We couldn't play the blues, you know, for the white people. We learned how to play the pop...
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Howard Armstrong:
We couldn't play the blues, you know, for the white people. We learned how to play the pop songs, you know, like "Brown Eyes Why Are You Blue". If you came out there playin' some low-down blues, they'd pack up and leave, either, you'd have to pack up and run. Because, they put some heat on you that you couldn't stand
We couldn't play the blues, you know, for the white people. We learned how to play the pop songs, you know, like "Brown Eyes Why Are You Blue". If you came out there playin' some low-down blues, they'd pack up and leave, either, you'd have to pack up and run. Because, they put some heat on you that you couldn't stand
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We couldn't play the blues you know for the white people
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We learned how to play the pop songs you know
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Like um Brown Eyes Why You Blue
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If you came out there playing some low down blues
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They'd pack up and leave or either you'd have to pack up and run
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because they'd put some heat on you that you couldn't stand
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Movie Summary
About the obscure country-blues musician and idiosyncratic visual artist Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong, member of the last known black string band in America.
