EMINENCE IS THE HOME OF AND THE
NAME ON THE WORLD'S NUMBER 1
LOUD SPEAKER.
THE BEST BLUEGRASS BANJO PLAYERS
WANT THE BEST BLUEGRASS BANJOS
AND THEY ARE MADE IN RUSSEL
SPRINGS.
IN LEXINGTON WHEN TD YOUNG ROCKS
THE HOUSE, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THE
BLUES.
FROM ACROSS THE STATE AND ACROSS
THE STREET, THESE STORIES AND
KENTUCKY LIFE START NOW.
>> HELLO I'M DOUG FLYNN AND
WELCOME TO KENTUCKY LIFE.
COMING TO YOU AGAIN FROM THE
LIFE ADVENTURE CENTER.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER 1
RULE IN REAL ESTATE IS?
WE ALL HEARD IT.
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION.
50 YEARS AGO, AN ENGINEER HAD
THAT RULE IN MIND WHEN HE CHOSE
WHERE TO BUILD AND WHAT TO NAME
HIS COMPANY.
A FEW WEEKS AGO, I SPENT A DAY
IN EMINENCE, THE TOWN, TOWERING
EMINENCE THE COMPANY.
I WANTED TO HEAR HOWHEY
MASTERED THE SCIENCE OF SOUND TO
BECOME THE WORLD'S LARGEST LOUD
SPEAKER MANUFACTURER.
BOB HAD FAMILY IN MIND WHEN HE
STARTED EMINENCE SPEAKER COMPANY
IN 1966.
AND A FAMILY IS WHAT HIS COMPANY
QUICKLY BECAME.
STILL PRODUCING SOME OF THE
WORLD'S BEST LOUD SPEAKERS FROM
THEIR MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN
EMINENCE, KENTUCKY.
NOW 50 YEARS LATER.
DURING A RECENT VISIT TO THEIR
HEADQUARTERS, I HAD A CHANCE TO
VISIT WITH BOB'S SON AND NOW
COMPANY CHAIRMAN, ROB, AND
COMPANY PRESIDENT, CHRIS ROSE,
ABOUT WHO THE COMPANY IS TODAY.
>> EMINENCE IS -- IT'S MY
BROTHER FOR ONE THING.
I GREW UP WITH IT THROUGH IT'S
HISTORY.
MY DAD WAS AN ENGINEER AT A
MAGNA JOCKS SPEAKER COMPANY IN
PEDUKA AT ONE TIME.
HE STARTED HIS OWN COMPANY.
HE WAS A PRODUCTION GENIUS SO HE
KNEW HOW TO MAKE THEM
EFFICIENTLY AND HIS PHILOSOPHY
WAS COST-PLUS A FAIR MARGIN.
SO HE GAINED A LOT OF BUSINESS
PRETTY QUICKLY AND WE GREW FROM
THAT 5000 SQUARE FOOT THING TO
ABOUT 80,000 SQUARE FEET OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DECADES.
WE HAVE SOLD THE MOST OF THE
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AMPLIFIER
COMPANIES OUT THERE.
AND A LOT OF THE PRO-SOUND
COMPANIES.
SO IF YOU'RE AT A CONCERT, THERE
IS A REAL GOOD CHANCE THAT THE
EQUIPMENT HAS GOT SOME OF IT, AT
LEAST STOCK IN EMINENCE AND CAME
FROM THE FACTORY THAT WAY AND
ALSO A REALLY GOOD CHANCE THAT
THE MUSICIAN DECED TO REPLACE
WHATEVER CAME STOCK, WHICH MIGHT
HAVE BEEN EMINENCE IN THE FIRST
PLACE, WITH ANOTHER EMINENCE.
>> TO SEE WHAT GOES INTO A
SPEAKER, I STARTED WITH THE
DESIGN TEAM.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THIS IS
A BEGINNING STAGES, RIGHT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING STAGE.
WHAT WE MAKE LOUD SPEAKERS FOR
CUSTOMERS THAT MAKE OTHER
PRODUCTS AND THEIR ENGINEERS
WILL CALL-UP OUR PRODUCT DESIGN
DEPARTMENT AND SAY, I NEED A
SOLUTION FOR GUITAR AMPLIFIER OR
FOR A PA SYSTEM OR A HOME
HIGH-IFY SYSTEM.
MAYBE A CAR AUDIO SYSTEM.
SO THEY TELL US WHAT THEY WANT
AND WE WORK WITH THEM FROM THE
BEGINNING OF THEIR DESIGN
PROCESS TO COME UP WITH ALLOWED
SPEAKER SOLUTION.
LOUD SPEAKERS HAVE TO MATCH THE
TYPE OF ENCLOSURE THEY ARE GOING
IN AND OUR DESIGNERS ARE VERY
GOOD ABOUT BEING ABLE TO GIVE
THEM THE PERFORMANCE THAT THEY
NEED.
SO, IT ALL BEGINS HERE.
WE DO A LOT OF ENGINEERING, A
LOT OF ANALYSIS, A LOT OF
MEASUREMENT, A LOT OF TIMES WE
HAVE TO DO IT TWO OR THREE TIMES
BEFORE WE GET THE TARGET RIGHT.
>> YOU CAN TWEAK THIS TO JUST
EXACTLY HOW A PERFORMER OR MAYBE
A BUSINESS WANTS IT, RIGHT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT SORT OF
FREQUENCY RANGE THAT THEY WANT
TO PRODUCE OR REPLICATE.
SO, IT REAY DEPENDS ON THE
ACTUAL APPLICATION AS TO WHAT IT
IS WE ARE GOING TO DESIGN FOR
THEM.
AND THEN, CUSTOMER PLACES THE
ORDER AND WE GO OFF TO
PRODUCTION.
>> OUTSTANDING.
WELL, LET'S MOVE ON TO
PRODUCTION THEN.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS IS.
I' AFRAID TO TOUCH IT.
HI THERE!
>> I WAS JUST LOOKING.
I DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT THIS IS
BUT IT MUST BE SOMETHING.
THERE IS ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF
SIZES SO I COULDN'T SPECULATE.
WHAT IS THIS?
>> THIS IS WHERE WE MAKE THE
VOICSKULL FOR THE LOUD
SPEAKER.
WE MAKE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
SIZES AND CONFIGURATIONS
DEPENDING ON WHAT SORT OF DESIGN
OUR CUSTOMERS WANT.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE MAKE ONE
INCH, INCH AND A HALF, TWO INCH,
2 1/2 INCH, 3 AND 4 INCH VOICE
COILS.
>> WHAT IS THE DIFFENCE
BETWEEN THE SMALLEST AND THE
LARGEST?
>> GENERALLY SPEAKING LOWER
POWER.
ALSO THE LENGTH OF THE COIL HAS
A LOT TO DO WITH WHAT YOU'RE
DOING.
SO FOR A GUITAR SPEAKER, YOU
MIGHT HAVE A SHORT COIL THAT
ONLY MOVES A LITTLE BIT BUT FOR
A BIG SUBWHOEVER, YOU GOT A LG
TALL COIL THAT MOVES A LOT MORE
AIR.
>> THIS IS INTERESTING.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHICH ONE
SOUNDS GOOD AND YOU TOLD ME THEY
ALL SOUND GOOD.
>> THEY ALL SOUND GOOD FOR THEIR
RESPECTIVE APPLICATIONS.
>> I LOVE IT.
WE ARE GOING FROM HERE AND THEN
WHAT IS THE NEXT PHASE?
>> WE ARE GOING TO OUR PRESS
SHOP WHERE WE MAKE METAL PARTS
FOR LOUD SPEAKERS.
>> LET'S GO.
CHRIS, YOU BROUGHT US UP HERE
WITH THE NUTS AND POLES OF
THINGS RIGHT NOW.
>> THESE ARE 300 TON MECHANICAL
PRESSES AND WE USE THESE FOR
BLANKING AND COINING TOP PLATES
AND BACK PLATES FOR LOUD
SPEAKERS.
THERE IS A LOT OF CONFIGURATION
TO VARIOUS METAL PARTS THAT WE
CAN PUT TOGETHER TO MAKE JUST
ABOUT ANYTHING YOU NEED.
>> WOW!
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I WANT.
I LISTEN TO OLD MUSIC AND I NEED
A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS WHERE I CAN
BLOW MY WIF OUT OF THE HOUSE.
CAN YOU TAKE CARE OF ME ON THAT?
>> I'M NOT SURE YOUR WIFE WILL
APPRECIATE ME DOING THAT.
>> THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
IT.
THIS PLACE WAS 600 --
>> 600 TON MULTIPRESS.
THIS IS ONE THAT ROB'S DAD, BOB
BOUGHT AND HELPED THE DESIGN.
WE JUST PRESS AND PUNCH OUT 5/8
OR HALF INCH THICK STEEL UP TO 7
INCHES AND BEYOND.
THE DEMAND FOR THE INDUSTRY OR
FOR MORE POWER, AND TO MOVE MORE
AIR.
SO, WE DEFINITELY FIND OURSELVES
USING THE LARGER PRESS MORE
OFTEN BECAUSE OF THAT.
>> I LOVE WATCHING THE WAY YOUR
PEOPLE GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS
AND HOW EACH ONE TAKES OWNERSHIP
OF EVERY JOB THAT THEY HAVE.
>> AGAIN, OUR PEOPLE ARE THE
HEART AND SOUL OF EMINENCE.
WITHOUT THEM, WE COULDN'T DO
WHAT WE DO.
SO WE BELIEVE IN DOING THE RIGHT
THING.
THAT'S OUR BUSINESS MODEL.
SO WE ALSO BELIEVE IN DOING
RIGHT BY OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEY
STICK AROUND.
>> YOU KNOW THEY STAY AROUND 20-
20-40 YEARS.
HERE WE ARE FINAL ASSEMBLY WE
HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT THE
SPEAKERS.
WALK US THROUGH THIS DOWN THE
LINE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE ARE BUILDING THE SPEAKER FROM
THE FOUNDATION UP.
WHICH IS A BIT OF A UNIQUE
APPROACH THAT WE USE HERE AT
EMINENCE.
I SHOULD MENTION THAT EACH ONE
OF THESE EMPLOYEES ARE DOING
QUALITY CHECKS ON WORK THAT
OTHER PEOPLE HAVE DONE.
SO, THE HUMAN ELEMENT IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND THESE
PEOPLE ARE WHAT MAKE OUR
COMPANY.
SO WE ARE REALLY, REALLY PROUD
THAT WE HAVE NOT AUTOMATED
THINGS AND WE KEEP PEOPLE
INVOLVED.
>> WE SELL TO SOMETHING LIKE 140
COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD THAT WE
HAVE DISTRIBUTION IN NOW.
BASICALLY WE WANT TO KEEP DOING
THE SAME THING WE HAVE BEEN
DOING FOR 50 YEARS, THAT IS, WE
ARE BELIEVING IN HONESTY AND
INTEGRITY AND TREATING OUR
EMPLOYEES TRITE AND TREATING OUR
CUSTOMERS RIGHT AND TREATING OUR
SUPPLIERS RIGHT AND MAKING A
PRODUCT AT A FAIR PRICE.
IT HAS WORKED WELL FOR 50 YEARS
AND I THINK IT WILL ALWAYS WORK
WELL.
>> HEAD ON OVER TO
KET.ORG /KENTUCKY LIFE FOR
STORIES ABOUT OTHER KENTUCKY
COMPANIES WHOSE PRODUCTS ARE IN
DEMAND ON THE BIG GLOBAL
MARKETPLACE.
AND WE HOPE YOU'LL KEEP CHECKING
IN WITH US ON KENTUCKY LIFE'S
FACEBOOK PAGE.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
IT'S A GUITAR, THE MANDOLIN AND
THE BANJO THAT REALLY DOMINATE
WHAT WE THINK OF AS THAT
TRADITIONAL AND DISTINCTIVE
SOUND OF BLUEGRASS MUSIC.
TO GET THE BEST SOUND, MUSICIANS
WANT THE VERY BEST INSTRUMENTS.
AND FOR BLUEGRASS BANJO PLAYERS,
THAT MEANS BANJOS MADE BY FRANK
NEAT IN HIS RUSSEL SPRINGS
WORKSHOP.
[ MUSIC PLAYING ]
FRANK NEAT CAN ABSOLUTELY TAYLOR
THE NEEDS OF THE CLIENT INTO
EVERY BANJO THAT HE BUILDS.
>> FRANK IS BY FAR SUPERIOR AS
FAR AS I'M CONCERNED IN MAKING
BANJOS.
I DON'T THINK YOU CAN BEAT WHAT
HE DOES.
>> IN MAKING A BANJO FROM START
TO FINISH, IT NORMALLY TAKES
LIKE TWO WEEKS TO DO ONE
COMPLETE.
[ MUSIC PLAYING ]
WE DO A LOT OF REPAIR WORK, DO A
LOT OF -- A LOT OF BANJO NECKS
AND DIFFERENT POTS FOR PEOPLE.
WHAT I MEAN BY POT IS, IT'S THE
ROUND PART ON THE BANJO.
YOU HAVE GOT THE WOOD RIM AND
THEN YOU GOT THE TONE RING THAT
FITS ON THE WOOD RIM.
YOU GOT THE FLANGE THAT FITS ON
THE WOOD RIM, THEN YOU GOT THE
TENSION HOOK, THE HEAD AND YOU
PUT ALL OF THAT TOGETHER AND
THAT'S THE P.
THEN WE CAN DO THE POTS AND ALL
THAT, WE CAN BUILD A COMPLETE
BANJO AND WE DO A LOT OF REPAIR
WORK.
WE DO FRETWORK.
ABOUT ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE ON ONE, WE CAN DO IT.
>> THERE SHE IS.
THAT'S THE ONE FROM THE T.V.
SHOW.
FRANK'S NAME IS HERE.
TURTLE MAN LOVES OUR HEADS.
SO ACTUALLY THE HOPES AND DREAMS
FEATHERS -- YOU KNOW HOW ERNIE
MAKES THE MUSCLE AND SHOWS YOU
HIS TATTOO?
RICKY DUPLICATED THE TATTOO ON
THE THIRD FRET OF THIS BANJO.
AND OF COURSE THE TURTLE MAN AT
THE TOP, AND I FORGET HOW MANY
DIFFERENT PIECES OF GREEN AND
BLACK ABALONE ARE IN THIS
TURTLE.
THE TURTLE HAS EYEBALLS AND
TOES.
RICKY NEAT IS THE MAN!
>> MY SON, RICKY, HE CUTS THE
INLAY AND DOES THAT BY HAND.
I USED TO DO INLAY MYSELF.
I TAUGHT MY SON HOW TO DO IT.
TAUGHT RICKY HOW TOO IT.
AND HE JUST HAS A NATURAL KNACK
FOR DOING INLAY.
HE IS GOOD AT IT.
AND THEN WHENEVER I GOT OLD
ENOUGH IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO
SEE, THEN, THAT WAS HANDY FOR
HIM TO DO IT TOO.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THIS BECAUSE
HE'S MY SONUT HE IS THE BEST
THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN.
WHEN HE WAS GROWING UP, HE WOULD
HELP FROM TIME TO TIME BUT ABOUT
20 YEARS AGO, HE COME BACK HERE
AND HE START THE WORKING WITH ME
FULL-TIME.
AND HE DECIDED THIS IS WHAT HE
WANTED TO DO AND THAT'S WHEN I
GOT HIM STARTED DOING INLAY AND
SHOWED HIM THE BASICS AND HE CAN
DO EVERYTHING THAT I CAN.
HE HAS -- HE DOES THE INLAY WORK
AND CUTS THE MOTHER OF PEARL AND
INLAYS IT AND THEN HE DOES MOST
OF THE FINISH WORK.
AND WE HAVE GOT OUR OWN JOBS WE
DO AND I CAN DO SOME OF MINE
FASTER THAN HE CAN HIS AND THEN
HE CAN DO SOME OF HIS FASTER
THAN I CAN.
[ MUSIC PLAYING ]
I GUESS I WAS 7 OR 8 YEARS OLD
AND I HEARD A GUY, HE WAS -- HE
COME TOOUS HOUSE AND HE WAS
PLAYING AND FROM THAT TIME ON, I
LIKED THE BANJO.
THAT GOT ME HOOKED ON IT.
AND THEN OF COURSE I GOT
ACQUAINTED WITH EARL SCRUGGS AND
THE WAY THAT I MET RALPH
STANLEY, WE WERE PLAYING IN A
STAFF BAND IN INDIANA AND WE
PLAYED SEVERAL DIFFERENT SHOWS
WITH HIM UP THERE AND I WAS
TALKING TO HIM ONE DAY AND I
ASKED HIM ABOUT BUILDING HIM A
BANJO.
HE SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU
HASN'T ALREADY.
SO I ASKED HIM, WHAT DO YOU
LIKE?
AND HE SAID, I LIKE A SMALL NECK
AND I LIKE A BRIGHT SOUND.
AND SO, I BUILT HIM ONE AND PUT
HIS NAME ON THE FINGER BOARD ON
IT AND HE CALLED ME A COUPLE OF
MONTHS LATER AND SAID IF YOU'LL
BUILD THESE, I'LL SELL THEM AND
WE'LL CALL THEM THE STANLEY
TONES.
SO THE FIRST I BUILT IN 1975.
THE WAY THAT WE DONE THESE RALPH
WOULD WANT ME TO BUILD 50 OF A
CERTAIN KIND AND THEN HE WOULD
TELL -- HIS SELLING POINT IS WE
ARE JUST DOING 50 OF THESE.
SO WE DONE 50 OF THEICKEL
PLATED ONES AND THEN 50
GOLD-PLATED ONES AND THEN WE
HAVE DONE SOME 40th
ANNIVERSARY AND THEN WE HAVE
DONE 50 OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY.
AND BEFORE WE GOT TO 50TH
ANNIVERSARY DONE, HE WANTED TO
DO SOMETHING ELSE SO WE DONE A
SIGNATURE MODEL.
AND WE DONE QUITE A FEW OF
THOSE.
AND THEN I ENJOY -- IF I DO ONE
FOR SOMEBODY AND THEY ARE THE
OPERATOR OR SOMEBODY ON A T.V.
SHOW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
PLAYING IT, IT'S A PLEASURE TO
KNOW THAT I HAD DONE THAT.
AND IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH THAT THEY
WOULD PLAY IT
[ MUSIC PLAYING ]
>> HE IS THE ONLY ONE I LET WORK
ON MY BANJOS.
HE CAN DO THE COMPLETE BANJO OR
HE CAN MAKE THE NECK OR HE CAN
REFRET, HE CAN JUST DO THE
INLAY.
HE TRIES TO GET THE BEST WOOD TO
GO IN THE INSTRUMENT OF THE
BANJOS.
AND THEN THE BEST TONE RINGS,
THE METAL, THE WHOLE BIT.
THERE IS JUST A LOT TO MAKING
ONE AND SETTING IT UP AND MAKING
A NEW ONE SOUND LIKE AN OLD ONE,
WHICH IS VERY HARD TO DO.
AND FRANK CAN GET VERY CLOSE.
I THINK FRANK IS THE BEST AS FAR
AS I'M CONCERNED.
>> FOR IT TO BE A FRANK NEAT
BANJO, WE PICKED THE BEST OF
EVERYTHING THAT IS AVAILABLE.
>> A CRAFTSMAN WHO MAKES OR
REPAIRS CERTAIN TYPES OF STRING
INSTRUMENTS IS A LUTHIERS.
IT COMES FROM A FRENCH WORD FOR
LAWSUIT, WE'LL BE MEETING TWO
MORE OF KENTUCKY'S LUTHIERSES.
T.V. YOUNG CHOICE OF STRIPPED
INSTRUMENTS IS THE GUITAR AND
FANS OF THE BLUES WOULDN'T HAVE
IT ANY OTHER WAY.
HE PICKED UP THE GUITAR EARLY
AND NEVER PUT IT DOWN.
THIS BLUES MASTER AND HIS BAND
HAVE THE KIND OF STYLE AND
SHOWMANSHIP THAT KEEPS FOLKS ON
THEIR FEET AND DANCING TO THE
BLUES.
[ MUSIC PLAYING ]
>> THIS IS HOW THE CLUB STARTED.
ONE OF THE BROTHERS COME UP AND
SAID, LET'S OPEN UP THE CLUB.
I SAID NO, I DON'T KNOW NOTHING
ABOUT NO CLUB.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
IHOW YOU.
SO I BOUGHT A BUILDING.
AND THEN I CAME IN AND FIXED IT
UP.
IT WAS TREES AND EVERYTHING
GROWED UP IN THE BUILDING AND
YOU RATHER STAND OUTSIDE THAN
STAND IN THE BUILDING BECAUSE IT
WAS RAINING IN THE BUILDING MORE
THAN IT WAS OUTSIDE.
MONDAY NIGHTS AT THE CLUB WE
STARTED OFF REHEARSEING AND ONE
OR TWO BLUES.
THEN ONE OR TWO PEOPLE CAME IN
AND THEN IT STARTED GROWING AND
THE NEXT THINGS YOU KNOW WE GOT
20.
NEXT THING I KNEW, I HAD TO GET
ME A BARTENDER.
[ LAUGHS ]
I GREW UP IN A COMMUNITY CALLED
PAW TOWN IN LEXINGTON AND ON THE
RAILROAD TRACK THERE WAS A WALL.
SO ALL THE OLD FELLOWS DOWN
THERE SAT ON THE WALL AND THEY
CRANK AND PLAYED THEIR GUITARS
AND -- DRANK -- AND LOADED THEIR
JUGS AND SPOONS AND I USED TO GO
DOWN AND WATCH THEM AFTER I GOT
OUT OF SCHOOL.
THERE WAS A GUY NAMED
Mr. HARRISON THAT MUSIC THAT
HE WAS PLAYING, DRAWED ME TO HIM
AND THEN ONE DAY HE HANDED ME
HIS GUITAR.
HE SAID, YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY
THIS GUITAR.
I TOOK IT HOME AND MY MOM MADE
ME TAKE IT BACK.
SHE SAY WHERE YOU GET THAT BACK?
SHE SAID Mr. HARRISON LET ME
USE IT.
NO, TAKE IT BACK.
SO I TOOK IT BACK AND THEN HE
CAME BACK TO THE HOUSE AND SAID,
I LET HIM USE THIS SO HE COULD
PRACTICE ON THE SONG.
SO ANYWAY, I WORKED ON IT AND
WORKED ON IT ALL NIGHT LONG.
ALL NIGHT LONG.
SO THEN HE WOULD SAY, PAWN IT,
PAWN THIS GUITAR, BOY.
FALL ON IT.
FALL ON IT.
AND I LIKE I'M PLAYING YOU KNOW?
NOT KNOWING UNTIL LATER ON IN
YEARS WHAT FALL ON IT MEANS.
WHEN YOU LEADING ON THE GUITAR,
THAT MEANS YOU PUTTING YOUR
HEART INTO WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
THAT IS FALLING.
YOU REALLY PUTTING IT DOWN.
A LOT OF SONGS IS ABOUT MY LIFE.
A LOT OF SONGS IS BASICALLY WHEN
I'M REHEARSEING AND WE ARE
PLAYIN AND KIDDING AROUND AND
WE HAVE A CONVERSATION.
I WANT TO YOU HAVE FUN.
I WANT YOU TO ENJOY YOURSELF.
AS LONG AS I'M MAKING YOU HAPPY
AND I CAN SEE IT, AND I CAN FEEL
IT, I'M A STRANGE GUY.
I CAN FEEL.
IF YOU PAIN, I CAN FEEL YOUR
PAIN.
AND I WANT THAT PAIN TO GO AWAY.
I WANT TO MAKE YOU HAPPY.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU GO SOME
PLACE AND SOMEBODY HIT A NOTE
AND JUST CRIMINALS COME ALL OVER
YOU.
I CAN FEEL THAT.
YOU KNOW?
AND THE GUITA IS THE SAME WAY.
WHEN I'M FEELING IT, SOMETIMES I
GIVE MYSELF CHILL BUMPS BECAUSE
SOMETIMES I SAY, DID I DO THAT?
BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, MAN
YOU WAS HITTING SOME NOTES AND I
DON'T KNOW -- SOME PEOPLE SAY
YOU GOING INTO ZONE.
I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE I DO.
IN MY CAREER, OF PLAYING PLAYING
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE AND I BACKED
UP A LOT OF PEOPLE.
OPENED UP FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE
BUT I ALWAYS HAVE A HABIT OF
SAYING WE, BECAUSE THE FELLOWS,
THAT HAS BEEN WITH ME DESERVE
CREDIT TOO.
YOU SEE?
SO I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT BY
MYSELF.
THE BLUES IS REALLY, YOU CAN
REALLY EXPRESS YOURSELF, I'M
PLAYING THE GUITAR.
WHAT I FEEL IS WHAT I PLAY.
IT'S NOT MAPPED OUT.
IT MAY COME ANY KIND OF
DIFFERENT WAY.
IF I'M FEELING IT, I JUST
DELIVER IT.
I LOVE TO PLAY.
I WILL PLAY ANY TIME.
ANY TIME.
ALL DAY LONG
[ MUSIC PLAYING ]
LET ME TAKE YOU THERE.
LISTEN.
[ MUSIC PLAYING ]
♪ LAST NIGHT I CAME HOME AT A
DECENT HOUR ♪
♪ YOU KNOW MY BABY GOT MAD AT
ME BECAUSE SHE SAID I SMELLED
LIKE I JUST TOOK A SHOWER ♪
♪ I WANT TO BE A GOOD BOY ♪
♪ BUT THE DEVIL TAKES A HOLD ♪
♪ TALKING TO ME ♪
♪ I REALLY WANT TO CHANGE ♪
♪ BUT WHAT I WIND UP DOING IS
THE SAME OLD THING ♪
♪ YES, I DID ♪
♪ NOW LISTEN ♪
♪ LAST NIGHT SHE TOLD ME IT WAS
OVER ♪
♪ THEN SHE TURNED AROUND AND
GOT MAD AT ME ♪
♪ BECAUSE I TOLD HER SISTER TO
COME ON OVER ♪
♪ I WANT TO BE A GOOD BOY ♪
♪ BUT THE DEVIL HE'S TALKING TO
ME ♪
♪ I REALLY WANT TO CHANGE ♪
♪ BUT WHAT I WIND UP DOING IS
THE SAME OLD THING ♪
♪
♪
>> IN LEXINGTON T.V.'S CLUB IS
ON A STREET CORNER SO IT'S EASY
TO MIS, UNLESS YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR IT ON A MONDAY NIGHT.
THAT'S WHEN TEE DEE AND HIS BAND
PLAY TO A PACKED HOUSE.
BETWEEN ALL THE PEOPLE HEADING
IN AND THE MUSIC, YOU WILL KNOW
YOU FOUND THE RIGHT PLACE.
THANK YOU FOR SPENDING TIME HERE
WITH US ON KENTUCKY LIFE.
WE'LL LOOK FOR YOU AGAIN NEXT