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[dramatic music]
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[whooshing]
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[soft clapping]
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[soft soulful vocalization]
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[phone ringing]
[soft soulful vocalization]
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♪
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[crowd murmuring]
[soft guitar music]
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Host VO:
I'm rolling the tape.
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I'm happy to see so
many of you here.
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Don't forget that each and every
night through Saturday night,
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we will be recording.
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How about a nice round
of applause and welcome
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for little Jackie Shane!
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[upbeat R&B music]
[crowd applauding]
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["Money" (Live Version)
by Jackie Shane]
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♪ Ow!
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♪ They say the best
things in life are free
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♪ But you can give em'
to the birds and bees
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♪ I need money, lord
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♪ That's what I want
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♪ That's what I want
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♪ That's what I want
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♪ Ah! That's what I want baby
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♪ Ow!
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♪ Your love give me
such a thrill, babe
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♪ But now your lovin
can't pay Jackie's bills
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♪ Gimme money
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♪ That's what I want
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♪ That's what I want
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♪ That's what I want
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♪ Ah! That's what
I want baby ♪
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♪ Ow!
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♪ Now, money can't get
everything that's true, listen
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♪ But what it can get honey,
Jackie can use ♪
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Jimmy Church:
Jackie, she made
her mark on life.
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A lot of people
don't leave marks,
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but she left her mark.
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♪ Lord have mercy
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♪ That's what I want
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Elaine Gaber-Katz:
Jackie Shane dared
to say the things
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that other people
didn't say.
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It wasn't so easy busting
through boundaries.
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Makayla Walker:
She was growing up in a
time where who she was
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she knew she could not be.
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But she didn't let
that hold her back.
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You know,
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when I'm walking
down Yonge Street,
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you know some of them
funny people have the nerve
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to point the finger at me,
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and grin and smile
and whisper.
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But you know that
don't worry Jackie
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because I know I look good.
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[audience laughs]
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Jackie:
I look good, I got money
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and everything
else that I need.
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You know what my slogan is?
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Baby, do what you want,
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just know what
you are doing.
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As long as you don't force
your will and your way
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on anybody else,
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live your life because ain't
nobody sanctified and holy.
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You see what I mean?
[audience applauds]
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Oh honey, 'cause baby,
when we leave here
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we don't know
where we're going.
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You know, I ain't going
for all that stuff.
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Elaine Gaber-Katz:
I had heard that she had
been killed in a knife fight.
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I heard that she was
drowned in the ocean?
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But I definitely
heard that he was,
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that she was dead.
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Bobby Dean Blackburn:
The word was she was
busted and deported.
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But nobody would say anything.
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There was no details
at all about nothing.
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Sandra Caldwell:
Something pulled Jackie
stronger than music.
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It's a mystery that
hasn't been unpacked.
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Rob Bowman:
There's all sorts of rumours.
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It became clear
over the years
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that Jackie Shane was
never reappearing.
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♪ Money, money, money, baby
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♪ Talkin' about money,
money, money, woman ♪
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♪ Ah, hey!
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Host VO:
Little Jackie Shane.
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[audience cheering]
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Host VO:
Yeah, Little Jackie Shane!
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Little Jackie Shane
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would like to say thank
you very, very kindly,
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ladies and gentlemen.
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Give that money.
Give that money.
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We'd like to take a
brief intermission
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but we'll be back
very, very shortly.
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You remember when we was
lugging all this stuff in?
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Oh my God.
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It took me all night.
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Our world's turned
upside down.
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Good lord.
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Alrighty.
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It was a Friday after work.
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My cell phone rang,
so when I answered it,
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it was a gentleman
on the phone,
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and he proceeded
to say, he says,
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"Is this Shavanya Crawford?"
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"Yes."
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"Did you have an aunt
named Joan Crawford?"
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I said, "Yes."
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And his next
words to me was,
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"I'm calling to tell you
that you have a aunt,
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"a very special aunt."
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I'm like,
"I know all my aunts.
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"Who are you talking about?"
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And then he gave
me her name.
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He said, "Her name
is Jackie Shane."
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I had never
heard the name.
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I said, "Let me get my
cousin on the phone."
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And then they said,
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"Do you know Joan Crawford?"
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And I said, "Well,
that's my mother."
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And they said,
"Well, who are you?"
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I said, "I'm her only child."
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And, ah, he said, "Well, you're
the heir to Jackie Shane."
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I said, "Well, who
is Jackie Shane?"
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[bluesy music]
[indiscernible chattering]
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Andrenee Majors-Douglas:
We inherited madness.
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We just found out that we
were related to a person
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that lived up the street
from us for over 40 years
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that we had no idea.
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We had to go to her house
and clean out her possessions
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and store them
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because we really
didn't know the value
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and what we were gonna do
with the things that we found.
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The first initial
walk into the house,
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we just kinda stood in awe.
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♪ I'm all alone
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♪ I would bring
her back to me ♪
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Andrenee Majors-Douglas:
When we first came in,
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to the left of the door
was like a mini dresser
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and there was a hat,
really large,
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like dark, dark sunglasses,
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the plastic gloves that
you wash dishes with,
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and two guns.
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I was like, "Okay, what
is really going on here?"
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Every room was full of
vintage looking stuff.
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We didn't know what was
treasures and what was not.
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Her jewellery was
just amazing.
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Look at all this stuff.
-I know.
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It's just pretty. Look.
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Vonnie Crawford-Moore:
She was very stylish and
very fashion forward.
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She had all kind of styles.
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Andrenee Majors-Douglas:
We found all kinds of clothes,
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boxes and boxes
of jewellery.
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They were stored as
if they were things
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that she still used today.
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And look at this.
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What is this with
her monogram on it?
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Oh yeah.
-A cigarette case.
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Did she smoke?
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She did.
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I seen her in a couple of
pictures holding a cigarette,
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but did she?
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Maybe it was
just to be cute.
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Vonnie Crawford-Moore:
I don't know.
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[soul music]
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♪
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Vonnie Crawford-Moore:
We combed every inch
of the apartment
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because we were told that
Aunt Jackie was real private.
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Andrenee Majors-Douglas:
She was definitely a recluse.
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She never left the house.
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And we could not
figure out why.
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Vonnie Crawford-Moore:
She kept herself so secluded
and no one knew she existed.
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Where would she hide stuff?
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Actually, we found a lot
of treasures in the closet
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behind those clothes!
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We found Jackie's
autobiography.
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And when we first
turned it over
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and it said autobiography,
we was like, "Wow!"
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And it said,
"Let God be my judge."
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The opening line is one of
the most profound statements
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that I've ever
read in my life.
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It said, "I was born
but never lived."
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Okay, "I was born,
but I have never lived.
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"At this time I can
only hope and pray
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"that somebody
will come along
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"that will see me as a
person that needs love
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"just as any other woman
and accept me in this way."
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Vonnie Crawford-Moore:
She said, "I'm gonna try to
articulate and tell my story
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"in hopes that it will help
someone or shed light."
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"It is important that someone
tell it the way it truly is,
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"and I'm trying
to do just that.
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"Please give me the same
respect that I give to you,
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"for as long as we
do not try to force
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"our way of life on another,
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"they have no right to force
their way of life on us.
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"It is live and let live."
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Vonnie Crawford-Moore:
I said, "Aunt Jackie, you knew."
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It's like she knew.
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I instantly felt she knew
that there was gonna be a time
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that her story is
gonna be told.
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And she preserved herself.
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And I'm like,
"You are a wise woman."
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There's some young
person out there now
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that needs to
hear her story.
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There's some person now
sitting in the room
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feeling the same
way she did.
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So it has to happen.
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It has to!
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Because that's
what she wanted.
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And that's what we gonna do.
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[telephone ringing]
[solemn music]
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[indistinct chattering]
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♪ C.C. Rider
♪ Satisfy
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♪ C.C. Rider
♪ Satisfy
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♪ What's the matter?
♪ Satisfy
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♪ I'm gonna work
♪ Satisfy
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♪ And I'm tired
♪ Satisfy
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♪ And I can't eat
♪ Satisfy
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♪ Satisfy, oh
♪ Satisfy
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♪ Satisfy
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Andrenee Majors-Douglas:
What we learned
about all the things
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Aunt Jackie left behind is
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she was born in
Nashville, 1940,
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during the so-called
Jim Crow period.
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Her biological mom, Gussie,
was only 16 years old.
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She was unmarried,
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and I guess you could say
she was really uninterested
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in raising a child.
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So Jackie's Aunt Jessie
stepped up and raised her,
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treated her as her own.
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Gave her the love and protection
my Aunt Jackie needed.
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♪ What's the matter?
♪ Satisfy
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♪ I'm gonna
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Andrenee Majors-Douglas:
And she also had a very strong
connection with her grandma.
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Aunt Jackie's grandmother
had a huge impact
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on her as a child.
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♪ Satisfy
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♪ Satisfy
♪ Satisfy
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♪ Satisfy
♪ Satisfy
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[soulful music]
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[rhythmic humming]
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♪ Oh, the land of
clown-led state ♪
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♪ Far beyond the sky
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♪ Oh, for the land
of clown-led ♪
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Sandra Caldwell:
"I remember the first time
that someone called me a name
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"that had not been given
to me by my mother.
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"It was 'Sissy'.
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"My mother,
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"not knowing exactly how to
explain what a person meant
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"when they called
someone a sissy,
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"told me just to ignore them
when they called me this
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"or any other name
that was not my own."
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Makayla Walker:
"I myself had not realized
that I was any different
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"from other girls.
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"My mother had told
me that many times
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"she would find me at
the dressing table
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"using her cosmetics
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"but, at the time,
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"she said all she
was able to do
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"was let God's will be done,
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"because she had noticed
that all of my mannerisms
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"were feminine,
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"just as any other
small girl growing up."
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I love that
specific paragraph
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because I-I went,
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I had this exact
same feeling
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when I was in
elementary school.
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I didn't know that there
was boys and girls.
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I thought we were all
just, like, people.
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And so, it wasn't until
someone explained that,
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you know, you have
parts that they don't.
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[laughs] And I was like, "What?"
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You know?
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So just knowing that she had
this exact same experience was,
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it's beautiful to read.
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♪ Oh, they tell me that he
smiles on his children ♪
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♪ Feel that love healing
love on thou did take ♪
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Lorenzo Washington:
There was a little restaurant
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that Jackie told me
she used to go up
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because this lady made
some of the best desserts,
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like cakes and pies.
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And Jackie went
in there one day
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and this lady's
son was in there.
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[upbeat Blues music]
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♪
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Lorenzo Washington:
Jackie came in right
when the Blues hit
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in the late '50s.
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And that's when a bunch
of these musicians,
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like B.B. King,
Little Richard,
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came into Nashville.
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[upbeat Blues music]
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Howard Gentry:
Back in the days
of Jackie Shane,
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Northern Nashville,
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particularly Jefferson Street,
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was a music mecca.
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Clubs and-and music venues all
up and down Jefferson Street.
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Lorenzo Washington:
You had the working people
living on Jefferson Street,
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so it was always
something going on.
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It was just one of the
most beautiful environments
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that you would
ever want to see,
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because Black folk
at that point
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was pretty much
self-contained.
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[upbeat Blues music]
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Rob Bowman:
Jackie was respected as
a very fine R&B drummer.
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She played on dozens of
Nashville R&B studio cuts.
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She was the house drummer
at the New Era Club,
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which was one of the
two most important clubs
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on Jefferson Street,
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where she's backing
up touring stars
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like Joe Tex and
Big Maybelle.
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[rock and roll music]
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Rob Bowman:
Jackie was drumming and
singing at one point.
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It electrified crowds.
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[audience cheers]
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♪ Chickadee, please
come back home to babe
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♪ Now chickadee, come
on back home and stay
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♪ You know I'm
pleading with you baby
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♪ So come back
home and stay
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♪ I pick up my phone and
then I went to do my act
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♪ Listen to me baby, I
just gotta have you back
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♪ Chickadee, why did you
leave your happy home
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♪ Came home last night, baby,
you had packed and gone
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♪ Chickadee
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Lorenzo Washington:
The New Era Club would be
packed on the weekends.
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That's where most
of the locals went.
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Jimmy Church played
the New Era Club a lot.
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And wherever
Jimmy Church was playing,
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that's where you
wanted to go.
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Oh man, New Era Club! [laughs]
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New Era was the number
one club in Nashville.
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Whites came in there,
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they would be putting
the makeup on,
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dark makeup
on and stuff,
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walk in there and
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you wouldn't know
they was in there.
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Be a lot of Whites
come in there.
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I mean, that was the spot!
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That he, I mean,
all your great acts,
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Black acts, that's
where they went.
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Lorenzo Washington:
Little Richard was a big
name here in Nashville.
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Jackie and Little Richard
was good friends,
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and Jackie compared herself
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to Little Richard
in a lot of ways.
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[rock and roll music]
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Rob Bowman:
When Richard came to Nashville
one of his first shows
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after he had become a
star with "Tutti Frutti",
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a local singer, who was
also gay and Black,
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had a party.
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And the gay Black
network within Nashville
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was at that party.
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Jackie is fifteen.
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She was invited
to the party,
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and that's where she
first met Richard.
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Richard and her get
along famously.
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Anytime he'd come to
Nashville and play,
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she'd often be playing
at the New Era,
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and of course they'd check
each other out and hang out.
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Jimmy Church:
There was something
about Jackie
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that it just
draw you to her.
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You know, and then that
was something different
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to have somebody doing
their thing like that.
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Actually, she was much more
out there than Richard was.
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Jackie, just all the way,
"This is me."
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I think that what put
Jackie to the top
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'cause it was like,
this is what you're getting.
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And it was something new and
it was something exciting,
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and it was something
people wanted to see.
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♪ Oh, they tell me
♪ They tell me
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♪ Of a home
♪ Of a home
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♪ Where my friends
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Michael Gray:
People like Jackie Shane
and Little Richard,
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who were icons,
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I mean, you know, they're,
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they made people take
'em on their own terms.
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I mean, they were,
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they-they demanded respect
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and they were brave
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and they were confident.
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Take me on my own terms
or don't take me at all.
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Dr. Marisa Richmond:
Of course, there was
a lot of harassment
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here in Nashville.
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The term "transgender"
wasn't even being used then,
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and so trans people
were invisible.
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There were a lot
of communities,
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and Nashville was
no exception,
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00:25:55,020 --> 00:25:57,622
that had anti-cross
dressing laws.
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And so, that became an
excuse to arrest people
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and harass people.
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If you were holding hands
with someone of the same sex
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or if you were even dancing
with someone of the same sex,
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you could be arrested.
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Rob Bowman:
Being Black in the
south in the '50s,
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that's dangerous every day.
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Simply being different
from the stereotypical
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heterosexual male was
another layer of dangerous.
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♪ Whoa, the lake of clouds
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Rob Bowman:
Jackie witnessed a horrific
incident of racial violence,
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where she was at a bus stop
and saw a White mob
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take somebody off a bus
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and do unspeakable
things to that person.
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♪ Oh, they tell me
♪ They tell me
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♪ They tell me
(They tell me) ♪
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♪ Of a home
(Of a home) ♪
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[train rumbles]
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00:27:57,475 --> 00:28:02,914
[upbeat music]
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00:28:02,947 --> 00:28:07,952
♪ If I had wings
like Noah's dove
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00:28:10,488 --> 00:28:14,959
♪ I'd fly up the river
to the one I love ♪
404
00:28:39,184 --> 00:28:44,789
♪ Fare thee well,
oh honey ,
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00:28:44,823 --> 00:28:47,492
♪ Fare thee well
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Rob Bowman:
This carnival would have
the usual carnival stuff;
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00:28:56,668 --> 00:28:59,804
some rides, some games,
a freak show.
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00:28:59,838 --> 00:29:02,507
People like Rosalia,
a female impersonator,
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00:29:02,540 --> 00:29:04,976
Iron Jaw, this guy who
would take people's drinks
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00:29:05,009 --> 00:29:06,644
and then eat the
glass afterwards.
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00:29:06,678 --> 00:29:08,480
TV Mama was a stripper.
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00:29:08,513 --> 00:29:11,316
She was a rather
large, large woman.
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00:29:11,349 --> 00:29:13,318
But they also
had a soul tent
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00:29:13,351 --> 00:29:15,320
where Black artists
would perform.
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00:29:15,353 --> 00:29:17,021
Raymond Summerour:
When we went out on the road,
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00:29:17,055 --> 00:29:19,991
we couldn't stay in the
hotel or nothing like that.
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00:29:20,024 --> 00:29:22,160
And we had to get
a boarding house.
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00:29:22,193 --> 00:29:23,995
Now I'm only 18.
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00:29:24,028 --> 00:29:25,663
Get a boarding
house, you know,
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sleep in the orange grove.
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00:29:27,699 --> 00:29:29,334
You know, but I was young.
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00:29:29,367 --> 00:29:31,870
Jimmy Church:
The South was much
worse than the North,
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00:29:31,903 --> 00:29:34,005
so everybody knew what
they were supposed to do.
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00:29:34,038 --> 00:29:36,508
That was my first time
but we all know, hey,
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00:29:36,541 --> 00:29:38,176
we can't go here,
we can't go there,
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00:29:38,209 --> 00:29:39,878
we can't do this,
we can't do that.
427
00:29:39,911 --> 00:29:42,514
We stood in our place,
you know?
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00:29:42,547 --> 00:29:43,848
You know what I'm saying.
429
00:29:43,882 --> 00:29:45,016
As long as you stay
in your place,
430
00:29:45,049 --> 00:29:46,251
we had a good time.
431
00:29:46,284 --> 00:29:50,021
Eat bologna sandwich on the
side of the road and [laughs].
432
00:29:50,054 --> 00:29:52,857
And right to this day,
I love bologna sandwich.
433
00:29:52,891 --> 00:29:55,193
I think bologna
sandwich saved my life
434
00:29:55,226 --> 00:29:59,063
because we used to call them
highway steaks. [laughs]
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00:30:26,090 --> 00:30:28,560
Jimmy Church:
Now, we're on that carnival
tour with Jackie.
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00:30:28,593 --> 00:30:30,094
Jackie come out
and watch us.
437
00:30:30,128 --> 00:30:31,763
We'd go out and watch her.
438
00:30:31,796 --> 00:30:34,432
You could tell Jackie
was so talented.
439
00:30:34,465 --> 00:30:35,633
She had that thing going.
440
00:30:35,667 --> 00:30:37,168
Oh man!
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00:30:45,643 --> 00:30:48,079
[gentle music]
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00:30:48,112 --> 00:30:50,248
Jimmy Church:
Jackie was the main thing
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00:30:50,281 --> 00:30:53,084
because the way she
performed, the charisma,
444
00:30:53,117 --> 00:30:57,088
Jackie was just, you know,
a hundred percent cool.
445
00:30:57,121 --> 00:30:59,257
Jackie was the
star of the show.
446
00:30:59,290 --> 00:31:01,292
♪ Hey mister cool guy
447
00:31:02,460 --> 00:31:05,296
♪ Take yourself about
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00:31:06,130 --> 00:31:08,933
♪ Just lost another girl
449
00:31:08,967 --> 00:31:11,970
♪ As only you know how
(Only you know how) ♪
450
00:32:12,196 --> 00:32:17,201
♪ One day you'll find
out you're much too late
451
00:32:18,703 --> 00:32:19,304
♪ It's no big thing
to have a girl, boy
452
00:32:19,304 --> 00:32:22,206
♪ It's no big thing
to have a girl, boy
453
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:24,709
♪ One for every date
(One for every date) ♪
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Rob Bowman:
In 1959, Jackie and
the carnival company
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00:32:28,112 --> 00:32:30,381
crossed the border
into Canada
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00:32:30,415 --> 00:32:31,582
and they went to Cornwall,
457
00:32:31,616 --> 00:32:34,419
a little town part way
between Toronto and Montreal.
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Rob Bowman:
After a week in Cornwall,
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00:33:05,783 --> 00:33:08,252
Jackie realized that she
didn't want to stay working
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00:33:08,286 --> 00:33:09,921
for this carnival guy,
461
00:33:09,954 --> 00:33:12,090
so she decided to pack up
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00:33:12,123 --> 00:33:13,658
and go to Montreal.
463
00:33:13,825 --> 00:33:19,831
[jazzy music]
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Rob Bowman:
Jackie was a young kid in the
big city for the first time.
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She went club to club
and quickly got hired,
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00:33:39,684 --> 00:33:42,653
got a gig almost immediately
within that first week.
467
00:33:44,655 --> 00:33:46,624
Everybody knew the
mafia controlled
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00:33:46,657 --> 00:33:48,459
the club scene in Montreal.
469
00:33:48,493 --> 00:33:50,962
We're talking about people
who are packing guns,
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00:33:50,995 --> 00:33:51,963
moving drugs,
471
00:33:51,996 --> 00:33:53,965
engaged in running women.
472
00:33:53,998 --> 00:33:56,334
A lot of clubs were
like that at that time.
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00:33:57,168 --> 00:34:00,171
Sandra Caldwell:
We were kind of much
on the same path.
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00:34:00,204 --> 00:34:02,974
I did come from the States.
475
00:34:03,007 --> 00:34:06,844
I had my first couple
of gigs in Montreal.
476
00:34:06,878 --> 00:34:08,312
I worked at the
Queen Elizabeth Hotel
477
00:34:08,346 --> 00:34:09,847
as a showgirl.
478
00:34:09,881 --> 00:34:11,849
It seemed to be
the mobsters,
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00:34:11,883 --> 00:34:12,850
the gangsters,
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00:34:12,884 --> 00:34:15,486
were attracted
to trans women.
481
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:18,156
I don't understand but
it just was the way.
482
00:34:18,189 --> 00:34:19,490
And on top of which,
483
00:34:19,524 --> 00:34:23,661
Jackie was a good entertainer
and bringing them in money.
484
00:34:23,694 --> 00:34:25,663
If you're gonna bring
money into the club,
485
00:34:25,696 --> 00:34:27,532
why wouldn't it be attractive?
486
00:34:47,885 --> 00:34:50,688
Rob Bowman:
Jackie was living in a
boarding house in Montreal.
487
00:34:50,721 --> 00:34:53,357
One day doors banged open,
488
00:34:53,391 --> 00:34:54,358
kicked in.
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00:34:54,392 --> 00:34:55,893
She was kidnapped.
490
00:35:12,577 --> 00:35:14,545
Rob Bowman:
These gangsters took
her to a farmhouse,
491
00:35:14,579 --> 00:35:16,881
sat Jackie down at a table,
492
00:35:16,914 --> 00:35:19,383
said, "You're beautiful,
you're talented.
493
00:35:19,417 --> 00:35:23,054
"I can make you a star,
but I own you.
494
00:35:23,087 --> 00:35:26,224
"You cross me,
you will be dead."
495
00:35:26,257 --> 00:35:28,059
Now Jackie's trying
to figure out,
496
00:35:28,092 --> 00:35:30,061
"How do I get out of this?"
497
00:35:30,094 --> 00:35:33,931
So she very calmly pointed out
the fact that she's underage.
498
00:36:24,815 --> 00:36:31,789
[lively music]
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00:36:31,822 --> 00:36:33,658
♪
500
00:37:03,521 --> 00:37:09,493
[lively music]
501
00:37:09,527 --> 00:37:15,199
[lively music continues]
[background chattering]
502
00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:16,701
Rob Bowman:
Jackie walks in the club,
503
00:37:16,734 --> 00:37:18,169
Frank Motley was
playing there.
504
00:37:18,202 --> 00:37:21,005
Frank Motley was certainly
a name on the R&B circuit,
505
00:37:21,038 --> 00:37:24,175
and his shtick was he
played two trumpets at once.
506
00:37:24,208 --> 00:37:25,676
People in the audience
recognize her
507
00:37:25,710 --> 00:37:27,712
from her earlier
performances on the Main,
508
00:37:27,745 --> 00:37:29,347
and they start
telling Frank Motley,
509
00:37:29,380 --> 00:37:31,048
"Jackie Shane's here!
Jackie Shane's here!
510
00:37:31,082 --> 00:37:32,516
"Gotta get her on stage."
511
00:37:32,550 --> 00:37:34,552
Now Frank didn't
know who she was,
512
00:37:34,585 --> 00:37:37,855
but he reluctantly
agreed to let her sit in.
513
00:37:37,888 --> 00:37:41,559
Jackie gets up on that stage
and shows him what she's got.
514
00:37:43,894 --> 00:37:47,365
♪ I got a new way
of loving, baby
515
00:37:47,398 --> 00:37:50,868
♪ Yeah, wanna
teach it to you
516
00:37:50,901 --> 00:37:53,537
♪ What you want me to do
517
00:37:53,571 --> 00:37:55,906
♪ Whoa, I love you, baby
518
00:37:55,940 --> 00:37:59,877
♪ I wanna know, I know
you gonna love me too
519
00:37:59,910 --> 00:38:02,546
♪ What you want me to do
520
00:38:02,580 --> 00:38:05,883
♪ I got a thing
going on, woman ♪
521
00:38:05,916 --> 00:38:06,884
[audience cheers]
522
00:38:06,917 --> 00:38:09,754
♪ Thrill you
through and through
523
00:38:09,787 --> 00:38:11,722
♪ All right, baby
524
00:38:11,756 --> 00:38:15,559
♪ Whoa, a thing
going on, baby
525
00:38:15,593 --> 00:38:18,562
♪ Said it will thrill
you through and through
526
00:38:18,596 --> 00:38:21,399
♪ What you want me to do
527
00:38:21,432 --> 00:38:23,067
♪ Oh, baby
528
00:38:23,100 --> 00:38:25,236
Rob Bowman:
Jackie blew Motley away
529
00:38:25,269 --> 00:38:27,405
and he immediately
offered her a job.
530
00:38:27,438 --> 00:38:30,074
Now, Motley needed a good
front person to carry a show,
531
00:38:30,107 --> 00:38:32,576
and in Jackie he found it.
532
00:38:32,610 --> 00:38:35,079
They played for weeks
and weeks at the Esquire,
533
00:38:35,112 --> 00:38:37,615
and audiences just
couldn't get enough of her.
534
00:38:38,449 --> 00:38:40,451
From Montreal, they took
the show on the road.
535
00:38:56,801 --> 00:39:01,472
♪ Oh baby, so I'll make
everything all right
536
00:39:01,505 --> 00:39:03,341
♪ Me and you
537
00:39:22,159 --> 00:39:28,132
[crowd cheers]
[lively music]
538
00:39:28,165 --> 00:39:29,633
Rob Bowman:
In Boston and Montreal,
539
00:39:29,667 --> 00:39:32,136
the response to Jackie
had been tremendous.
540
00:39:32,169 --> 00:39:36,474
But when she hit Toronto,
it was a whole 'nother level.
541
00:39:36,507 --> 00:39:39,510
Toronto had never seen
anything like Jackie before.
542
00:39:40,678 --> 00:39:43,981
Bobby Dean Blackburn:
Frank Motley, he was the
first real heavy duty R&B band
543
00:39:44,014 --> 00:39:45,316
that came to Toronto.
544
00:39:45,349 --> 00:39:46,350
I went down to see him,
545
00:39:46,384 --> 00:39:48,319
he was playing at
the Holiday Tavern.
546
00:39:48,352 --> 00:39:49,387
And I freaked out,
547
00:39:49,420 --> 00:39:51,989
you know, this was the
real rhythm and blues.
548
00:39:52,022 --> 00:39:54,191
And then, "And now
ladies and gentlemen,
549
00:39:54,225 --> 00:39:55,493
"Jackie Shane!"
550
00:39:55,526 --> 00:39:57,161
And what a singer,
551
00:39:57,194 --> 00:39:58,162
you know,
just tear the,
552
00:39:58,195 --> 00:39:59,663
tear the joint up.
553
00:39:59,697 --> 00:40:03,000
♪ And I'm fine glossy mama
554
00:40:03,033 --> 00:40:06,170
♪ Woman I know
you're not the type
555
00:40:06,203 --> 00:40:09,006
♪ Gotta teach you tonight
556
00:40:09,039 --> 00:40:12,009
♪ If it's a
wang-dang-do, baby
557
00:40:12,042 --> 00:40:14,545
♪ Everything will
be all right ♪
558
00:40:16,213 --> 00:40:17,882
[streetcar bell dings]
559
00:40:20,050 --> 00:40:21,685
Rob Bowman:
So in 1961,
560
00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:25,523
Jackie and the band made
Toronto their home base.
561
00:40:25,556 --> 00:40:26,690
The way she told it,
562
00:40:26,724 --> 00:40:28,526
she felt an
instant connection
563
00:40:28,559 --> 00:40:31,195
to both the city
and the audiences.
564
00:40:31,228 --> 00:40:33,063
It was like love
at first sight.
565
00:40:49,747 --> 00:40:53,050
Andrenee Majors-Douglas:
Aunt Jackie played a lot
of places in Toronto.
566
00:40:53,083 --> 00:40:55,219
While looking through
her old clippings,
567
00:40:55,252 --> 00:40:57,054
it was just amazing.
568
00:40:57,087 --> 00:40:58,556
She played The Hawks Nest,
569
00:40:58,589 --> 00:41:00,391
it was run by
Ronnie Hawkins.
570
00:41:00,424 --> 00:41:04,395
Then there was the club
Mimicombo and the Zanzibar.
571
00:41:04,428 --> 00:41:07,898
But the most infamous club she
played in was the Saphire.
572
00:41:07,932 --> 00:41:09,733
That was her spot.
573
00:41:09,767 --> 00:41:12,736
[Bluesy music]
574
00:41:12,770 --> 00:41:16,407
Bobby Dean Blackburn:
The Saphire was noted for
being a little bit underground.
575
00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:18,409
I'm-I'm telling
you straight up.
576
00:41:18,442 --> 00:41:20,277
A lot of hookers,
a lot of pimps,
577
00:41:20,311 --> 00:41:22,246
you know, it was just
off of Yonge Street.
578
00:41:22,279 --> 00:41:23,914
And Yonge Street
was a place
579
00:41:23,948 --> 00:41:25,416
that if you wanted
to get some drugs
580
00:41:25,449 --> 00:41:27,251
or if you want to
get a new suit,
581
00:41:27,284 --> 00:41:29,920
they'd have silk suits
and all that stuff.
582
00:41:29,954 --> 00:41:32,089
Yonge Street was a warehouse.
583
00:41:32,122 --> 00:41:34,592
[laughs] You know?
584
00:41:34,625 --> 00:41:36,927
And the Saphire got
raided quite often.
585
00:41:36,961 --> 00:41:38,095
"It's a raid." Boom.
586
00:41:38,128 --> 00:41:39,630
And all you'd hear is
drugs go on the floor
587
00:41:39,663 --> 00:41:41,599
and knives and razors.
588
00:41:41,632 --> 00:41:43,267
And if you wanted
some action,
589
00:41:43,300 --> 00:41:45,936
you'd go down to
Saphire late at night.
590
00:41:45,970 --> 00:41:47,638
Rob Bowman:
The clubs where
gangsters hung out
591
00:41:47,671 --> 00:41:49,974
were in some ways
protected spaces.
592
00:41:50,007 --> 00:41:51,642
They allowed Jackie
to do her thing
593
00:41:51,675 --> 00:41:53,143
and for the people
that weren't part
594
00:41:53,177 --> 00:41:54,645
of the criminal underworld,
595
00:41:54,678 --> 00:41:56,313
they could still come
and enjoy Jackie.
596
00:41:56,347 --> 00:41:57,648
And pretty soon,
597
00:41:57,681 --> 00:42:00,451
word of mouth had people
coming in droves.
598
00:42:00,484 --> 00:42:03,621
[Bluesy music]
599
00:42:03,654 --> 00:42:07,157
Vonnie Crawford-Moore:
My Aunt Jackie played week
after week at the Saphire.
600
00:42:07,191 --> 00:42:09,793
The longest run
was over ten weeks.
601
00:42:09,827 --> 00:42:12,830
The newspaper clippings
we found it said:
602
00:42:12,863 --> 00:42:16,000
"Back for another week,
Jackie Shane".
603
00:42:16,033 --> 00:42:18,135
And people just kept coming.
604
00:42:18,168 --> 00:42:21,639
Busloads of people would come
from Detroit and Buffalo.
605
00:42:21,672 --> 00:42:24,675
That probably filled
that damn club. [laughs]
606
00:42:40,558 --> 00:42:43,160
[audience applauds]
607
00:42:43,193 --> 00:42:44,862
Rob Bowman:
By 1963,
608
00:42:44,895 --> 00:42:47,498
Jackie had become
a sensation.
609
00:42:47,531 --> 00:42:50,034
And that year she went
into the studio with Motley
610
00:42:50,067 --> 00:42:54,672
and recorded and released a
single called "Any Other Way."
611
00:42:54,705 --> 00:42:59,843
["Any Other Way"
by Jackie Shane]
612
00:42:59,877 --> 00:43:02,713
♪ Here you come again
613
00:43:04,415 --> 00:43:07,251
♪ And you say that
you're my friend
614
00:43:09,053 --> 00:43:11,889
♪ But I know
why you're here
615
00:43:13,223 --> 00:43:16,060
♪ She wants to
know how I feel
616
00:43:18,228 --> 00:43:21,065
♪ Tell her that I'm happy
617
00:43:22,900 --> 00:43:25,736
♪ Tell her that I'm gay
618
00:43:27,071 --> 00:43:29,907
♪ Tell her I
wouldn't have it
619
00:43:32,109 --> 00:43:34,945
♪ Any other way
620
00:43:43,420 --> 00:43:46,256
♪ People have been talking
621
00:43:48,292 --> 00:43:51,128
♪ Since we been apart
622
00:43:52,596 --> 00:43:55,432
♪ And when I pass,
I hear them whisper
623
00:43:55,466 --> 00:43:58,469
♪ Haha, there he goes
with a broken heart ♪
624
00:44:00,604 --> 00:44:02,072
♪ Tell her that I'm happy
625
00:44:02,106 --> 00:44:04,608
♪ Tell her that I'm gay
626
00:44:04,642 --> 00:44:06,076
♪ Tell her I
wouldn't have it
627
00:44:06,110 --> 00:44:07,111
♪ Any other way
628
00:44:07,144 --> 00:44:08,912
It's like, girl, yes.
629
00:44:08,946 --> 00:44:10,614
It's like,
I don't need you.
630
00:44:10,648 --> 00:44:12,082
I'm doing my thing.
631
00:44:12,116 --> 00:44:14,251
What I'm doing is what
I need to do for me.
632
00:44:14,284 --> 00:44:16,253
And if you don't like it,
that's fine
633
00:44:16,286 --> 00:44:18,122
'cause I wouldn't have
it any other way.
634
00:44:18,155 --> 00:44:20,090
Rodney Diverlus:
I think there's
something amazing about
635
00:44:20,124 --> 00:44:22,459
how she's really using
that double entendre,
636
00:44:22,493 --> 00:44:24,128
and I'm sure that
probably to an audience,
637
00:44:24,161 --> 00:44:27,131
that was probably as close
as she could get to the line
638
00:44:27,164 --> 00:44:29,133
of speaking about queerness.
639
00:44:29,166 --> 00:44:30,601
I also think about
what would it be like
640
00:44:30,634 --> 00:44:32,436
to be a queer person
singing that song,
641
00:44:32,469 --> 00:44:34,438
because of how the
lyrics are couched,
642
00:44:34,471 --> 00:44:35,773
you could sing
it pretty loudly
643
00:44:35,806 --> 00:44:37,274
without actually
coming out.
644
00:44:37,307 --> 00:44:38,275
You know, like,
645
00:44:38,308 --> 00:44:39,276
"Tell her that
I'm happy.
646
00:44:39,309 --> 00:44:40,444
"Tell her that
I'm gay."
647
00:44:40,477 --> 00:44:42,279
And you, if you're
a homophobe,
648
00:44:42,312 --> 00:44:43,947
you'd hear that I'm
talking about being happy,
649
00:44:43,981 --> 00:44:45,449
and if you know, you know.
650
00:44:45,482 --> 00:44:46,984
Yeah.
651
00:44:47,818 --> 00:44:50,654
♪ Tell her I
wouldn't have it
652
00:44:52,322 --> 00:44:53,824
♪ Any other way
653
00:45:17,881 --> 00:45:20,984
Elaine Gaber-Katz:
Jackie Shane dared
to say the things
654
00:45:21,018 --> 00:45:23,320
that other people
didn't say,
655
00:45:23,353 --> 00:45:25,322
so I really
wanted to hear
656
00:45:25,355 --> 00:45:27,191
everything she said.
657
00:45:27,224 --> 00:45:31,028
I actually saw her perform
a total of fifteen times.
658
00:45:31,862 --> 00:45:34,331
She provided me
with a stance,
659
00:45:34,364 --> 00:45:36,333
a way of being in the world.
660
00:45:36,366 --> 00:45:38,001
I was trying to
challenge myself
661
00:45:38,035 --> 00:45:39,870
in a number of
different ways.
662
00:45:39,903 --> 00:45:43,207
Similar to Jackie,
it was really binaries.
663
00:45:43,240 --> 00:45:46,176
Black/white, rich/poor,
male/female.
664
00:45:46,210 --> 00:45:49,012
Because I didn't always
fit into those binaries,
665
00:45:49,046 --> 00:45:51,048
and clearly Jackie Shane
didn't either.
666
00:45:54,551 --> 00:45:57,554
♪ I think you'd
better go right now ♪
667
00:46:34,591 --> 00:46:40,564
["Any Other Way" by
Jackie Shane continues playing]
668
00:46:40,597 --> 00:46:42,232
Rob Bowman:
When Jackie released
"Any Other Way,"
669
00:46:42,266 --> 00:46:44,568
CHUM, which was the
biggest Top 40 station
670
00:46:44,601 --> 00:46:45,769
in Toronto at the time,
671
00:46:45,803 --> 00:46:47,070
wouldn't play it.
672
00:46:47,104 --> 00:46:50,741
Jackie always said that for
some reason CHUM hated her.
673
00:46:50,774 --> 00:46:52,943
Bobby Dean Blackburn:
In the '50s,
even with payola,
674
00:46:52,976 --> 00:46:56,079
you couldn't get Black
music played on CHUM,
675
00:46:56,113 --> 00:46:57,581
none of the the stations.
676
00:46:57,614 --> 00:46:58,916
Any Black music,
677
00:46:58,949 --> 00:47:00,751
you had to go to the
States to get it,
678
00:47:00,784 --> 00:47:01,919
you couldn't get
it in Toronto.
679
00:47:01,952 --> 00:47:03,420
They were very racist,
680
00:47:03,453 --> 00:47:05,422
they didn't put Black
music on the air.
681
00:47:05,455 --> 00:47:07,591
"Any Other Way,"
when it came out,
682
00:47:07,624 --> 00:47:08,759
they didn't even
show the picture
683
00:47:08,792 --> 00:47:10,794
that it was a Black
person singing it.
684
00:47:23,473 --> 00:47:26,443
Rob Bowman:
It got enough attention that
CHUM starts getting calls,
685
00:47:26,476 --> 00:47:28,111
so they've got to play it.
686
00:47:28,145 --> 00:47:30,280
Now you're hearing it on
all the Top 40 stations
687
00:47:30,314 --> 00:47:31,281
in the city
688
00:47:31,315 --> 00:47:33,283
and it became a
Toronto anthem.
689
00:47:33,317 --> 00:47:34,618
She said it should have
gone to number one
690
00:47:34,651 --> 00:47:36,019
but CHUM wouldn't let it.
691
00:47:42,326 --> 00:47:43,460
♪ Any other way
692
00:47:43,527 --> 00:47:44,962
Bobby Dean Blackburn:
That song,
"Any Other Way,"
693
00:47:44,995 --> 00:47:46,964
it's just incredible.
694
00:47:46,997 --> 00:47:49,032
Jackie Shane was
the real deal.
695
00:47:51,001 --> 00:47:53,837
♪ I wouldn't have it, baby
696
00:47:55,038 --> 00:47:56,173
♪ No other way
697
00:47:56,206 --> 00:47:58,308
Bobby Dean Blackburn:
She had an entourage,
698
00:47:58,342 --> 00:48:00,644
always surrounded
by beautiful women.
699
00:48:00,677 --> 00:48:03,680
And she started wearing silk
suits and all that stuff,
700
00:48:03,714 --> 00:48:06,016
and she was riding high, man.
701
00:48:06,049 --> 00:48:08,652
Sandra Caldwell:
"It's been said
that Jackie Shane
702
00:48:08,685 --> 00:48:11,822
"has never been seen in
the same garment twice
703
00:48:11,855 --> 00:48:14,691
"and is known to travel
with a wardrobe valued
704
00:48:14,725 --> 00:48:17,527
"in the area of $10,000.
705
00:48:18,395 --> 00:48:20,697
"When he moves
across the stage,
706
00:48:20,731 --> 00:48:25,369
"he looks like a giant
piece of kinetic sculpture,
707
00:48:25,402 --> 00:48:29,840
"a glimmering shaking
mass of light."
708
00:48:29,873 --> 00:48:33,844
This is publicity material
that Jackie Shane wrote
709
00:48:33,877 --> 00:48:36,680
for his-self.
710
00:48:36,713 --> 00:48:41,018
She was using "his"
and "him" pronouns.
711
00:48:41,051 --> 00:48:44,021
She was known as "he"
712
00:48:44,054 --> 00:48:47,357
when it came to writing
the publicity material.
713
00:48:47,391 --> 00:48:50,727
Putting down "him"
must have been rough.
714
00:48:51,561 --> 00:48:54,698
You know, it must
have been rough
715
00:48:54,731 --> 00:48:59,069
because the "he" and the
"him" was garnering success
716
00:48:59,102 --> 00:49:00,871
here in Toronto,
717
00:49:00,904 --> 00:49:05,409
but folks' brains couldn't
identify with Jackie Shane
718
00:49:05,442 --> 00:49:10,213
singing with the makeup
and the word "she".
719
00:49:10,247 --> 00:49:12,416
That would've been
messed up people's heads.
720
00:49:13,917 --> 00:49:16,053
Rob Bowman:
After the success
of "Any Other Way,"
721
00:49:16,086 --> 00:49:19,723
Jackie was invited to perform
at "The Ed Sullivan Show."
722
00:49:19,756 --> 00:49:21,058
Ed Sullivan, at the time,
723
00:49:21,091 --> 00:49:23,393
had the biggest
television variety show
724
00:49:23,427 --> 00:49:24,895
in North America.
725
00:49:24,928 --> 00:49:26,263
He broke Elvis Presley.
726
00:49:26,296 --> 00:49:28,565
He broke The Beatles.
727
00:49:28,598 --> 00:49:30,734
Everybody wants to
be on Ed Sullivan.
728
00:49:30,767 --> 00:49:33,603
It was the most important
way to get exposure.
729
00:50:04,634 --> 00:50:09,106
Elaine Gaber-Katz:
Jackie Shane was bold
in a way that I was not.
730
00:50:09,139 --> 00:50:13,310
And I love it when
musicians are so brave
731
00:50:13,343 --> 00:50:15,445
that the normal
discourse that you hear
732
00:50:15,479 --> 00:50:18,448
as part of every
day is challenged
733
00:50:18,482 --> 00:50:20,984
in her presentation
of herself.
734
00:50:21,018 --> 00:50:24,121
Jackie wasn't trying to
challenge the discourse,
735
00:50:24,154 --> 00:50:27,157
she just was a challenge
to the discourse.
736
00:50:28,358 --> 00:50:31,161
Rob Bowman:
Not only did she refuse
to do "Ed Sullivan,"
737
00:50:31,194 --> 00:50:33,630
Jackie refused to do
"American Bandstand"
738
00:50:33,663 --> 00:50:36,333
because the
show was racist.
739
00:50:36,366 --> 00:50:38,301
Black kids were excluded
740
00:50:38,335 --> 00:50:40,971
and although a lot of the
artists on the show were Black,
741
00:50:41,004 --> 00:50:43,140
Black kids weren't allowed
initially on the show
742
00:50:43,173 --> 00:50:44,141
and when they were
743
00:50:44,174 --> 00:50:46,309
they were kept
strictly segregated.
744
00:50:46,343 --> 00:50:48,345
Black and White weren't
allowed to dance together,
745
00:50:48,378 --> 00:50:51,214
and the Black kids got
very little camera time.
746
00:51:14,204 --> 00:51:17,674
Rodney Diverlus:
"Bandstand" was propping
up specific Black artists
747
00:51:17,707 --> 00:51:18,842
without allowing Black folks
748
00:51:18,875 --> 00:51:21,511
to come and be a part
of their audience.
749
00:51:21,545 --> 00:51:23,680
Non-Black folks want
Black culture often,
750
00:51:23,713 --> 00:51:25,182
without Black people.
751
00:51:25,215 --> 00:51:28,251
And so, she saw right through
the effort to tokenize her.
752
00:51:29,553 --> 00:51:32,856
It's incredibly courageous
to sit by your convictions
753
00:51:32,889 --> 00:51:34,558
and to sacrifice
how that show
754
00:51:34,591 --> 00:51:36,359
could have really
launched her career
755
00:51:36,393 --> 00:51:38,261
to being a global superstar.
756
00:51:39,096 --> 00:51:40,864
I think she recognized
that in many ways,
757
00:51:40,897 --> 00:51:42,699
her protest and
her resistance
758
00:51:42,732 --> 00:51:45,235
can come from the spaces that
she chooses to perform in
759
00:51:45,268 --> 00:51:48,038
and the spaces that
she chooses not to.
760
00:51:48,071 --> 00:51:52,075
[gentle music]
761
00:52:11,094 --> 00:52:13,730
Vonnie Crawford- Moore:
Saying no to those shows
762
00:52:13,763 --> 00:52:16,733
was a powerful statement
of her beliefs.
763
00:52:16,766 --> 00:52:19,736
But the show my
Aunt Jackie said yes to
764
00:52:19,769 --> 00:52:22,405
was an equally
powerful statement.
765
00:52:22,439 --> 00:52:24,741
And when the prodigal
daughter returns,
766
00:52:24,774 --> 00:52:26,610
you better watch out.
767
00:52:29,112 --> 00:52:31,915
[train whistle blows]
768
00:52:31,948 --> 00:52:35,752
["Night Train"
by Jimmy Forrest]
769
00:52:35,785 --> 00:52:39,422
Announcer:
All aboard the
Night Train for Club 5,
770
00:52:39,456 --> 00:52:40,624
now boarding.
771
00:52:40,657 --> 00:52:43,293
Let's get rolling to
great entertainment.
772
00:52:43,326 --> 00:52:45,962
Michael Gray:
"Night Train" was a show
that aired late at night.
773
00:52:45,996 --> 00:52:47,797
You know, people talk about
hearing that whistle blow
774
00:52:47,831 --> 00:52:49,933
at midnight and they would
be glued to their TV,
775
00:52:49,966 --> 00:52:51,935
both Black and
White audiences.
776
00:52:51,968 --> 00:52:56,606
Jimmy Church:
That was the first Black
show in the country,
777
00:52:56,640 --> 00:52:58,441
actually in the world!
778
00:52:58,475 --> 00:53:00,110
Everybody was on that show.
779
00:53:00,143 --> 00:53:01,611
I mean, you got James Brown,
780
00:53:01,645 --> 00:53:02,946
you had Etta James,
781
00:53:02,979 --> 00:53:04,247
Joe Tex.
782
00:53:04,314 --> 00:53:06,950
Michael Gray:
The very first TV
footage of Jimi Hendrix
783
00:53:06,983 --> 00:53:08,451
was on "Night Train."
784
00:53:08,485 --> 00:53:10,453
And you could see Jimi
clearly back there, you know,
785
00:53:10,487 --> 00:53:12,789
going up and down the
neck with his elbow.
786
00:53:12,822 --> 00:53:15,292
You know, all those traits
you would think of Jimi later,
787
00:53:15,325 --> 00:53:17,627
but this is just when he's
just a backing guitarist
788
00:53:17,661 --> 00:53:19,129
for somebody else.
789
00:53:19,196 --> 00:53:22,132
Raymond Summerour:
I think every band wanted
to get on "Night Train."
790
00:53:22,165 --> 00:53:23,967
It meant a whole lot.
791
00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:26,636
I would have people in the
community telling me, say,
792
00:53:26,670 --> 00:53:29,139
"Raymond, we saw y'all
on Night Train."
793
00:53:29,172 --> 00:53:30,640
"Say what?"
794
00:53:30,674 --> 00:53:32,642
We always watched
"Night Train,"
795
00:53:32,676 --> 00:53:34,978
and when Jackie Shane
came on,
796
00:53:35,011 --> 00:53:38,315
that was the talk
of Nashville.
797
00:53:38,348 --> 00:53:40,150
And it was a big deal.
798
00:53:40,183 --> 00:53:42,152
I believe there were
twenty-six episodes made
799
00:53:42,185 --> 00:53:43,987
and, you know,
for the last 30 years,
800
00:53:44,020 --> 00:53:46,489
I've been trying to find
all twenty-six episodes.
801
00:53:46,523 --> 00:53:49,659
They were gone,
ruined, lost.
802
00:53:49,693 --> 00:53:51,328
But the episode
that Jackie's on,
803
00:53:51,361 --> 00:53:52,662
thank goodness we have it
804
00:53:52,696 --> 00:53:56,066
because it's the only moving
footage we have of Jackie.
805
00:53:57,367 --> 00:53:58,501
♪ Mary Mack,
806
00:53:58,535 --> 00:54:00,503
♪ dressed in black
807
00:54:00,537 --> 00:54:04,040
♪ Silver buttons
all down her back
808
00:54:04,074 --> 00:54:07,510
♪ High low, Gypsy toes
809
00:54:07,544 --> 00:54:10,046
♪ She broke a needle,
says she can sew
810
00:54:10,080 --> 00:54:11,915
♪ Walkin' the dog
811
00:54:13,083 --> 00:54:15,085
♪ Just a-walkin' the dog
812
00:54:17,721 --> 00:54:19,356
♪ If you don't
know how to do it
813
00:54:19,389 --> 00:54:21,391
♪ I'll show you how
to walk the dog
814
00:54:25,228 --> 00:54:28,865
♪ I asked her mother
for fifteen cents
815
00:54:28,898 --> 00:54:32,035
♪ See you ever
jump the fence
816
00:54:32,068 --> 00:54:35,538
♪ Jumped so high
he touched the sky
817
00:54:35,572 --> 00:54:38,541
♪ Never got back 'til
the Fourth of July
818
00:54:38,575 --> 00:54:41,544
♪ Walkin' the dog
819
00:54:41,578 --> 00:54:43,580
♪ Just a-walkin' the dog
820
00:54:45,615 --> 00:54:47,717
♪ If you don't know
how to do it ♪
821
00:54:47,751 --> 00:54:50,587
♪ I'll show you how
to walk the dog ♪
822
00:54:53,757 --> 00:54:56,893
♪ Mary Mary,
quite contrary
823
00:54:56,926 --> 00:54:59,896
♪ Tell me, baby, how is
your garden growing
824
00:54:59,929 --> 00:55:03,733
♪ You've got silver bells,
cockle shells
825
00:55:03,767 --> 00:55:06,736
♪ And pretty maids
all in a row
826
00:55:06,770 --> 00:55:08,605
♪ Walkin' the dog
827
00:55:09,939 --> 00:55:11,941
♪ Just a-walkin' the dog
828
00:55:14,444 --> 00:55:16,446
♪ If you don't know
how to do it ♪
829
00:55:16,479 --> 00:55:19,316
♪ I'll show you how
to walk the dog ♪
830
00:55:21,951 --> 00:55:25,121
Rodney Diverlus:
For someone like her to
go back to the very place
831
00:55:25,155 --> 00:55:27,624
that you escaped,
is cathartic.
832
00:55:27,657 --> 00:55:29,592
And I wonder how
liberating it would've been
833
00:55:29,626 --> 00:55:30,593
to just be like,
834
00:55:30,627 --> 00:55:31,761
"Y'all didn't want me,
835
00:55:31,795 --> 00:55:33,430
"but here I am anyways!"
836
00:55:33,463 --> 00:55:34,431
[laughs]
837
00:55:34,464 --> 00:55:36,599
New, better, improved.
838
00:55:36,633 --> 00:55:38,635
And now I'm here as
the guest of honour.
839
00:55:39,469 --> 00:55:42,605
♪ Jumped so high
he touched the sky
840
00:55:42,639 --> 00:55:45,442
♪ Never got back 'til
the Fourth of July
841
00:55:45,475 --> 00:55:47,310
♪ No, he was walking
842
00:55:48,812 --> 00:55:51,648
♪ Just walking the dog, yeah
843
00:55:52,816 --> 00:55:55,118
♪ If you don't know
how to do it ♪
844
00:55:55,151 --> 00:55:57,987
♪ I'll show you how
to walk the dog ♪
845
00:55:59,489 --> 00:56:01,324
♪ Oh, come on baby
846
00:56:03,326 --> 00:56:06,629
Rob Bowman:
Jackie's "Night Train"
performance is extraordinary.
847
00:56:06,663 --> 00:56:08,631
I really wish we had more
performances like this,
848
00:56:08,665 --> 00:56:10,166
but we don't
849
00:56:10,200 --> 00:56:13,970
'cause Jackie turned down
all the other opportunities.
850
00:56:14,003 --> 00:56:16,973
She chose not to do the
things that you have to do
851
00:56:17,006 --> 00:56:19,142
to become a big star.
852
00:56:19,175 --> 00:56:20,643
She also didn't tour.
853
00:56:20,677 --> 00:56:23,813
She didn't play Memphis,
New York, Philadelphia.
854
00:56:23,847 --> 00:56:27,650
Instead, Jackie did
things on her own terms.
855
00:56:27,684 --> 00:56:29,652
She decides to
remain in Toronto
856
00:56:29,686 --> 00:56:32,489
and play for the
audiences that she loved,
857
00:56:32,522 --> 00:56:34,357
and in turn loved her.
858
00:56:34,691 --> 00:56:36,159
And from that,
859
00:56:36,192 --> 00:56:39,496
we get the most important
piece of Jackie's legacy,
860
00:56:39,529 --> 00:56:41,064
her incredible live album.
861
00:56:44,534 --> 00:56:51,674
["Money (Live Version)"
by Jackie Shane]
862
00:56:51,708 --> 00:56:53,510
♪ Ow!
863
00:56:53,543 --> 00:56:56,679
♪ They say the best
things in life are free
864
00:56:56,713 --> 00:56:59,215
♪ But you can give 'em
to the birds and bees
865
00:56:59,249 --> 00:57:01,017
♪ I need money
866
00:57:01,050 --> 00:57:03,887
♪ Lord, that's what I want
867
00:57:05,722 --> 00:57:07,557
♪ That's what I want
868
00:57:07,891 --> 00:57:09,192
♪ That's what I want
869
00:57:09,225 --> 00:57:11,694
♪ Oh, that's what
I want baby ♪
870
00:57:11,728 --> 00:57:13,229
♪ Ow!
871
00:57:13,263 --> 00:57:15,865
Rob Bowman:
Much of her legend comes
down to the live album
872
00:57:15,899 --> 00:57:17,400
recorded at The Saphire.
873
00:57:17,434 --> 00:57:19,702
And there's a week where
they record every night
874
00:57:19,736 --> 00:57:22,372
and that becomes
the live album.
875
00:57:22,405 --> 00:57:24,707
And that album
could rank up
876
00:57:24,741 --> 00:57:27,544
with the greatest solo
live albums that existed.
877
00:57:27,577 --> 00:57:28,745
♪ That's what I want
878
00:57:28,778 --> 00:57:30,547
♪ Oh, that's what
I want baby ♪
879
00:57:30,580 --> 00:57:32,048
Rob Bowman:
The music's fantastic,
880
00:57:32,081 --> 00:57:33,550
but the highlight
of the album
881
00:57:33,583 --> 00:57:35,752
were the monologues
she was doing.
882
00:57:35,785 --> 00:57:38,054
She was funny,
she was clever,
883
00:57:38,087 --> 00:57:41,057
and absolutely fearless
in her honesty.
884
00:57:41,090 --> 00:57:42,559
Jackie Shane VO:
So now listen baby,
885
00:57:42,592 --> 00:57:45,228
when you see Jackie
walking down the street
886
00:57:45,261 --> 00:57:47,730
or I walk into a
restaurant that you're in,
887
00:57:47,764 --> 00:57:49,432
I want you to laugh
and talk and grin
888
00:57:49,466 --> 00:57:50,600
and point the finger at me
889
00:57:50,633 --> 00:57:52,569
because if I ever walked out
890
00:57:52,602 --> 00:57:54,904
and they didn't point
and whisper about me,
891
00:57:54,938 --> 00:57:56,239
I'd go back in and
look in the mirror
892
00:57:56,272 --> 00:57:57,574
and stick out my tongue
893
00:57:57,607 --> 00:57:58,741
'cause I thought I
was sick or something.
894
00:57:58,775 --> 00:58:00,777
I done lost my touch.
895
00:58:00,810 --> 00:58:02,445
Vonnie Crawford-Moore:
I am so grateful
896
00:58:02,479 --> 00:58:04,581
that Aunt Jackie recorded
this live album.
897
00:58:04,614 --> 00:58:07,617
It makes me feel like that I
am in the room watching her,
898
00:58:07,650 --> 00:58:10,587
and she's speaking to
me and I'm just in awe.
899
00:58:10,620 --> 00:58:13,423
Rob Bowman:
That live album
captures a performance
900
00:58:13,456 --> 00:58:15,091
that's like a
little time machine
901
00:58:15,124 --> 00:58:17,927
taking us into another
world and another time.
902
00:58:17,961 --> 00:58:20,096
You don't get revue
shows like that.
903
00:58:20,129 --> 00:58:22,765
Jackie Shane VO:
The multitude that
follows me is so great
904
00:58:22,799 --> 00:58:25,935
because they know I go along
handing out soul blessings,
905
00:58:25,969 --> 00:58:27,770
satisfying souls,
906
00:58:27,804 --> 00:58:30,006
but I don't satisfy
nobody that's a square.
907
00:58:31,307 --> 00:58:32,775
You know, I don't want you
coming talking to tell me,
908
00:58:32,809 --> 00:58:34,110
"Jackie, well I ain't
never done this,
909
00:58:34,143 --> 00:58:35,445
or "I ain't never
done that."
910
00:58:35,478 --> 00:58:36,613
Well if you haven't,
911
00:58:36,646 --> 00:58:38,948
get up and let
somebody who can.
912
00:58:38,982 --> 00:58:40,817
Don't hinder my business.
913
00:58:40,850 --> 00:58:42,619
You see what I mean?
914
00:58:42,652 --> 00:58:45,622
Vonnie Crawford-Moore:
That album made a very
powerful statement.
915
00:58:45,655 --> 00:58:47,957
Live your life.
916
00:58:47,991 --> 00:58:51,294
And that's what I would
want people to learn.
917
00:58:51,327 --> 00:58:52,996
Be true to who you are.
918
00:58:53,029 --> 00:58:54,664
Always.
919
00:58:54,697 --> 00:58:57,800
Roger Diverlus:
I think a lot about
just how nerve-wracking
920
00:58:57,834 --> 00:59:03,806
and how incredibly difficult
and dangerous it was to be
921
00:59:03,840 --> 00:59:07,477
an openly queer,
trans Black performer.
922
00:59:07,510 --> 00:59:09,178
And how it still is today.
923
00:59:09,212 --> 00:59:11,981
And to just stand in
front of hot spotlights
924
00:59:12,015 --> 00:59:13,650
and to say,
"This is who I am,"
925
00:59:13,683 --> 00:59:16,986
there is no words to describe
the level of assuredness
926
00:59:17,020 --> 00:59:18,855
that it would've
taken to do that.
927
00:59:20,023 --> 00:59:23,326
♪ Cruel cruel world
928
00:59:23,359 --> 00:59:27,163
♪ Thought it used all for me
929
00:59:27,196 --> 00:59:30,166
♪ Need someone to love
930
00:59:30,199 --> 00:59:33,202
♪ I don't need
your sympathy
931
00:59:34,871 --> 00:59:37,707
♪ I wanna know
932
00:59:38,074 --> 00:59:40,910
♪ If I'll ever be free
933
00:59:42,412 --> 00:59:46,349
♪ Cruel world, see
what you can do
934
00:59:46,382 --> 00:59:49,018
♪ You can do for me
935
00:59:49,052 --> 00:59:52,722
Roger Diverlus:
Jackie moved north for
this promise of freedom.
936
00:59:52,755 --> 00:59:54,023
Now, in hindsight
937
00:59:54,057 --> 00:59:55,725
we know that in many ways
938
00:59:55,758 --> 01:00:00,196
a lot of the fallacies that
Canada was a safe haven
939
01:00:00,229 --> 01:00:01,731
has been complicated
over time.
940
01:00:01,764 --> 01:00:03,032
Bobby Dean Blackburn:
As far as I'm concerned,
941
01:00:03,066 --> 01:00:06,369
Canada is one of the best
countries in the world to live.
942
01:00:06,402 --> 01:00:09,238
But I've seen from the
time I was four years old
943
01:00:09,272 --> 01:00:11,574
very, very
heavy-duty prejudice.
944
01:00:12,575 --> 01:00:15,712
I was mad because of the
prejudice that was hidden.
945
01:00:15,745 --> 01:00:17,213
Like there's a smokescreen.
946
01:00:17,246 --> 01:00:21,884
Ah, people say, "Oh no, there's
no prejudice in-in-in Canada."
947
01:00:21,918 --> 01:00:24,420
I didn't think that
existed in-in Canada,
948
01:00:24,454 --> 01:00:28,725
but, phew, a couple of times
going down in the subway,
949
01:00:28,758 --> 01:00:29,726
I don't know,
950
01:00:29,759 --> 01:00:31,894
maybe I tapped somebody
or brushed somebody,
951
01:00:31,928 --> 01:00:35,898
and the N word would just
jump out real fast, loud!
952
01:00:35,932 --> 01:00:37,233
Loudly!
953
01:00:37,266 --> 01:00:40,903
And I'd-I'd look,
keep it moving.
954
01:00:40,937 --> 01:00:41,904
I followed the rules,
955
01:00:41,938 --> 01:00:44,440
keep your head down
and keep it moving.
956
01:00:44,474 --> 01:00:47,276
Now, and if I fought back?
957
01:00:47,310 --> 01:00:48,911
In my head I thought,
958
01:00:48,945 --> 01:00:51,280
if I say something
to this man
959
01:00:51,314 --> 01:00:53,750
and we get into a scuffle,
960
01:00:53,783 --> 01:00:57,420
the first person they're
going to deal with was me.
961
01:00:57,453 --> 01:00:58,755
And then they had,
they'll deal with me
962
01:00:58,788 --> 01:01:02,792
because of my race and
then if I go to jail
963
01:01:02,825 --> 01:01:04,594
because I struck this man,
964
01:01:04,627 --> 01:01:06,796
we're gonna deal
with my gender.
965
01:01:06,829 --> 01:01:09,098
And then you say, "Oh God,
I can't do that"
966
01:01:09,132 --> 01:01:11,100
because I don't
have any rights.
967
01:01:11,134 --> 01:01:14,137
I have no rights across
the board right now.
968
01:01:14,170 --> 01:01:16,639
I have a double-dual
thing to deal with
969
01:01:16,673 --> 01:01:19,175
if I fight back for
what he just said.
970
01:01:53,176 --> 01:01:56,312
♪ I wanna know
971
01:01:56,345 --> 01:02:00,817
♪ If I'll ever be free
972
01:02:00,850 --> 01:02:03,653
♪ Cruel world, see what
973
01:02:03,686 --> 01:02:06,522
♪ You can do,
you can for me ♪
974
01:02:08,191 --> 01:02:10,526
♪ I know, I know
975
01:02:10,560 --> 01:02:13,029
♪ You have a notion
976
01:02:15,364 --> 01:02:17,667
♪ And I know, I know
977
01:02:17,700 --> 01:02:20,336
♪ You possess the seas
978
01:02:20,369 --> 01:02:21,871
Bobby Dean Blackburn:
I don't know if you've
gone to a concert
979
01:02:21,904 --> 01:02:24,340
and you come out and
you're just vibrating.
980
01:02:24,373 --> 01:02:27,043
That's the way it was
anytime you seen her.
981
01:02:27,076 --> 01:02:28,711
She had something to give.
982
01:02:29,746 --> 01:02:32,248
And it's really too bad
that she had to quit.
983
01:02:33,049 --> 01:02:34,550
I don't know why.
984
01:02:34,584 --> 01:02:35,852
You know?
985
01:02:35,885 --> 01:02:38,888
[stammers] I don't
know to this day.
986
01:02:44,594 --> 01:02:47,029
"I have never
known the feeling
987
01:02:47,063 --> 01:02:49,699
"of this thing
called happiness,
988
01:02:49,732 --> 01:02:52,201
"not being given the
chance to show others
989
01:02:52,235 --> 01:02:54,570
"that I am a human being.
990
01:02:54,604 --> 01:02:56,539
"I am forced to live my life
991
01:02:56,572 --> 01:02:59,742
"in an odd and
difficult manner."
992
01:02:59,776 --> 01:03:01,277
Whew!
993
01:03:03,246 --> 01:03:04,914
I mean, this wasn't a game
994
01:03:04,947 --> 01:03:07,216
where someone just
happens to like
995
01:03:07,250 --> 01:03:08,551
to put on women's clothing.
996
01:03:08,584 --> 01:03:10,553
This wasn't the case.
997
01:03:10,586 --> 01:03:14,390
If you're so invested
in your femininity,
998
01:03:14,423 --> 01:03:18,060
in where you know
you want to go,
999
01:03:18,094 --> 01:03:23,065
putting on male attire to
be a singer, a performer,
1000
01:03:23,099 --> 01:03:26,569
it would make you a
mess on a daily basis.
1001
01:03:26,602 --> 01:03:31,073
Speaking from experience,
it would've been hard.
1002
01:03:31,107 --> 01:03:33,109
Oh man, it would be hard.
1003
01:03:34,777 --> 01:03:37,246
♪ Cruel cruel world
1004
01:03:37,280 --> 01:03:40,917
♪ Sometimes being
alone and blue
1005
01:03:40,950 --> 01:03:43,920
♪ If I don't
find me someone
1006
01:03:43,953 --> 01:03:46,956
♪ I don't know what
I'm gonna do ♪
1007
01:03:46,989 --> 01:03:48,758
Rob Bowman:
Despite all the success,
1008
01:03:48,791 --> 01:03:50,760
all the joy she got
from audiences,
1009
01:03:50,793 --> 01:03:53,262
and she did love
those audiences.
1010
01:03:53,296 --> 01:03:54,931
She loved the way she
could talk to them.
1011
01:03:54,964 --> 01:03:57,300
She loved the
relationships she had.
1012
01:03:57,333 --> 01:04:00,436
But I think she was
just finally broken.
1013
01:04:00,469 --> 01:04:04,774
She had just been worn
out by the daily grind,
1014
01:04:04,807 --> 01:04:06,442
the daily pressures,
1015
01:04:06,475 --> 01:04:09,979
and the daily cruelties
that were part of
1016
01:04:10,012 --> 01:04:11,647
living her authentic self.
1017
01:04:45,581 --> 01:04:46,549
♪ Help me, help me
1018
01:04:46,582 --> 01:04:48,417
♪ Come on
1019
01:04:49,018 --> 01:04:51,687
♪ I need someone
1020
01:04:51,721 --> 01:04:54,190
♪ That I can
call my very own
1021
01:04:55,024 --> 01:04:57,693
♪ Oh, I want you
1022
01:05:04,166 --> 01:05:11,474
[gentle music]
1023
01:05:11,507 --> 01:05:44,507
♪
1024
01:05:44,540 --> 01:05:54,517
[gentle music continues]
1025
01:05:54,550 --> 01:06:10,199
♪
1026
01:06:10,232 --> 01:06:12,234
Sandra Caldwell:
Margaret Anne Daley.
1027
01:06:13,736 --> 01:06:15,705
Yes, Margaret
Anne Daley.
1028
01:06:15,738 --> 01:06:17,573
What a-what a-what
a lady name,
1029
01:06:17,606 --> 01:06:19,375
you know?
1030
01:06:19,408 --> 01:06:22,378
We usually don't
pick names like,
1031
01:06:22,411 --> 01:06:24,380
what would be? Emily?
1032
01:06:24,413 --> 01:06:26,782
I'm sorry, Emilys,
I'm sorry.
1033
01:06:27,750 --> 01:06:28,718
I'm sorry.
1034
01:06:28,751 --> 01:06:30,553
We don't choose
that kinda name.
1035
01:06:30,586 --> 01:06:34,223
We choose a name like,
um, Margaret Anne Daley
1036
01:06:34,256 --> 01:06:36,225
or Sandra Renee Caldwell.
1037
01:06:36,258 --> 01:06:39,095
You must choose a name,
like it must flow.
1038
01:06:42,098 --> 01:06:44,567
And you had to have an ID.
1039
01:06:44,600 --> 01:06:47,103
Can you imagine if
you've made this decision
1040
01:06:47,136 --> 01:06:51,774
and walking around with the
other ID looking like this?
1041
01:06:51,807 --> 01:06:53,743
She could've kept
Jackie Shane,
1042
01:06:53,776 --> 01:06:56,078
but this sounds
more ladylike.
1043
01:06:56,112 --> 01:07:00,082
You know, you go to the
extreme of femininity.
1044
01:07:00,116 --> 01:07:02,418
This is a housewife
name; Margaret.
1045
01:07:02,451 --> 01:07:03,919
"Margaret Ann.
1046
01:07:03,953 --> 01:07:05,788
"Margaret, I'll
call you soon.
1047
01:07:06,455 --> 01:07:08,457
"We'll have to have
cocktails, Margaret."
1048
01:07:08,491 --> 01:07:10,960
This specific
photo of Jackie,
1049
01:07:11,794 --> 01:07:15,097
I like literally,
I was like, wait,
1050
01:07:15,131 --> 01:07:16,766
even with the hair flip,
1051
01:07:16,799 --> 01:07:17,933
the little lighting
in the hair?
1052
01:07:17,967 --> 01:07:19,101
Like, this is me.
1053
01:07:19,135 --> 01:07:20,102
And I like,
1054
01:07:20,136 --> 01:07:22,271
I can feel her
energy from it.
1055
01:07:22,304 --> 01:07:25,107
She looks like she
really has stepped into
1056
01:07:25,141 --> 01:07:26,942
the person she
wants to be.
1057
01:07:26,976 --> 01:07:29,945
Sandra Caldwell:
You imagine being
that gorgeous?
1058
01:07:29,979 --> 01:07:32,114
You wanna be this
all the time.
1059
01:07:32,148 --> 01:07:33,649
Why not?
1060
01:07:34,316 --> 01:07:37,119
Okay, and what, what?
Paris is burning.
1061
01:07:37,153 --> 01:07:39,155
Paris is burning,
honey, right here.
1062
01:07:50,833 --> 01:07:52,134
Makayla Walker:
"Like most women,
1063
01:07:52,168 --> 01:07:56,138
"someday I would like
to be a man's wife.
1064
01:07:56,172 --> 01:07:57,873
"I need a man to love me.
1065
01:07:58,841 --> 01:08:00,643
"I know that I can
love the right man
1066
01:08:00,676 --> 01:08:03,012
"if I only get the chance."
1067
01:08:52,394 --> 01:08:57,533
Andrenee Majors-Douglas:
"Pasadena, California.
June 6th, 1973.
1068
01:08:57,566 --> 01:08:58,534
"Dear Mom,
1069
01:08:58,567 --> 01:09:01,871
"I love Dan and I
know he loves me,
1070
01:09:01,904 --> 01:09:04,740
"but he is a man
and it is said
1071
01:09:04,773 --> 01:09:09,378
"that a man needs a good woman
to love and stand by him.
1072
01:09:09,411 --> 01:09:11,914
"And that is what
I'm going to do.
1073
01:09:11,947 --> 01:09:15,718
"Dan wants you all to know that
he'll take good care of me
1074
01:09:15,751 --> 01:09:18,254
"because, Mom, he says
I'm his reason for living.
1075
01:09:19,421 --> 01:09:21,223
"We are very happy,
1076
01:09:21,257 --> 01:09:24,093
"and I know you're praying
for us and we love you.
1077
01:09:24,960 --> 01:09:29,632
"Your daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Matlock."
1078
01:09:32,301 --> 01:09:35,304
[birds chirping]
1079
01:09:44,613 --> 01:09:48,250
Makayla Walker:
I think honestly,
with all relationships,
1080
01:09:48,284 --> 01:09:50,920
you always start off
with the honeymoon phase,
1081
01:09:50,953 --> 01:09:53,589
where you're like,
yeah, this is the person.
1082
01:09:53,622 --> 01:09:56,258
And as you look
through these photos,
1083
01:09:56,292 --> 01:09:58,761
Jackie stops
smiling a little bit,
1084
01:09:58,794 --> 01:10:00,095
especially in this one.
1085
01:10:00,129 --> 01:10:03,098
I think this one's
almost more obvious.
1086
01:10:03,132 --> 01:10:04,133
This one in particular,
1087
01:10:04,166 --> 01:10:06,435
you can see the
difference in her face,
1088
01:10:06,468 --> 01:10:08,103
where something's changing.
1089
01:10:08,137 --> 01:10:10,472
Sandra Caldwell:
Neither one of them
look happy right there.
1090
01:10:11,473 --> 01:10:13,943
I don't know if I should
be saying all these things.
1091
01:10:13,976 --> 01:10:15,945
But was he,
1092
01:10:15,978 --> 01:10:18,614
was he gay when they met?
1093
01:10:18,647 --> 01:10:21,150
You know, what-what they
look like, you know?
1094
01:10:21,183 --> 01:10:23,319
If Jackie wasn't
fully transitioned
1095
01:10:23,352 --> 01:10:25,287
when she was in Toronto,
1096
01:10:25,321 --> 01:10:28,457
she would've been
considered gay.
1097
01:10:28,490 --> 01:10:33,329
I imagine that he at the
time in Toronto was gay.
1098
01:10:34,330 --> 01:10:37,166
And when she transitioned
in Los Angeles,
1099
01:10:37,199 --> 01:10:39,134
she was a woman.
1100
01:10:39,168 --> 01:10:41,971
But he considered
it still gay.
1101
01:10:42,004 --> 01:10:43,639
So if you can imagine,
1102
01:10:43,672 --> 01:10:45,341
I-I'm dating,
1103
01:10:45,374 --> 01:10:46,809
I hate to say this,
1104
01:10:46,842 --> 01:10:48,644
I'm dating, eee!
1105
01:10:48,677 --> 01:10:50,179
I'm-I'm, eee!
1106
01:10:50,212 --> 01:10:52,481
I'm dating a man,
1107
01:10:52,514 --> 01:10:55,651
and all of a sudden
I'm looking at a woman.
1108
01:10:55,684 --> 01:10:58,654
That can bring on
some uncomfortableness
1109
01:10:58,687 --> 01:11:00,356
for the husband.
1110
01:11:34,556 --> 01:11:36,525
Sandra Caldwell:
I keep matching
her life with mine
1111
01:11:36,558 --> 01:11:40,195
because I've had
it happen to me.
1112
01:11:40,229 --> 01:11:45,034
That-that lover is embarrassed
1113
01:11:45,067 --> 01:11:47,536
because how do you
walk down the street
1114
01:11:47,569 --> 01:11:49,071
with a trans woman?
1115
01:11:49,104 --> 01:11:51,206
I'm sure he didn't
know how to do that.
1116
01:11:51,240 --> 01:11:54,543
I'm sure that played
into her being unhappy.
1117
01:11:54,576 --> 01:11:56,211
You know, you lost
your husband,
1118
01:11:56,245 --> 01:11:57,880
you lost your partner,
you lost your lover,
1119
01:11:57,913 --> 01:11:59,081
you lost your friend.
1120
01:11:59,114 --> 01:12:01,750
If you lose all of
them in one gulp,
1121
01:12:01,784 --> 01:12:03,552
that kinda hurts.
1122
01:12:03,585 --> 01:12:05,087
That hurts.
1123
01:12:05,754 --> 01:12:12,728
[solemn music]
1124
01:12:12,761 --> 01:12:22,905
♪
1125
01:12:22,938 --> 01:12:25,107
Makayla Walker:
"I thank God for my mother,
1126
01:12:25,140 --> 01:12:28,077
"for her love and
understanding.
1127
01:12:28,110 --> 01:12:29,745
"I know it must be
very hard for her
1128
01:12:29,778 --> 01:12:31,447
"just seeing me this way.
1129
01:12:32,314 --> 01:12:35,784
"God bless her because she
is all I have on this earth."
1130
01:12:37,453 --> 01:12:41,457
I think that like
literally speaks to family.
1131
01:12:41,490 --> 01:12:43,625
That was the last
person she had.
1132
01:12:45,127 --> 01:12:47,096
I think Jackie really
needed like all of us,
1133
01:12:47,129 --> 01:12:50,999
just someone to love
in that moment.
1134
01:12:53,969 --> 01:12:55,437
Vonnie Crawford-Moore:
Somebody said,
"Look, they look alike."
1135
01:12:55,471 --> 01:12:56,972
They do.
1136
01:12:58,340 --> 01:12:59,975
That's Jessie.
-There's Jessie.
1137
01:13:01,477 --> 01:13:03,812
Vonnie Crawford-Moore:
So we all know the
story now that
1138
01:13:03,846 --> 01:13:06,281
who we thought
was her mother
1139
01:13:06,315 --> 01:13:08,617
was truly her aunt.
1140
01:13:08,650 --> 01:13:11,286
Andrenee Majors-Douglas:
Jessie was the one
that was there for her
1141
01:13:11,320 --> 01:13:12,955
and protected her
and guided her
1142
01:13:12,988 --> 01:13:15,124
and gave her
what she needed.
1143
01:13:15,157 --> 01:13:18,794
I believe that her
biological mother, Gussie,
1144
01:13:18,827 --> 01:13:20,295
being so young,
1145
01:13:20,329 --> 01:13:21,964
I think she did
the best she could.
1146
01:13:21,997 --> 01:13:23,999
I think it was one of those
things back in the day,
1147
01:13:24,032 --> 01:13:25,467
you followed your husband,
1148
01:13:25,501 --> 01:13:27,136
what they wanted.
1149
01:13:27,169 --> 01:13:29,805
Versus, you know,
really looking at
1150
01:13:29,838 --> 01:13:31,673
the protection of her child.
1151
01:13:32,508 --> 01:13:33,976
Andrenee Majors-Douglas:
But Jessie was the one
that treated her like
1152
01:13:34,009 --> 01:13:37,513
she wanted to be treated,
loved unconditionally.
1153
01:13:37,546 --> 01:13:41,984
Whereas her
mom didn't, so...
1154
01:13:42,017 --> 01:13:43,152
Rob Bowman:
Jackie adored Jessie,
1155
01:13:43,185 --> 01:13:44,853
felt she owed
her life to her.
1156
01:13:45,687 --> 01:13:47,990
So when Jessie wanted to
come back to Nashville
1157
01:13:48,023 --> 01:13:51,860
and help her sister, Gussie,
and Jackie's stepfather Elijah,
1158
01:13:51,894 --> 01:13:53,996
who were both having
medical problems,
1159
01:13:54,029 --> 01:13:55,864
Jackie had no choice.
1160
01:13:57,866 --> 01:13:59,501
She didn't talk
about this much,
1161
01:13:59,535 --> 01:14:00,836
but her stepfather, Elijah,
1162
01:14:00,869 --> 01:14:04,039
had been incredibly cruel
to her when she was a child.
1163
01:14:05,207 --> 01:14:08,177
Nevertheless, in May of '78
1164
01:14:08,210 --> 01:14:10,179
she agreed to move
back to Nashville
1165
01:14:10,212 --> 01:14:13,715
and found herself living in
a house with Gussie, Jessie
1166
01:14:13,749 --> 01:14:16,585
and Elijah, the man who had
abused her as a child.
1167
01:14:44,746 --> 01:14:46,048
Makayla Walker:
"My stepfather,
1168
01:14:46,081 --> 01:14:47,249
"who through
his ignorance,
1169
01:14:47,282 --> 01:14:50,052
"treated me very cruelly.
1170
01:14:50,085 --> 01:14:51,887
"There were things
that he did to me
1171
01:14:51,920 --> 01:14:55,591
"and said to me that I wish
I could forget but I can't.
1172
01:14:55,624 --> 01:14:57,759
"There were many times
when I would look at him,
1173
01:14:57,793 --> 01:15:00,395
"the things he had
done to me years ago,
1174
01:15:00,429 --> 01:15:02,564
"it was just like it had
happened the day before
1175
01:15:02,598 --> 01:15:04,900
"and all the hurt
would come back.
1176
01:15:04,933 --> 01:15:07,936
"But all I would do was go to
my room until I felt better."
1177
01:15:09,104 --> 01:15:12,107
Andrenee Majors-Douglas:
Elijah had done some
really bad things to her,
1178
01:15:12,140 --> 01:15:14,776
and then the fact
that with this person
1179
01:15:14,810 --> 01:15:16,912
who had mistreated
you and bashed you
1180
01:15:16,945 --> 01:15:19,114
and embarrassed
you all your life,
1181
01:15:19,147 --> 01:15:21,250
and then is sick and
you gotta care for 'em,
1182
01:15:21,283 --> 01:15:23,285
that's a hard
pill to swallow.
1183
01:15:25,153 --> 01:15:26,788
She did.
1184
01:15:27,789 --> 01:15:29,324
Unconditionally.
1185
01:15:32,127 --> 01:15:33,762
'Cause that's
just who she was.
1186
01:15:33,795 --> 01:15:35,597
She did what she had to do.
1187
01:15:35,631 --> 01:15:42,604
[solemn music]
1188
01:15:42,638 --> 01:15:46,942
♪
1189
01:15:46,975 --> 01:15:51,780
Rob Bowman:
Eventually, Jessie, Gussie
and Elijah all passed on
1190
01:15:51,813 --> 01:15:53,815
but Jackie was
stuck in Nashville.
1191
01:15:54,316 --> 01:15:55,317
She didn't perform again.
1192
01:15:55,350 --> 01:15:56,952
She didn't have
a lot of money,
1193
01:15:56,985 --> 01:15:58,620
had no way of
really getting out
1194
01:15:58,654 --> 01:16:01,657
of the situation
she was in.
1195
01:16:01,690 --> 01:16:05,527
Once they passed, then
she was just stuck here,
1196
01:16:06,828 --> 01:16:08,497
and had to deal
with the pain
1197
01:16:08,530 --> 01:16:11,800
that she had from
her childhood,
1198
01:16:11,833 --> 01:16:14,970
and just the pain from
fighting to be her true self
1199
01:16:15,003 --> 01:16:16,672
out here in the world.
1200
01:16:17,839 --> 01:16:20,175
And that's when she
went into the seclusion.
1201
01:16:22,678 --> 01:16:26,481
Okay, "I move quietly
with soft, careful steps
1202
01:16:26,515 --> 01:16:29,818
"as I pass over this
land of the free,
1203
01:16:29,851 --> 01:16:31,353
"quote unquote,
1204
01:16:32,020 --> 01:16:34,489
"into what I call the beyond.
1205
01:16:34,523 --> 01:16:36,325
"I must live in the beyond
1206
01:16:36,358 --> 01:16:41,496
"for I cannot take this inhuman
way that others abuse me.
1207
01:16:41,530 --> 01:16:45,167
"I want to go out and just
feel at ease like other people
1208
01:16:45,200 --> 01:16:46,668
"without making me feel like
1209
01:16:46,702 --> 01:16:51,006
"I don't have the
right to be myself."
1210
01:16:51,039 --> 01:16:54,509
She couldn't even feel that
she would be protected.
1211
01:16:54,543 --> 01:16:56,178
She wants to be a
part of the party,
1212
01:16:56,211 --> 01:16:58,413
but no, can't do it,
1213
01:16:59,548 --> 01:17:02,184
'cause she going, you gonna
mess with me, right? No.
1214
01:17:02,217 --> 01:17:05,387
She was afraid she was going
to have a nervous breakdown.
1215
01:17:07,055 --> 01:17:09,691
It had gotten
that bad with her
1216
01:17:09,725 --> 01:17:12,227
after her mother passed.
1217
01:17:12,260 --> 01:17:15,364
She didn't mind being
broke and on welfare,
1218
01:17:15,397 --> 01:17:18,033
and she was all of that.
1219
01:17:18,066 --> 01:17:20,869
Sandra Caldwell:
Her comfort zone is
in those four walls,
1220
01:17:20,902 --> 01:17:23,205
or however many
rooms she had.
1221
01:17:23,238 --> 01:17:24,573
She could change her clothes,
1222
01:17:24,606 --> 01:17:27,409
change her hair
twenty times a day.
1223
01:17:27,442 --> 01:17:30,078
But her being who she was,
1224
01:17:30,112 --> 01:17:33,048
she dare not get
out of that box!
1225
01:17:33,081 --> 01:17:34,883
Why am I gonna go
into some place
1226
01:17:34,916 --> 01:17:37,886
where you're gonna make
me feel bad or less than?
1227
01:17:37,919 --> 01:17:40,055
She had to live in
that little box.
1228
01:17:40,088 --> 01:17:43,558
Lorenzo Washington:
She was used to having
people around her,
1229
01:17:43,592 --> 01:17:47,896
and now she wasn't
amongst a group of folk
1230
01:17:47,929 --> 01:17:51,066
that she could
feel appreciated.
1231
01:17:51,099 --> 01:17:53,568
And especially
being able to go out
1232
01:17:53,602 --> 01:17:56,438
and wear jewellery
and look gorgeous,
1233
01:17:56,471 --> 01:17:58,073
like she always said,
1234
01:17:58,106 --> 01:18:00,409
"Lorenzo, I was
just gorgeous."
1235
01:18:00,442 --> 01:18:02,077
[Lorenzo laughs]
1236
01:18:02,110 --> 01:18:05,914
And that was just one of
her-her attitudes that she,
1237
01:18:05,947 --> 01:18:07,783
she was a woman
with an attitude.
1238
01:18:09,284 --> 01:18:11,119
♪ Raindrops
1239
01:18:15,323 --> 01:18:18,160
♪ So many raindrops
1240
01:18:21,963 --> 01:18:25,801
♪ Feels like raindrops
1241
01:18:49,825 --> 01:18:51,827
♪ I'm all alone
1242
01:18:51,860 --> 01:18:54,796
Rob Bowman:
Jackie spent the
majority of her life,
1243
01:18:54,830 --> 01:18:56,965
the vast majority of it,
1244
01:18:56,998 --> 01:19:00,502
living alone,
not trusting anybody.
1245
01:19:00,535 --> 01:19:03,972
She saw virtually nobody
after she left California.
1246
01:19:04,005 --> 01:19:05,640
Couple close friends,
1247
01:19:05,674 --> 01:19:08,310
but virtually nobody's
admitted into her life.
1248
01:19:08,343 --> 01:19:09,478
Lorenzo Washington:
For a long time,
1249
01:19:09,511 --> 01:19:12,481
she had nobody
to laugh with.
1250
01:19:12,514 --> 01:19:13,849
She talked to that cat
1251
01:19:13,882 --> 01:19:18,653
like that cat was a
human being. [laughs]
1252
01:19:18,687 --> 01:19:20,489
Until I come in, you know,
1253
01:19:20,522 --> 01:19:25,527
and got to be, uh, one
of her sounding boards.
1254
01:19:26,027 --> 01:19:28,830
She was a fun
person to be around.
1255
01:19:28,864 --> 01:19:31,199
She was always
joking around.
1256
01:19:31,233 --> 01:19:33,335
I never been one that
could tell jokes.
1257
01:19:33,368 --> 01:19:36,505
I didn't, I never
could tell jokes,
1258
01:19:36,538 --> 01:19:38,874
but Jackie could bring
you a pretty good one
1259
01:19:38,907 --> 01:19:40,509
every now and then,
you know?
1260
01:19:40,542 --> 01:19:43,044
And a very good
conversationalist,
1261
01:19:43,078 --> 01:19:46,348
could talk about anything
you wanted to talk about.
1262
01:19:46,381 --> 01:19:48,350
Jimmy Church:
We talked for a long time.
1263
01:19:48,383 --> 01:19:51,186
You know, I would hold the
phone and listen to her.
1264
01:19:51,219 --> 01:19:54,055
Jackie told me some
things that she had did
1265
01:19:54,089 --> 01:19:56,358
and things that
she went through.
1266
01:19:56,391 --> 01:20:01,196
And when I see people down
and need this and need that,
1267
01:20:01,229 --> 01:20:03,865
when a musician is down,
I automatically go to 'em,
1268
01:20:03,899 --> 01:20:05,901
what you need, man?
What, you know?
1269
01:20:06,067 --> 01:20:08,570
You know, pay their rent for
'em for a month, two months,
1270
01:20:08,603 --> 01:20:09,704
whatever they need.
1271
01:20:09,738 --> 01:20:11,406
God just sent me to him.
1272
01:20:12,073 --> 01:20:14,376
And we know Jackie
needed someone out there.
1273
01:20:14,409 --> 01:20:16,211
Lorenzo Washington:
She wanted me to come around
1274
01:20:16,244 --> 01:20:19,214
and take her the
first of every month
1275
01:20:19,247 --> 01:20:21,716
to all the places
she needed to go;
1276
01:20:21,750 --> 01:20:23,552
to the bank,
the grocery store,
1277
01:20:23,585 --> 01:20:24,920
the drug store.
1278
01:20:24,953 --> 01:20:27,556
And Jackie always
wore sunglasses
1279
01:20:27,589 --> 01:20:29,391
and always wore a hat,
1280
01:20:29,424 --> 01:20:32,561
and the hat would be
down over her eye,
1281
01:20:32,594 --> 01:20:35,096
so you couldn't
tell who she was.
1282
01:20:35,130 --> 01:20:37,566
At that time,
nobody knew anyway
1283
01:20:37,599 --> 01:20:39,901
because it had
passed the time
1284
01:20:39,935 --> 01:20:43,104
when she was a
known entertainer.
1285
01:20:43,138 --> 01:20:47,742
Nobody had seen
Jackie Shane in 35, 40 years.
1286
01:20:47,776 --> 01:20:49,611
They didn't know
she was alive.
1287
01:20:51,446 --> 01:20:53,415
Sandra Caldwell:
Aw Jackie, I'm sorry.
1288
01:20:53,448 --> 01:20:54,416
Do you know what I mean?
1289
01:20:54,449 --> 01:20:58,286
No, I'm not sorry for her,
I'm just, oh damn,
1290
01:20:58,320 --> 01:21:00,288
you didn't get to sample it.
1291
01:21:01,489 --> 01:21:03,124
Can you imagine? I mean...
1292
01:21:03,158 --> 01:21:07,596
and she had talent,
real live talent.
1293
01:21:07,629 --> 01:21:09,764
No lip-syncer here, darling.
1294
01:21:09,798 --> 01:21:12,267
It was real live talent.
1295
01:21:12,300 --> 01:21:15,437
And can you imagine if
you had that talent
1296
01:21:15,470 --> 01:21:18,306
and she was able
to be free free?
1297
01:21:18,340 --> 01:21:19,841
Wow.
1298
01:21:20,809 --> 01:21:24,613
But she made a choice
to just live her life,
1299
01:21:24,646 --> 01:21:25,947
even gave up her career,
1300
01:21:25,981 --> 01:21:30,285
just so she could live
fully in her truth.
1301
01:21:30,318 --> 01:21:37,292
[soft humming]
1302
01:21:37,325 --> 01:21:40,629
♪
1303
01:21:40,662 --> 01:21:42,497
♪ Zombie baby!
1304
01:21:42,530 --> 01:21:49,504
[upbeat funky music]
1305
01:21:49,537 --> 01:21:53,341
♪
1306
01:21:53,375 --> 01:21:58,847
[crowd cheers]
1307
01:21:58,880 --> 01:22:05,854
[upbeat funky music continues]
1308
01:22:05,887 --> 01:22:09,157
♪
1309
01:22:09,190 --> 01:22:10,692
Rob Bowman:
In 2016,
1310
01:22:10,725 --> 01:22:13,995
I got a call from a small
little independent label
1311
01:22:14,029 --> 01:22:17,198
and they said they just
signed Jackie Shane to a deal
1312
01:22:17,232 --> 01:22:19,167
to re-issue all
of her recordings,
1313
01:22:19,200 --> 01:22:21,002
and I'm going, "What?
1314
01:22:21,036 --> 01:22:22,504
"What are you talking about?"
1315
01:22:22,537 --> 01:22:23,872
Michael Gray:
I just remember thinking,
1316
01:22:23,905 --> 01:22:25,040
"So Jackie's alive?
1317
01:22:25,073 --> 01:22:26,174
"Jackie's in Nashville?
1318
01:22:26,207 --> 01:22:27,509
"What? Really?"
1319
01:22:27,542 --> 01:22:28,877
And in my backyard, in my,
1320
01:22:28,910 --> 01:22:30,512
in Nashville,
where I was living!
1321
01:22:30,545 --> 01:22:33,014
And I'm like,
you kidding me?
1322
01:22:33,048 --> 01:22:35,383
Interview Jackie Shane
to write liner notes
1323
01:22:35,417 --> 01:22:37,252
for this double CD?
1324
01:22:38,553 --> 01:22:39,554
This is a dream come true!
1325
01:22:39,587 --> 01:22:41,690
This is wild!
This is crazy!
1326
01:22:41,723 --> 01:22:44,192
I couldn't believe that
Jackie had signed this.
1327
01:22:44,225 --> 01:22:46,027
She didn't want anything to
do with the music industry,
1328
01:22:46,061 --> 01:22:49,064
anything to do with anybody,
even talking about it.
1329
01:23:10,585 --> 01:23:14,055
♪ Lord, you gotta give
me a little money
1330
01:23:14,089 --> 01:23:16,091
♪ After I give you my life
1331
01:23:16,124 --> 01:23:17,759
Rob Bowman:
When the box set
was released,
1332
01:23:17,792 --> 01:23:20,061
it started selling
all over the world.
1333
01:23:20,095 --> 01:23:22,597
Jackie started getting
fan letters from people
1334
01:23:22,630 --> 01:23:24,766
who remembered her
from back in the day,
1335
01:23:24,799 --> 01:23:25,900
and from young people
1336
01:23:25,934 --> 01:23:27,936
discovering her for
the first time.
1337
01:23:40,115 --> 01:23:43,952
Lorenzo Washington:
Jackie called me,
"Lorenzo! Lorenzo!
1338
01:23:43,985 --> 01:23:45,620
"Guess what?
1339
01:23:45,653 --> 01:23:48,590
"I've been nominated
for a Grammy."
1340
01:23:48,623 --> 01:23:49,924
Oh, she was excited.
1341
01:23:49,958 --> 01:23:51,092
Rob Bowman:
For Jackie,
1342
01:23:51,126 --> 01:23:52,594
this was incredible.
1343
01:23:52,627 --> 01:23:54,763
Somebody who'd been out
of the music industry
1344
01:23:54,796 --> 01:23:56,798
for nearly fifty years
1345
01:23:56,831 --> 01:23:59,100
and suddenly gets this
level of recognition?
1346
01:23:59,134 --> 01:24:01,136
This was so
exciting for her.
1347
01:24:37,672 --> 01:24:39,474
Rob Bowman:
After her Grammy nomination,
1348
01:24:39,507 --> 01:24:41,643
she got the front cover
of "The New York Times"
1349
01:24:41,676 --> 01:24:43,144
Arts & Entertainment section.
1350
01:24:43,178 --> 01:24:45,146
She got the front cover
of "The Washington Post"
1351
01:24:45,180 --> 01:24:46,481
Arts & Entertainment section.
1352
01:24:46,514 --> 01:24:48,316
NPR did a big story.
1353
01:24:48,349 --> 01:24:49,851
She was doing
publicity interviews
1354
01:24:49,884 --> 01:24:52,153
and she was out in the world,
1355
01:24:52,187 --> 01:24:53,154
without leaving her home,
1356
01:24:53,188 --> 01:24:54,489
still not letting
anybody see her.
1357
01:24:54,522 --> 01:24:55,523
Wouldn't let
"The New York Times"
1358
01:24:55,557 --> 01:24:56,825
come and photograph her,
1359
01:24:56,858 --> 01:24:58,326
that was nearly
a deal breaker.
1360
01:24:58,359 --> 01:25:00,829
But all this
stuff's happening.
1361
01:25:00,862 --> 01:25:01,996
She even talked
about performing.
1362
01:25:02,030 --> 01:25:05,667
She wanted to do select
performances: Toronto,
1363
01:25:05,700 --> 01:25:06,668
New York, L.A.
1364
01:25:06,701 --> 01:25:08,703
But the first one was
always gonna be Toronto.
1365
01:25:42,403 --> 01:25:44,906
♪ Cruel cruel world
1366
01:25:44,939 --> 01:25:48,776
♪ Thought it
used all for me
1367
01:25:49,410 --> 01:25:52,380
♪ Need someone to love
1368
01:25:52,413 --> 01:25:55,250
♪ I don't need
your sympathy
1369
01:25:56,951 --> 01:26:00,221
♪ I wanna know
1370
01:26:00,255 --> 01:26:03,091
♪ If I'll ever be free
1371
01:26:04,759 --> 01:26:07,228
♪ Cruel world, see what
1372
01:26:07,262 --> 01:26:10,265
♪ You can do,
you can do for me ♪
1373
01:26:37,458 --> 01:26:41,462
♪ My days are
long and lonely
1374
01:26:43,798 --> 01:26:48,803
♪ My nights, nights
are cold in bed
1375
01:26:50,471 --> 01:26:53,975
♪ Please, please
won't you buy
1376
01:26:54,008 --> 01:26:56,844
♪ Won't you buy me a lover
1377
01:26:57,812 --> 01:27:00,982
♪ Stop me, stop, stop me
1378
01:27:01,015 --> 01:27:03,451
♪ From wandering in despair
1379
01:27:03,484 --> 01:27:05,153
♪ Oh!
1380
01:27:06,487 --> 01:27:09,624
Rob Bowman:
I phoned her Monday morning,
1381
01:27:09,657 --> 01:27:10,825
she didn't answer.
1382
01:27:10,858 --> 01:27:13,828
Jackie always answered
because Jackie didn't go out.
1383
01:27:13,861 --> 01:27:15,463
And so,
called her later Monday,
1384
01:27:15,496 --> 01:27:16,464
no answer.
1385
01:27:16,497 --> 01:27:17,966
Called her three times,
1386
01:27:17,999 --> 01:27:19,667
I was worried.
1387
01:27:23,671 --> 01:27:26,140
Called her Tuesday
three times, no answer.
1388
01:27:26,174 --> 01:27:28,977
So Wednesday morning,
or maybe Tuesday night,
1389
01:27:29,010 --> 01:27:30,979
I called Lorenzo Washington.
1390
01:27:31,012 --> 01:27:33,181
And so I said,
"I'm really worried.
1391
01:27:33,214 --> 01:27:34,482
"Jackie's not answering,
have you talked to her?"
1392
01:27:34,515 --> 01:27:35,550
He said, "No."
1393
01:27:35,650 --> 01:27:37,318
I said, "Please, you've
gotta go to her house."
1394
01:27:37,352 --> 01:27:40,989
And he went in.
1395
01:27:41,022 --> 01:27:44,692
Jackie was dead,
lying on her bed.
1396
01:27:49,530 --> 01:27:51,699
I was shaking my head,
couldn't believe it.
1397
01:27:57,872 --> 01:27:59,707
I thought it was so unfair
1398
01:27:59,741 --> 01:28:02,176
that so many things
were happening for her
1399
01:28:02,210 --> 01:28:04,345
that she was so
excited about.
1400
01:28:04,379 --> 01:28:07,015
All this stuff's
coming together,
1401
01:28:07,048 --> 01:28:10,518
this woman's gonna have
this incredible second act
1402
01:28:10,551 --> 01:28:12,520
that she's so happy about,
1403
01:28:12,553 --> 01:28:14,889
but death took her away.
1404
01:28:14,922 --> 01:28:17,525
♪ Come on
1405
01:28:17,558 --> 01:28:19,861
♪ I need someone
1406
01:28:19,894 --> 01:28:22,730
♪ That I can
call my very own
1407
01:28:23,564 --> 01:28:25,566
♪ Oh, Lord
1408
01:28:29,737 --> 01:28:36,711
[gentle music]
1409
01:28:36,744 --> 01:28:42,550
♪
1410
01:28:42,583 --> 01:28:45,086
Vonnie Crawford-Moore:
After Aunt Jackie passed,
1411
01:28:46,587 --> 01:28:48,956
we had to identify her body.
1412
01:28:50,091 --> 01:28:53,428
And... I didn't,
1413
01:28:53,461 --> 01:28:56,097
I didn't know
what to expect or,
1414
01:28:56,130 --> 01:28:59,567
and, um, me and Andrenee
we talked about it,
1415
01:28:59,600 --> 01:29:00,735
and we just looked
at each other,
1416
01:29:00,768 --> 01:29:02,236
it was like, this is
what we have to do
1417
01:29:02,270 --> 01:29:05,440
because if we didn't identify
her or didn't claim her,
1418
01:29:05,473 --> 01:29:07,475
then she would've
become a nobody.
1419
01:29:09,143 --> 01:29:11,145
And we weren't,
we couldn't have that.
1420
01:29:12,146 --> 01:29:16,918
And they handed us a bag
of her personal items.
1421
01:29:16,951 --> 01:29:20,788
The first thing that I noticed
was the name on the bag.
1422
01:29:21,622 --> 01:29:23,157
They had "Jack".
1423
01:29:23,624 --> 01:29:24,859
The first thing I said was,
1424
01:29:24,959 --> 01:29:28,096
"Her name was Jackie and that's
what we want on her items."
1425
01:29:28,129 --> 01:29:30,098
But of course, by law,
1426
01:29:30,131 --> 01:29:34,102
they had to put what was
on her legal documents.
1427
01:29:34,135 --> 01:29:36,504
The bag contained jewellery.
1428
01:29:37,472 --> 01:29:39,440
"She had all this
jewellery on?"
1429
01:29:39,474 --> 01:29:41,042
They's like, "Yes."
1430
01:29:41,142 --> 01:29:43,144
Andrenee Majors-Douglas:
I mean, they labelled every
single thing she had on.
1431
01:29:43,177 --> 01:29:44,312
Vonnie Crawford-Moore:
Stuff like this.
1432
01:29:44,345 --> 01:29:46,280
Everything she had on,
all of these.
1433
01:29:46,314 --> 01:29:47,315
Andrenee Majors-Douglas:
Two watches,
1434
01:29:47,348 --> 01:29:48,983
couple tennis bracelets,
1435
01:29:49,016 --> 01:29:50,118
about six rings.
1436
01:29:50,151 --> 01:29:51,119
And we hope-
1437
01:29:51,152 --> 01:29:52,954
I wonder if she had the
watches on both wrists?
1438
01:29:52,987 --> 01:29:54,288
Andrenee Majors-Douglas:
Probably on both wrists.
1439
01:29:54,322 --> 01:29:57,125
It's painful to know that
we had a family member
1440
01:29:57,158 --> 01:29:59,961
that was alone that
didn't have to be alone.
1441
01:29:59,994 --> 01:30:00,995
Had I known her,
1442
01:30:01,028 --> 01:30:04,132
we would've been
there for her.
1443
01:30:04,165 --> 01:30:06,167
It's not our fault,
but we didn't know.
1444
01:30:07,168 --> 01:30:10,138
But it's still painful to know
that you had a family member
1445
01:30:10,171 --> 01:30:12,673
that really needed you
and we weren't there.
1446
01:30:12,707 --> 01:30:14,475
Howard Gentry:
And when Vonnie called
1447
01:30:14,509 --> 01:30:17,678
and asked me if I knew
who Jackie Shane was,
1448
01:30:17,712 --> 01:30:20,982
I could tell by her
question that she didn't.
1449
01:30:21,015 --> 01:30:22,850
Ah, I started
feeling a little bad
1450
01:30:22,884 --> 01:30:27,655
because quickly I
realized they don't know
1451
01:30:27,688 --> 01:30:29,490
that they have an aunt.
1452
01:30:29,524 --> 01:30:32,693
And so I said, "Yeah Vonnie,
I know who Jackie Shane is.
1453
01:30:32,727 --> 01:30:35,029
"I've been knowing
who Jackie Shane is
1454
01:30:35,062 --> 01:30:38,032
"for almost 60 years."
1455
01:30:38,065 --> 01:30:39,867
She said, "Well,
Daddy never told me.
1456
01:30:39,901 --> 01:30:42,670
"Nobody, Grandmama, nobody
ever told me about Jackie."
1457
01:30:42,703 --> 01:30:46,007
I said, "Yeah, well,
that was a discussion
1458
01:30:46,040 --> 01:30:47,875
"that was not to be had."
1459
01:30:48,876 --> 01:30:51,512
You know, when we were
young, at that time,
1460
01:30:51,546 --> 01:30:52,847
that was just taboo,
1461
01:30:52,880 --> 01:30:55,049
you just didn't
talk about Jackie.
1462
01:30:55,883 --> 01:31:03,691
[solemn music]
1463
01:31:03,724 --> 01:31:06,527
Vonnie Crawford-Moore:
When we went to
the funeral home,
1464
01:31:06,561 --> 01:31:08,696
I looked at every feature.
1465
01:31:08,729 --> 01:31:11,199
I just looked at her
1466
01:31:11,232 --> 01:31:13,367
because I just had
to take it in.
1467
01:31:13,401 --> 01:31:15,203
It was like, and I
just told her, I said,
1468
01:31:15,236 --> 01:31:17,238
"I'm sorry we didn't know you."
1469
01:31:17,271 --> 01:31:18,372
And that's what I said.
1470
01:31:18,406 --> 01:31:20,875
I said, "I'm sorry
we didn't know you."
1471
01:31:20,908 --> 01:31:22,543
I said, "But...
1472
01:31:22,577 --> 01:31:25,213
I said, "But we're
gonna protect you now."
1473
01:31:25,246 --> 01:31:28,049
I hate that we missed
all these years with you.
1474
01:31:28,082 --> 01:31:29,750
But we're here now.
1475
01:31:31,252 --> 01:31:34,555
It's enough of us to do it,
she has an army behind her.
1476
01:31:34,589 --> 01:31:41,429
["Any Other Way"
by Jackie Shane]
1477
01:31:41,462 --> 01:31:51,939
[background chattering]
1478
01:31:51,973 --> 01:31:56,978
Lorenzo Washington:
Jackie's legacy was totally
being forgotten, destroyed.
1479
01:31:57,645 --> 01:32:02,750
I stand for the artist
and musicians in the past
1480
01:32:02,783 --> 01:32:07,088
and trying to pass
on the legacy
1481
01:32:07,121 --> 01:32:11,792
to the young folk who may be
able to do something about
1482
01:32:11,826 --> 01:32:14,295
what's going to take
place in the future
1483
01:32:14,328 --> 01:32:16,797
because we're going to
have a future, you know?
1484
01:32:16,831 --> 01:32:18,766
James Baley:
Just knowing about her and
knowing about her history,
1485
01:32:18,799 --> 01:32:19,934
knowing what she
went through,
1486
01:32:19,967 --> 01:32:22,303
and even just how
she dealt with life.
1487
01:32:22,336 --> 01:32:25,773
She's like, "I am doing me
and that's all I need to do,"
1488
01:32:25,806 --> 01:32:27,141
But also leading with joy.
1489
01:32:27,174 --> 01:32:28,776
It's like that validates
1490
01:32:28,809 --> 01:32:30,778
the path that I'm
also trying to go on.
1491
01:32:30,811 --> 01:32:32,280
I think it's her resilience,
1492
01:32:32,313 --> 01:32:34,782
the-the fuck what
everyone else says.
1493
01:32:34,815 --> 01:32:37,985
I am here to do my art and
that's all that matters,
1494
01:32:38,019 --> 01:32:40,621
forgetting about what other
people have to say about you
1495
01:32:40,655 --> 01:32:42,790
and knowing that
this is your moment.
1496
01:32:42,823 --> 01:32:45,326
Dr. Marisa Richmond:
I think it's important to
document our history,
1497
01:32:45,359 --> 01:32:46,794
as we're doing here.
1498
01:32:46,827 --> 01:32:49,497
And it's important
that we do document
1499
01:32:49,530 --> 01:32:51,332
before we lose people.
1500
01:32:51,365 --> 01:32:54,168
Although we only have bits
and pieces of Jackie's life,
1501
01:32:54,201 --> 01:32:55,803
her music survives,
1502
01:32:55,836 --> 01:32:57,305
and as an artist,
1503
01:32:57,338 --> 01:32:59,140
I think that's important,
1504
01:32:59,173 --> 01:33:01,809
to have their art
live beyond them.
1505
01:33:01,842 --> 01:33:04,645
That is part of her legacy.
1506
01:33:04,679 --> 01:33:07,481
We're glad to be back
here in Jackie's hometown,
1507
01:33:07,515 --> 01:33:09,317
in Jackie's
home neighbourhood,
1508
01:33:09,350 --> 01:33:12,186
to celebrate her art,
to celebrate her music.
1509
01:33:12,520 --> 01:33:15,022
And I certainly don't wanna
stand in the way of the music.
1510
01:33:15,056 --> 01:33:16,824
So again, I thank you
for the opportunity
1511
01:33:16,857 --> 01:33:18,859
to share a little bit
1512
01:33:18,893 --> 01:33:21,329
and I hope you enjoy the
rest of the night. Woo!
1513
01:33:21,362 --> 01:33:24,198
[audience cheers]
1514
01:33:25,900 --> 01:33:33,007
["Any Other Way"
by Jackie Shane]
1515
01:33:33,040 --> 01:33:41,849
♪
1516
01:33:41,882 --> 01:33:46,020
Makayla Walker [reading]:
"This section of the
autobiography of Jackie Shane
1517
01:33:46,053 --> 01:33:50,057
"is especially dedicated to
my many fans, whom I love.
1518
01:33:51,058 --> 01:33:52,860
"Many of my fans
have told me
1519
01:33:52,893 --> 01:33:55,029
"I did not make them
feel uncomfortable,
1520
01:33:55,062 --> 01:33:56,364
"but more like a friend
1521
01:33:56,397 --> 01:33:58,432
"who they had not
seen for a long time.
1522
01:33:59,400 --> 01:34:01,869
"I will never forget
how you made me feel,
1523
01:34:01,902 --> 01:34:04,405
"and it was great because
I was able to give
1524
01:34:04,438 --> 01:34:07,375
"all of you a deep
part of myself.
1525
01:34:07,408 --> 01:34:09,377
"My heart and soul
will always remember
1526
01:34:09,410 --> 01:34:13,547
"when you smiled with me
and when we cried together.
1527
01:34:13,581 --> 01:34:17,918
"I thank God, for truly,
Jackie has been blessed."
1528
01:34:51,986 --> 01:34:58,959
["Any Other Way"
continues playing]
1529
01:34:58,993 --> 01:35:01,262
♪
1530
01:35:01,295 --> 01:35:05,466
♪ That's all I got
to say my friend
1531
01:35:05,499 --> 01:35:09,937
♪ Now we better say goodbye
1532
01:35:09,970 --> 01:35:14,275
♪ I think you'd
better go right now
1533
01:35:14,308 --> 01:35:17,144
♪ Or you might see me cry
1534
01:35:18,813 --> 01:35:21,649
♪ But when you see my baby
1535
01:35:22,983 --> 01:35:25,820
♪ This is what you say
1536
01:35:27,354 --> 01:35:30,191
♪ Tell her I
wouldn't have it
1537
01:35:32,193 --> 01:35:34,028
♪ Any other way
1538
01:35:36,997 --> 01:35:38,833
♪ No other way
1539
01:35:41,001 --> 01:35:43,838
♪ I wouldn't have it, baby
1540
01:35:45,506 --> 01:35:47,341
♪ No other way
1541
01:35:49,844 --> 01:35:52,146
♪ I just won't have it, baby
1542
01:35:52,179 --> 01:35:53,447
[audience cheers]
1543
01:35:53,481 --> 01:35:54,982
Announcer:
'Lil Jackie Shane would
like to say thank you
1544
01:35:55,015 --> 01:35:57,351
very kindly,
ladies and gentlemen.
1545
01:35:57,384 --> 01:35:58,853
'Lil Jackie would
like to say
1546
01:35:58,886 --> 01:36:01,021
he wouldn't have
it any other way.
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