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They had a rags-and-bones yard
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

They had a rags-and-bones yard

They had a rags-and-bones yard

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They had a rags-and-bones yard.
Duration
4 seconds
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16
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:44
Uploaded
Apr 30, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, music
Production
Imagine Documentaries,Polygram Entertainment,Imagine Entertainment

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Movie Summary

Follow the life and legacy of the master and so-called founding father of jazz, America's first pop star, and cultural ambassador.
And then we used to go down to the red-light district - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:07
And then we used to go down to the red-light district
♪ I've got those coal cart blues - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:21
♪ I've got those coal cart blues
{\an8}"The Negroes were only allowed to work in the red-light district. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:05
{\an8}"The Negroes were only allowed to work in the red...
They were paid good salaries and had a longtime job. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:04
They were paid good salaries and had a longtime job.
The pay was swell no matter what your vocation was. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:05
The pay was swell no matter what your vocation was.
No mixing at the guest tables at no time. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:04
No mixing at the guest tables at no time.
As far as to buy a little trim, that was absolutely out of the question." - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:09
As far as to buy a little trim, that was absolutely out of t...
As you call them, "prostitutes," - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:10
As you call them, "prostitutes,"
Well, quite naturally, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:07
Well, quite naturally,
So, there I'd be, a little boy, and put some coal on the grates, you know. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:05
So, there I'd be, a little boy, and put some coal on th...
Quite naturally, you gotta take a mug there right quick. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:04
Quite naturally, you gotta take a mug there right quick.
That's how I got a chance to hear Bunk Johnson, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:06
That's how I got a chance to hear Bunk Johnson,
- They were all in the red-light district? - Yeah, they... Each corner had a band. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:05
- They were all in the red-light district? - Yeah, they... E...
New Year's Eve, 1912. Louis and his pals were out on the street. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:06
New Year's Eve, 1912. Louis and his pals were out on th...
So when I look around, a little guy was shooting - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:07
So when I look around, a little guy was shooting
So, I was singing in a little quartet, you know, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:05
So, I was singing in a little quartet, you know,
And they called me Dipper at that time. Dippermouth, you know. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:04
And they called me Dipper at that time. Dippermouth, you kno...
They say, "Get him, Dipper." - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:19
They say, "Get him, Dipper."
And you think that's something that's changed? - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:04
And you think that's something that's changed?
Well, I haven't been down there in so long. I'm gonna go down and see. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:04
Well, I haven't been down there in so long. I'm go...