.

I'm...

Fuck you gone, nigga.

Bet this bull will beat you there.

You shot me, motherfucker.

Smoke.

Terry?

Boy, how you been?

I was doing better before you shot me in the ass.

Why the hell you trying to boost my truck?

It's your truck.

I ain't know it was your truck.

I swear, Smoke.

Bullshit.

I told you it was his.

Wait, wait, Smoke.

I thought she was lying.

You supposed to be in Chicago working for Capone.

Yeah, we back now.

Who he?

Just some nigga I met last week.

Where you from?

Maybell.

Can't have some nigga from the Maybell Plantation talking about how he almost robbed the twins.

Not without a limp.

Show for it.

Who gon' patch me up?

I ain't got no money.

What if I get sepsis or some shit in there?

Y'all scoot on out the street.

Put some pressure on him.

Get up, boy.

My daddy knocked me unconscious.

By the time I came to, Smoke was halfway done burning.

You used to beat y'all?

Me mostly.

He ain't beat it.

See, he been taking good care of that thing.

I can't thank y'all enough for this.

I mean, it plays so right.

Yeah, that's, uh...

Charlie Patton's guitar.

Me and my brother are running off when I'm in the car game.

Hold on, Snack.

You mean to tell me I had Charlie Patton's guitar this whole time?

Swift old guy in your head.

Nah.

Now let's see if you can play like it.

Right here?

Yeah, right now. Come on.

All right, come on.

Watch this.

We gon' make some money.

We gon' make some money.

Go, take off.

Mama, Daddy wants you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thanks, twin.

Yeah.

Oh, is that Delta Slim?

You know, there's two men out there.

Look like they've been shot.

Thought that be my doing.

I done already gave Bo the money to get them patched up.

Why you gotta come here bringing trouble?

Trouble ain't all he bringing.

Yeah, thank you for your generosity.

I guess that Chicago win.

Look with your black ass back down there, huh?

He he he he.

Oh boy.

That's my little cousin.

Preacher boy, Sammy.

Happens to be the finest blues player in all the Dills.

I got socks on this here, boy.

What the hell?

He know about the blues.

I can show you better than I can tell you.

Hold up now.

Get on.

Get on.

Get on.

Hold up.

Hold up now.

This is my patch right here.

Now, you wasn't his cousin and a young pup to boot.

I'll cut your ass too thin to fry.

And you threaten him again.

I'm gonna make your drunk ass swallow that harmonica.

How are you paying for this?

Man, he wants you to make a sign for him.

Rust job.

Gon' cost ya.

I'm listening.

Twenty.

Fifteen for the front door sign and five for the menu.

Ten.

Seven for the front door sign, three for the menu.

Sixteen.

Fifteen.

Done.

Oh, we only got one color, by the way.

What color you got?

Red.

Thirteen.

Fourteen fifty.

Fourteen.

With all these flowers right here.

And we got a deal.

Done.

I'll give you twenty dollars to come play at our juke tonight.

I ain't never heard of your juke.

I've been a messenger every Saturday night for the last ten years.

Message gonna be there another ten years after that, at least.

Shit.

That's probably more time than I got left homeless us, Stack.

I play, and I get as much corn liquor as I can drink.

Sentin' like me, I can't ask for more than that.

Oh, Slim, I'll drink of that.

Ooh.

What you got, devil?

Oh, this?

It's an Irish beer.

Straight from the north side of Chicago.

Huh?

Oh.

You say that's beer.

When they bring us down here, empty-handed.

Nah.

Goodness.

I got five hundred more bottles just like that.

Ice cold.

These two gonna be playing down at the Y'all Sawmill.

You know the one.

The one on the riverbank right outside Closdale.

Yeah, yeah.

We gonna have us battling the blues.

Y'all ready to eat?

Yeah.

Y'all ready to drink?

Yeah.

Y'all ready to sweat till y'all stack?

We don't get funky like a Mississippi donkey, y'all.

All right.

Get a drink on the twins when you get there.

Where you get that one from?

Same.

I seen you somewhere before.

Maybe.

Same, don't you?

Time to time.

Mm-hmm.

I'm Preacher, boy.

Curling.

Curling.

I know.

Oh.

I'm married, by the way.

Happily?

Careful, boy.

You gonna bite off more than you can chew.

Maybe I'll see you tonight.

Take a nap.

I'll hold you tonight.

It's gonna be a night in there.

Let me go see if I want you too.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Huh?

She's a white one staring at you.

Shit.

You sure she white?

She walking over here right now.

Excuse me, boy.

Is this here smoke?

Or is this stack?

Don't.

Don't look at her.

Just over there and keep playing.

Yeah, it's okay.

You know I waited for you.

Well, I don't know how in the hell you gonna do that.

Because you told me you loved me.

Well, I told you to stay the fuck away from me too,

but I guess you didn't hear that part.

Oh, I heard you.

I heard you loud and clear, but then you stuck your tongue in my coos

and fucked me so hard I figured you changed your mind.

Keep your voice down now, Mary.

It's not exactly how I remember it.

Oh, it ain't.

Remember falling asleep with your head on my chest?

Leaving in the middle of the night without a fucking word?

Or a note?

The hell are you doing back here?

I buried my mama yesterday, stack.

Figured I might see you in smoke there as much she looked after you both.

But I guess y'all love lasted as long as y'all can get something out of her.

You right.

That's all she was.

Fool?

Or on bed?

Rotten hell, stack.

Shit, I will.

Save your trifling ass room.

Right next to me.

Shit.

Hey, stack.

Fool?

It'd be a shame why.

Boys get to getting.

Come on, Slim.

They take us to this big house full of white folks.

Pass around right here and have us to play.

See these white folks who we playing for?

They're real money.

After I'm playing them old ragtime songs.

Oh, sure was.

We playing a fair amount of blues, fool.

Them Pecklewood was nodding their heads, stomping their feet.

Some of them was almost on the rhythm.

And then Rice and me, we changed it up confusing.

See white folks say they like the blues just fine.

They just don't like the people who make it.

What do you got to do with the money?

I drank it.

Rice said he was going to take that money going out to Little Rock

and started him in a little church.

Did he?

That's a damn fool.

He took out all his money to pay for the $2 train ticket.

The train conductor saw him.

Clank got ahold to him.

Searched his pockets to find all that money.

Made up a story about him killing some white man for it

and raping that white man's wife.

And then lynching right there in the railroad station.

You know they cut up the man rule.

Mmm!

Mmm!

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Papa's here.

Papa's here.

How you been?

Hmm. No miseries worth complaining about. You come along? Yeah, stack on the other side of town. What'd you come back for? We bought that old saw, ma'am. Yeah, we gonna patch it up. Make it into a juke joint. A juke joint? It's one of the stacks I did? Yeah, you figure tonight gonna be a grand opening?

We got word they gonna make booze legal again. Check it, it's our last chance to go legit.

I thought y'all was done with the Delta. Last I heard y'all were northern men.

Nuh-uh, we through with Chicago. Chicago through with y'all?

What you asking? Who you and stack rob to get enough money for them crackers to sell you a whole meal?

Just this, Miss Annie. And a pinch of high, John.

All right. Now, don't sell nothing that's on the way home. I don't want your mama coming at me crazy later.

Yes, ma'am. Thank you.

I can't believe you taking this made-believe shit. Smoke, give me my money for I'll cut your black ass.

You gonna put that blade up, woman? I'll trade you. I don't want your money.

Don't be stupid, man. I ain't stupid. Your money come with blood.

All money come with blood, baby. Not like yours. This shit won't even spend nowhere else. Look at it.

I ain't going nowhere else. I don't need that curse money you got.

You know, woman, I've been all over this world. Ships. Train.

I've seen men die ways I didn't even know it was possible. I ain't never saw no roots. No demons. No ghosts. No magic.

Just power. And only money can get it.

You fool. All that war and whatever the hells you been doing in Chicago.

Are you back here in front of me? Two arms, two legs, two eyes, and a brain that work?

How you know I ain't pray? I work every route my grandmama taught me to keep you and that crazy brother yourself.

You've been safe every day since you've been gone.

So why those roots ain't work on our baby then?

I don't know. But they work for you.

You still got that mojo bag.

Good. Miss you.

Why you here, Smoke?

We was hoping to serve food at the juke tonight.

We want you to cook for us.

Elijah.

You won't make me say it.

It still hurts coming back here.

But I love you.

And I miss you.

Ooh.

Stat?

For a long time no see.

This here my wife, Therese.

Nice to meet you, Therese.

Likewise.

Need you to give us a moment.

Men got business to discuss.

No, uh-uh.

I ain't got time for your scheming, Stat.

Behind on my quota.

Man, fuck your quota.

This is my wife right here now.

I'm gonna need you to show some respect.

Man, well, fuck your wife too.

What's that?

I said she was really gonna let you fuck her

when she find out how much money you were about to get

from this job I'm offering.

And none of that nice and slow shit she probably giving you now.

Shit, she might even let you put your pecca in her mouth.

Well, you should've stayed gone,

cause I'm about to beat the black off of yours.

Come on, come on now.

You don't want no trouble?

Yeah, hey.

Well, how much money you talking about paying him?

Oh, that's a good woman.

Come on.

We'll be back.

My uncle taught the word.

You'd tell me,

boy, you swimmin' in a sea of temptation.

But he don't know.

Same spirit flow through those church folk,

flowin' through us with this your blues.

It's flowin' a different way.

More honest the way you ask me.

Blues, it wasn't forced on us like that religion.

Nah, son.

We brought this with us from home.

From the Delta.

Africa preacher, boy.

Motherland.

In magic what we do.

It's sacred.

It'll be.

That dude, you gonna be ready?

I'm always ready to swim.

Help!

Back up.

Y'all, y'all gotta help?

I thought I could trust them,

but ain't they trying to kill me?

Slow down.

Who's trying to kill you?

Choctaw.

Sure wasn't just some fair-skinned niggers.

Ain't no engines around here for miles.

Oh, God.

They took my wife.

Oh, God.

I'm a coward, ain't I?

I...

I got gold.

Them dirty engines meant to rob me.

They ain't get all of it.

Y'all can have it.

It's just...

Don't let them hurt me no more.

Come on.

Ah, God bless you.

Put them in the nursery.

God bless you, man.

They're here!

Evening, ma'am.

We're in pursuit of someone.

Very dangerous.

He might have come onto your property.

Have you seen anyone recently?

No.

Bert!

Is he in there with you, ma'am?

He's not what he seems.

God forbid you let him into your home.

And if so, we need to act now.

No!

Please, let's go!

I failed!

That's right, man.

I need to go!

Bert.

Engines came and went.

Bert.

Bert.

Bert.

He's just resting. Don't cry. He's all better now. Hey, baby. Right this way, babies. Come on in. Welcome to Club Juke. You about to get it popping like fish greens, boy.

We got whiskey, Irish beer, Italian wine. You all some classy niggas, ain't you? Too classy for me. Remember, I don't need no Irish nothing. Corn lick or do. That'll be 50 cents. Damn, I just got 30. But these is good down at the Maybel General store. You like that coal, right? I certainly do. Come right up. Thank you kindly. Let me holler at y'all right quick.

Good evening. Evening. You look mighty nice. Thank you. You made it.

This ain't no house party. And it damn sure ain't no charity. We taking cash. U.S. motherfucking dollars. This ain't Chicago smoke. The fuck that mean? That old nigga worked his ass off for them wood and nickels. See, these niggas been working in the field all day. When they show up here, let them enjoy themselves.

You gotta feel wanted if you want us here to work. This place supposed to feel like it's for them. Right this way. Uh-huh. Uh, excuse me, ma'am. You sure you're at the right place?

That's a damn good question, cornbread.

Little Mary?

Not so little no more, huh?

Little Mary. Oh.

No. When you was selling ass out in Little Rock, you ever let a giant pay with a goddamn promissory note? Hell no.

But, but see, I wasn't selling ass in the Delta.

You gonna play?

You gonna sign?

I'm gonna see where the night takes us.

Your husband coming?

He's older.

Shit.

Hold on.

Excuse me, ma'am.

I don't think you should be here, you see. I'm with the twins.

With the twins?

Boy, if you don't get the fuck out my face.

I am with them, ma'am.

We met earlier at the train station.

I'm their little cousin.

Little cousin?

I think you should leave before they see you.

Wait, you not Little Sammy.

The guitar.

You old enough to drink now.

Come on, let me buy you a drink.

I don't know who do, and I can't talk slick, but I know business.

And this is bad for business.

It's opening night.

Besides, there's gonna be a few of them like this.

I need a goddamn cigarette coming right up.

So you play that guitar that left you?

Yeah.

That's good.

You making any money with that thing?

Not really.

Not yet.

At least.

I'll tell you, it didn't matter as long as you love it, but that'll be horseshit advice.

What are you?

What am I?

I'm a human being.

Ah, that ain't what I meant.

I meant, you know, more like...

I know what you meant.

My mama's daddy was half black.

He raised her to keep the Klan from killing her.

You don't want mama to look at the twins.

Really?

To save Stag life after he got stuck in them all.

And after she died, my mama nursed them like they was her own.

And they had enough money to buy this whole mill.

And they ain't even sent flowers to a funeral.

Who sent your mama flowers?

Klania.

All while she's still allowed to smell her?

Smoke.

Am I right?

Let's go check in on Slim.

See if he'll need backup.

Take care of her all, will you?

No, no, I'm gonna handle it.

I got it.

Now go on.

Come on, let's go.

I'm not here for you.

Then why you here to hear?

I come to hear the blues.

No, no, they play the blues just fine in Arkansas.

Come on.

Hold on, let's get out of the car.

Get your guns off me.

What's it gonna take?

How much did it get you to get the fuck on?

You can't pay me off.

Fine.

I'll pay one of these field bitches in here to drag your ass out there.

Shit, you taught me how to fight.

I beat up every bitch in here and you know it.

I taught you how to walk away when the money is up, too.

Got you a rich white husband.

Got you a farm.

Now go home to him.

I ain't ask for none of that.

All that shit was your idea.

I ain't want no white man.

I didn't want to be white.

I wanted to be with you.

No, you know I ain't shit.

Well, maybe I ain't shit neither.

All it'd take is the wrong person in here to see you before I get back to them crackers,

and they gonna try to kill you.

What would have mattered to you?

If somebody out there hurt you, me and my brother gonna come kill them all.

I was young enough to believe you were coming back.

I waited.

I waited a long time.

But I'm grown now, stay.

And I know you've never planned to stay.

Why can't you just say that?

Say what?

Hmm?

I love you.

I think about you every day.

I just want to keep you someplace safe.

And I was never gonna be here.

Yeah.

I see y'all.

Hey.

I've been hearing about this.

One particular young man all day.

He supposed to be a...

Bad blues man.

Where you at, boy?

Where you at?

Come on over here, man.

That's my little cousin, y'all.

Watch this.

Hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up.

Tell me who you are.

Where you from?

I'm gonna show me more.

I'm a sharecropper from Sunflower Plantation.

They call me Preacher Boy, counting my daddy being the pastor.

Amen.

I wrote this song for him.

Something I've been wanting to tell you for a long time.

It might hurt you.

Hope you don't lose your mind.

Well, I was just a boy, about eight years old.

He threw me a Bible on that Mississippi road.

See, I love you, Papa, you did all you could do.

Right, man.

And they say the truth hurts, so I lied to you.

Yes, I lied to you.

I love the blues.

Whoo.

Whoo!

Whoo!

Whoo!

See ya uh!

Don't move your feet now, if you don't.

Now, if you don't happen.

Whoa!

Ooh!

Ooh!

Let's do it.

Somebody take me... in your arms tonight.

Somebody take me... in your arms tonight.

Somebody take me... in your arms tonight.

It's sacred. That's big.

They got us trapped here, preacher boy.

With this here music, we escape.

We reach backwards to ancestors.

We reach forward to all that was yet to come.

Somebody take me in your arms tonight.

Somebody take me in your arms tonight.

The magic will we do.

Power stop time.

No shit, no shit, no shit.

Just one, just one.

I hope you can stand it, stand it all.

When I'm out here doing it, you didn't preach at all.

See, I'm full of the blues, holy water too.

I know the truth hurts, so I lied to you.

So, preacher, speak your words.

I know the truth hurts.

Yes, I lied to you.

But with this here ritual...

We're being all right here with us right now.

Mm hmmm.

Mm hmmm.

Hello.

Cheers.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Will somebody take me in your hand?

We heal our people.

And we be free.

Keep your foot on it, Elise.

Hold on. I wanna try something.

Wait. Preacher boy.

In the last shop first. Locked here.

You're beautiful.

I just wanna taste you.

Oh, shit.

Excuse me. How y'all doing? Good? Had no drink?

Alright, man.

Preacher boy.

Smoke wants you.

And my little cousin.

He called himself telling me about the cotton.

I said, shit.

That boy don't know nothing.

Get the twins.

Come on. Get them.

I tallied the teal.

Aim.

What's the count?

Now that top figure, that's plantation money.

That bottom figure, that's real dollars.

So what's the projection?

Two months.

And we out of fresh cash.

Hey there.

Good evening.

How may I help you folks?

Oh, we heard tale of a party.

Drink, food, lose music, and the like.

You did?

We like to drink.

We happen to be musicians and we walked here.

So, we hungry as dogs.

Woof, woof.

You wouldn't mind us coming in now, would you?

I think y'all in the wrong place.

Who needs to say that?

You fellas must be the owners of this establishment.

That's right.

And you are?

Name's Ramek.

This here's Joan and Bert.

It's that yellow, right?

Oh, and you.

Must be that voice I heard from out here.

Oh, it was beautiful.

Goddamn beautiful voice.

Even through these walls.

Hmm.

Where y'all from?

Just down the road.

And how far is that?

North Carolina.

Y'all clean?

Sir.

Well, we believe in equality and music.

We just came here to play.

Spend some money, have a good time.

Here, I'll show you.

Toes.

If they wanna get in the,

I'll start.

It's huh.

Yeah.

More robin' clean. More robin' clean. Big, more robin' clean. Dog in that chamber lap.

Hold on, hold on, hold on. Just a minute.

It's just about to get good. I'll believe you. But this here a juke joint.

Blues music? We got money and we ready to spend it with y'all.

Sounding damn near perfect. And you're saying we ain't welcome?

No, I'm saying you get down that road, you get back into town.

There are plenty of white barrel houses down there.

Oh. Oh, this is cause we're...

Alright.

How'd she get in?

She never here, cause she family. Family.

Can't we just, for one night, just all be family?

You don't need to do that, sir. We'll be on our way.

But we're gonna walk real slow.

Just in case y'all change your mind.

Y'all have a nice night.

They gave me the willies.

Yeah, we'll crack us at night time, we'll do that to you.

One just that.

What if Hogwarts set us up?

I knew we should've killed that clan motherfucker.

Sammy, can you just give us a little space, just a little bit please?

Thank you.

Now slow down, smoke.

I don't think they got nothing to do with each other.

You think they bought company?

I doubt it.

But we got enough pepper on us if they did?

Shit, we forgot the trunk.

Damn, why ain't you gonna remind me?

Before I told you to remind me.

Now they'll need the trunk.

There was just three of them.

Now listen to me.

What if they just came to say?

And what if somebody spilled something on?

Step on they shoe.

Look at they woman a bit too long.

We gonna have a bigger problem than just a fight.

Sure do.

Don't let them in.

They said you wanna talk?

Yeah.

I seen your performance down there.

You wrote that song?

Yeah.

I got a few of them.

Yeah, I can't thank you enough for this.

Then y'all the ones who put that guitar in my hand.

Now this.

You got the talent, that's for certain.

But all this ain't no life for nobody.

I know plenty of musicians.

Ain't never met a happy one.

Yeah, it's cute now.

But he get old.

That rambling.

Sammy, you got something else in you.

What did they shuttle do?

I'm heading off on my own.

Where you going?

Maybe Chicago.

You heard of Mount Bayou?

No.

Right here in Mississippi.

Small town.

Founded by free slaves.

No crime.

And everything.

Black home.

That sound like a crap.

Well, I seen it.

One day our daddy beat Stack real bad.

So we get in our minds.

Time for us to run away.

See me, I wanted to go to the next plantation over.

But Stack, he figured we'd get to Mount Bayou.

So?

Got us a map.

Stole us a car.

And I got us there.

Why y'all ain't stay?

The mayor.

He didn't warn us.

Saying we was keys.

See the thing is...

That mayor knew who our daddy was.

Knew he was an evil man.

Figured there was no way that he ain't passed that evil down to us.

See what I'm getting at?

Your daddy a preacher.

You can go and do that.

You like making music?

Make church music.

You wanna leave.

Go on down Mount Bayou.

Live with the proper black folks.

Leave all this here improper shit to us.

I can't do that.

I mean being with y'all today.

Smoke, I feel like I'm flying.

Yeah?

Well you better enjoy the rest of the night cause this your last juke.

Come tomorrow, I'll find out about you playing in one of these.

Boy I'll kill you myself.

Well I ain't going to Mount Bayou.

My daddy a reverend.

But I'm y'all cousin too.

And a lot more people know the Smokestack Twins than they know my daddy.

Look I'm leaving that plantation just like y'all did.

And if that's a problem for you, kill me now.

One X Bet has a huge choice of casino games.

One X Bet touched the victory.

What's wrong?

We had a packed house.

But, we're underwater.

How?

All the plantations down there paying with credits.

All the plantations?

Yeah, seem that way.

What about them crackers?

What about them?

I can go feel them out before they're too far gone.

I can feel them out myself.

They'll tell me more than they'll tell you.

And I can find out what they really have.

And what happens if they from Little Rock?

They ain't.

Let me go get this money for us.

I know y'all need it.

And what's that supposed to mean?

Irish beer.

Italian wine.

You brought both sides.

Let them blame each other while you and Smoke come down here and set up shop.

You gonna need every dime you can get when they put two and two together.

But they won't.

They might.

Let me go talk to them and see about putting something real on the two.

Come on.

Let me go.

All round the blue...

Will you go, I say you go...

Oh, the summertime has come.

And the trees are sweetly blooming.

And then, the wild mountain time grows around the blue nether. We lay poor, let see poor.

And we all go together to the wild mountain time.

All around the blue nether.

Will I see a gold?

I will build a crystal fountain.

On it I will pile all the flowers of the mountain.

Will you gold? I see gold.

Are you looking for some fresh air?

I just come to see if y'all was good people.

Aw, darling, that's so sweet of you.

So sweet.

We most surely are.

And y'all got money to spend?

Oh, yeah. Plenty money.

You wanna see?

Yeah, I wanna see.

What type of money is this?

Solid gold kind, darling.

Yeah.

Where's this from?

It's from a different place and a different time.

And it spends just the same.

You can have it.

But it's no good to you.

And it's no good to her?

Mm-mm.

And what makes you say that?

Cause you're in some deep, deep pain.

That money can't fix.

Am I right?

You came over here for fellowship and love.

Fellowship and love.

My mother...

She just passed.

Ah, that's awful.

Ah.

Just awful.

Just awful.

Ah.

Losing a mother's a hurting feeling.

Mm-hmm.

I wish in my heart that we'd have met sooner.

I would have liked to have saved her mother from her fate.

I can still save you from yours.

Oh, now you must have me confused.

I'm sad as all, but I don't need no saving.

Yes.

Yes, you do.

You all do.

Ooh.

I'm gonna head back now.

And I think y'all should too.

Back to wherever y'all came from.

The moon rising over the pines.

Come, Lord, away until the sun does rise.

Leave the day by the, by the door.

I don't care, you son.

Don't shine once more.

That's what I said.

Come on, Brad.

Man, what you done out here?

You gonna let me in?

We'll just sit there, but I can't do it.

No. Come on.

Come in.

I'm gonna spend my money on something sweet and strong.

Gonna move my body through the whole night long.

Woo!

Man, it's hot now, boy.

Hey, watch the dough for me, I got the pill.

Hold on, hold on.

Boy, you ain't shit.

Boy, watch the dough.

Alas.

So what happened?

Hell yeah.

Boy, they want a drink of this or something?

You sure?

Okay.

Well then, shit.

Go out there and tell them to do something.

Mmm.

Why are you scared?

You scared?

Nah.

It's just that you somebody else's.

Mmm.

So you robbed chains and banks.

But you can't steal this pussy from mine.

What the hell going on?

This some bitch had loaded dots be wearing her socks.

Best you put that blade down.

Can't do that, twin.

Told him not to put his hands on me.

So you gonna cut me, too.

If I have to, I just wanna be allowed to leave.

Help me!

Go check his pockets.

Careful, 커.

Help me!

Let's go.

Get your dirty of it!

In the house, my wife!

Hey, hey, easy.

Whoa.

Hey, son.

Don't it shine ones more.

That's what I said!

Don't let it shine.

Don't let it shine.

Don't let it shine.

Don't let it shine.

Don't let it shine.

Y'all gonna take care of this food.

I want to sing.

Say...

Baby...

You drew one.

You want some?

Baby, my son.

Baby, my son.

Baby, my son.

Baby, my son.

Baby, my son.

Yeah, you gonna need some stitches.

I'm gonna get my brother.

Ay, Slim.

You seen Stack?

Daddy. Hey, you can go ahead.

Ay, Stack, Smoke me lookin' for you.

Oh, shit.

Oh, he busy, huh?

You go get him?

No.

Then why the hell not?

He was getting some nookie.

I don't give a fuck what he doing. I told you to go get him, didn't I?

He ain't doing that by myself.

Shit.

Hey, where the hell's Corn Bray?

I was building you a new outhouse.

Nigga left to take a piss two and a half days ago.

And he left you to wash the door.

You think I can't handle it?

Y'all get decent, I'm coming in.

I don't even hear playing around soon.

Fuck!

Smoke.

It's not what it looks like.

Smoke.

We're going to kill every last one of you.

Oh, girl!

You're going to have a real fun of that.

What happened?

What is she?

How'd you let me?

I'm so scared.

Slow, stay, come on, go, go, go.

I want you.

I want you...

I'm so sorry.

Slim...

Keep everybody out.

Hey, Slim, who the fuck is shootin' me?

Should y'all go bring the music back? What the hell with the music, Slim? Is Sammy in it?

Yeah, yeah, Sammy out the records. Part's over, y'all.

Oh, no! Yeah, y'all got to go.

Who is she? All right, all right, you're the man. Go on, go on, go on.

Thank you for coming in. We really appreciate y'all. Go on.

Damn! It's gettin' good, too. See you soon.

We got into a problem, y'all.

How could've stopped it?

Don't do that, girl.

I thought that it was makin' love. I thought...

Sammy, this is not your fault.

You really did.

Did she say anything?

She said we gon' kill all of you.

We?

She said we.

Smoke.

We gotta move his body outside, just for now.

Don't!

Touch him.

Nobody moved him.

You shot her.

And she kept runnin' like nothin' happened.

This ain't we dealin' with, small.

Or worse.

We gotta keep everybody inside,

and the dead body out.

This ain't no dead body.

It's staying.

Standing here with me.

Don't know all that magic.

You got any magic to bring my brother back?

You got a mojo back for him?

Please?

I can't, I'm sorry.

Yeah.

And go.

We gotta go.

What?

We gotta get out of here.

Man, he's lost his brother.

Look, we came here to help him with the party, not this.

We gotta go home, okay?

Lisa's waitin'.

Yeah.

Okay?

Yeah.

Let's go home.

Yeah.

We'll get the car.

I'll get the car.

Okay.

I'll get the car.

Okay.

Yeah.

Watch over him.

Sam!

Smoke!

Where the hell you been at, man?

Huh?

To go see a man about a dog like I told you, you're drunk.

Turns out I need to take a shit, too.

God dog!

What happened to you, Smoke?

Stack D.

Nigga, what the fuck happened to you?

I'm sorry.

Alright, well let me in so I can help.

Hold on.

What y'all doing?

Just step aside and let me on in, now?

Why you need him to do that?

You begin strong enough to push passes?

Well, that wouldn't be too polite now, would it, Miss Annie?

I don't know why I'm talking to you anyway.

Probably your fish sandwich messed up my guts in the first place.

Using old stale grease.

I ain't never used stale grease and you know it.

Shut up, Annie. Smoke!

Don't talk to him. You talking to me right now.

Why you can't just walk your big ass up in here without an invite, huh?

Go ahead.

Admit to it.

Admit to what?

That you dead.

That one of them white folks out there killed you and you a hate now.

Smoke, you listening to this?

Woman, this man showed me kindness.

Employed me.

Grabbed me out the field.

Now he say his brother been killed.

The man needs comfort.

Now you filling up his mind with that old Louisiana Bayou bullshit you on.

Now we out here playing games, telling ghost stories in place of doing what we ought to do.

Cornbread.

Yeah.

At what is it we supposed to be doing?

Being kind to one another.

Being kind to one another.

And being polite.

Now we is one people.

And we shouldn't go in barging into other folks' places uninvited.

So...

We been in and out of here all day.

Ain't never need to invite Dean.

Yeah.

Something ain't adding up.

Shit, Stack was my ride up here.

I'm supposed to walk back.

That ain't my problem.

White B on people's.

Now I thought you was better than that.

But you just like the white man.

Can I at least get my money?

Oh, you did such a bang-up job.

Now you want to get paid for what you ain't did?

Ain't nobody talking to you, you old drunk.

Shut your mouth.

You shut the fuck up.

Don't give me shit, Smoke.

Don't give me nothing.

Careful.

I don't know.

Hey.

Hey.

You other smell anything?

No.

I think I shot myself.

Oh my God.

How the hell you get up?

I don't know.

Shut the thing in his head.

I don't know.

Smoke.

Smoke.

Hey.

Ain't this you?

Nah, fool. It's Jim Crow.

Nigga, of course it's me. Open the door.

How?

Stay.

How you feeling?

Well, you lost a lot of blood.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

It was scary and I'm doing much better now.

I swear.

I'm Mama Gray.

I thought you said he was dead.

He was.

I checked his pulse.

Then what the fuck is he doing talking to us?

This is good, right?

Means he's okay.

Smoke.

That ain't your brother.

You gonna let her get in between us again?

What we been through.

German trenches, nigga.

Chicago gangways.

Come on, man.

Open the door. It's me.

Y'all think you're sweet-locking a pimp in a closet, huh?

You know I don't like this shit, man.

Please, Smoke let me out of this room.

Smoke, please.

Hey, give me the key.

It's not.

Ah!

Ah!

Sam!

Come here!

What was in the jar?

Pickled garlic.

These ain't hapes.

They're vampires.

Bo's out there.

We gotta go get him.

I'm the one who sent him out there.

We can't let you do that.

He needs my help.

Bo know how to handle himself.

Probably got in that car and got someplace safe.

Y'all ain't gonna keep me from my husband.

Grace, we trying to keep you alive right now.

We just gotta hold up till sunrise.

Okay?

Now we need...

garlic...

wood...

silver...

holy water.

Wait.

How could it move and sound like static?

If it ain't static.

I only ever heard stories.

I ain't never come across them myself.

What stories you heard?

How hangs work.

They switch places with the soul of a man.

But vampires is different.

Maybe the worst kind.

The soul gets stuck in the body.

Can't rejoin the ancestors.

Curse to live here with all this hate.

Can't even feel the warmth of a sunrise.

Okay then.

Can we bring him back?

Whew.

The best thing we can do for him is free his spirit from this curse.

How the hell do we do that?

Sunlight.

That wasn't staked at all.

What?

Hell, Annie.

I kept that boy safe all these years.

All over this world.

Why tonight?

It was because of me.

My daddy told me.

He said the devil was coming on account of my music.

You know how the gal once?

The vampire?

He was light-skinned too.

The gal bit me everywhere above my neck.

Sandy.

You don't worry about a thing, yeah?

The devil done came for me plenty of times.

If he'd come knocking tonight,

he gonna have to go through his old friend Delta Slam before he get to you.

That go for everybody in here.

Yeah.

If I get bit by one of them,

promise me right now

that you'll free me before I turn.

What you waiting for you?

I got somebody on the other side waiting for me.

They waiting on you too.

You understand?

Hey, look at me.

I don't care about what that shit say.

I'm gonna make sure you get a home safe.

Sandy!

Smoke!

Who did this?

This was a stag or Mary?

No.

They ran straight out.

You saw them.

Well, who bit him then?

We gotta get him out before he wakes up.

They playing music.

I cut a stone flat for to banish ghosts and goblins.

A brand new pair of brooks to rattle over the box.

And frighten all the dogs.

Let's get back inside.

Come on.

Rocky road to Dublin.

One, two, three, four, five.

Well, in the merry month of May.

From me home I started left.

The girls of June were nearly broken hearted.

Saluted father dear.

Kissed me darling.

Another drank a pint of beer.

My grief and tears to smother then off to reap the corn.

Leave where I was born.

Cut a stout black one to banish.

Gross in Dublin's grand blue pair of brooks.

Rattling over the box.

Brightened all the dogs.

On the rocky road to Dublin.

One, two, three, four, five.

Off the hair and turn her down the rocky road.

And ran all the way to Dublin.

Whack the lolly da.

Off the hair I got away.

I stood on Saturday.

I landed on the cage.

I sliced a shell.

I said a captain that'd be worse.

The second book.

I had a friend.

I got the board.

I had him full.

I had him full.

I had him down among the pigs.

I had some funny drinks.

I had some arty tips.

I walked around me.

Double.

Off the holly head.

Wished me self was dead.

The better far he said.

On the rocky road to Dublin.

One, two, three, four, five.

Off the hair and turn her down the rocky road.

And ran all the way to Dublin.

Whack the lolly da.

The quiet I can call myself a fool.

I couldn't know.

A shanty blood began to bite.

Set where I was losing.

Moral air in time.

Baby can't abuse.

The round is so says.

I'm a shenanely eyelid flight.

Go and rise me by.

It's all the roads.

The Dublin with the town.

Hooray!

Join me.

Hooray!

Quickly hear the way.

On the rocky road to Dublin.

We all gonna eat this clove of garlic.

I don't much like the taste of it.

Ain't no one saying you gotta like it.

We just gotta figure out if any of us left, it's one of them.

You gonna get none of the pickled ones?

This is ridiculous.

Smoke, put the gun down.

Shut up.

Beat.

Or I'll shoot.

Put the gun down.

Smoke, she ain't no damn vampire.

How the hell you know that?

Just eat the damn garlic, girl.

Smoke!

I'm trying to keep you alive, boy.

You ain't the question of me.

Are you an evil man?

No wonder the devil come first.

You ain't got to point no gun at me.

Slim, what's going on, man?

Slim?

Slim?

What's going on, Slim?

I drank too much.

The goddamn beer from Chicago.

My nerves all fucked up.

I'm fine.

I'm fine.

No, I'm fine.

See? See?

You sure that was blood?

Hey, Smoke, let me in, man.

Smoke, Smoke, let me in.

Smoke, I swear I pay my time, man. That's what this about.

Whatever you need, man. Smoke, some weird shit going on out here, Smoke.

I know you hear me. Smoke, I'll let me in.

Smoke, I'll let me in.

Oh, what the fuck? Oh, shit.

Close it now, come on.

Wait!

Come on, baby.

Come on outside, I got the car started. Let's go.

What is it, Grace?

He's killing him.

Oh, you talking about that?

Don't worry about cornbread.

He's just a little hungry, that's all.

Go.

Come on.

Come on and go, got the car all warmed up.

Or...

You can let me back in there.

I'll come in and...

We can grab other things and...

Head home.

Don't listen to him.

Don't listen to him.

Grace, we won't find a way out of this, I promise.

I am.

Your way out.

This world already left you for dead.

Won't let you build.

Won't let you fellowship.

We will do just that.

Together.

Forever.

It's better this way, baby.

So why don't you go ahead, invite us in.

You should listen to him, Grace.

Or listen to me.

Because I know everything he knows now.

And I want you to let us in there.

Or we gonna go to the grocery store, we gonna pay little Lisa a visit.

No, no, no!

Don't you fucking die here!

No!

Oh, yeah, Grace. I know everything now.

No!

This can't be real.

You're the devil.

Ain't you?

Sammy!

Sammy, Sammy, Sammy.

Traveling.

I don't know where in the world I've been.

Y'all give them to me now.

Just, just give me a little Sammy.

We'll let y'all live.

Hello.

I'm gonna tell you something.

You got a damn pick of wood.

You can't have him.

He belongs to us.

He belongs with us.

You can't have him.

And I ain't gonna let that happen.

You can't save him.

Smoke no more than you could save your brother.

You ain't safe here.

No matter how many guns or how much money.

They gonna take it from you when they won't.

You built something here tonight and it was beautiful that it was built on a lie.

Hogwood.

He's the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan.

That's his motherfucking nephew.

They was always gonna kill you.

I just happened to show up at the right place at the right time.

He tellin' the truth, Smoke.

I can see his memories.

This wasn't no juke joint.

No club.

This is a...

slaughterhouse.

It's the goddamn killing floor.

Why can't y'all just go?

We're not leavin' without y'all.

We're family.

Ain't that right?

I know it sounds crazy, but...

After we kill y'all...

We're gonna have Heaven right here on Earth.

Oh.

Hey there.

Come on.

Welcome.

Goodbye.

Smoke.

I need your brother.

Fuck you, nigga.

It is me.

Elias Moore.

And I'm talkin' to my big brother right now, Slim,

so I'ma kindly ask you to shut the fuck up.

We was never gonna be free.

We've been runnin' around everywhere lookin' for freedom.

You know damn well.

He was never gonna find it.

Until this.

This is the way.

Together.

Forever.

And I ain't doin' this shit without you.

There is no me without you.

What's it gonna be?

Hey.

No, no.

Close the door.

No.

No vision.

He said he was gonna take our daughter.

You can't believe him.

He was just tryin' to get you to let him in.

He ain't threaten your children.

We just gotta stay through the night.

And what?

Let him kill my family?

Kill the whole town?

Turn everybody to monsters?

That white devil spoke Chinese.

He got a bow's mind.

We gotta stop them, Smoke.

We gotta get them before they get away.

Where is she slowly?

Give me a second to think.

Ain't you a soldier?

Didn't you just shoot two men for touching your truck?

They killed your brother.

Made stack one of them.

My bow.

Said they was gonna kill Lisa.

If now ain't go time, then I don't know what is.

We supposed to wait the night while they take more of our loved ones?

Make them demons?

You don't look like they leaving, Grace.

Oh, shut your drunk ass up, Slim!

I ain't drunk right now.

You need to watch your mouth, woman.

What you doing?

Stop that. Come on.

Y'all hear that?

This is the song they were singing.

Vey, bird last.

When I pick for Robin, queen.

Poor Robin, queen.

Pick for Robin, queen.

When I pick for Robin, queen.

Alright. No! No! No! Let me!

Let go! Oh, my God damn it!

We'll kill all of them!

We gotta they go!

We gotta they go!

Come on!

Come on!

Come on in, you motherfuckers!

Please! Not you!

No! No, no, no!

Everything gonna be higher now.

You promised me.

I think it's all.

I love you.

Annie!

No! No! No!

No!

No!

Smoke!

You gotta get the boy out of the back so he's out of here.

Come on!

Come on now!

Up your steps!

Go ahead!

Sammy!

Go!

Go!

Go!

Go!

Go!

Go!

It's still nasty!

Hey!

The hell wants some of this.

Last call, I'm never seen.

Sammy!

Hey!

No!

Go! Go!

Go! Go!

I had it all worked out. Where are you going to kill me? I'm fucking bored with you, man.

I want your stories. And I want your songs. And you gon' have mine.

Our Father, which art in heaven, will be thy name.

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done.

On earth as it is in heaven.

Forgiveth us the air, our daily bread. Unforgiveth us our trespasses.

Forgiveth us our trespasses.

And lead us that in temptation.

Forgiveth us from heaven.

Amen.

Long ago, the man who stole my Father's land forced these words upon us.

I hated those men, but the words still bring me comfort.

Forgiveth us.

Hey, hey! What are your lands doing?

Oh, boy.

Motherfucker!

Those men lied to themselves, then lie to us.

We told stories of a god above and a devil below.

And lies of a dominion of man over beasts and earth.

We are earth and beast and God. We are woman and man. We are connected. You and I.

To every...

Shit!

You will taste the sweet pain of death.

We will make beautiful music together.

Go home. And bury that fucking guitar.

I can't.

It's Charlie Patton's.

What?

The boy who told you that?

It's that.

Said y'all want it over.

Blind son of a bitch.

That's our daddy guitar.

Be strong, hear me?

Hear me?

I got some business to handle.

Be strong.

Yeah.

Chill.

And if we see you or any one of your clan buddies cross our property line, we gonna kill them right where they stay.

Okay.

Okay then.

Club Juke, huh?

Grand opening, grand closing.

Let's do it. Open it up.

Come on, son.

Don't care.

My son has felt the call of sin.

You see where that gets you?

Door's locked.

Try the front.

This one is too.

But the good Lord calls upon us to be fishers of men who sin and show them the way.

I want you to swear to me that before this congregation, believe those sinning ways where they lie.

I want you to promise right now.

Right now.

Drop the guitar, Sam.

In the name of God.

My prodigal son has returned.

I know somebody...

We hear the call of the devil.

Trying to steal you away.

Slick-talk advances and use women.

Slick-talk advances and use women.

You can let them call.

And not answer.

You tell them.

My heart.

My body.

My voice.

My heart.

My soul.

My soul.

My soul!

My soul!

You gotta' cigarette.

You go to hell, nigger.

You put that cig out, you can hold her.

And don't want any smoke to get on her.

Hey, listen. I got money. Huh? No.

Papa's here. Let it go, Sammy. Drop it at the top. Put it down.

Hey, boss. I got two out there. I told them we closed, but they offered a couple hundred bucks. That okay with you?

That don't bother me, no.

Come on in. Sammy!

I'll have whatever the old man had me. How?

When I saw him kill Andy, I knew I had to get Mary out of there.

She hid in the woods. That's for me.

Sorry I couldn't keep you safe. I'm gonna be sorry. You always be.

I guess I was the one person he just couldn't kill.

He made me promise to stay away from you. That you live out your life.

You know, we got every single one of your records.

I don't like that electric shit as much as the real.

Yeah. I miss the real.

Recording from back then sounded like a pile of dog shit.

How about it, Sammy?

You still got the real, ain't you?

Traveling.

I don't know why the hell I'm a hill.

Take care, little Sammy.

Take care.

You know something?

Maybe once a week, I wake up paralyzed.

Relive it that night.

But before the sun went down,

I think that was the best day of my life.

Was it like that for you?

No doubt about it.

Last time I seen my brother...

I love you.

Last time I seen his son...

And just for a few hours...

It was free.

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