IF YOU COULD PLAY MUSIC,
COME ON, LET'S PLAY
SOME MUSIC THEN!
♪♪
SEATTLE WAS THE HOTTEST
CITY IN AMERICA
DURING WORLD WAR II.
I MEAN, ON FIRE, BABY.
POW!
THERE WAS NO
REASON TO BE HOME
ON A FRIDAY NIGHT OR
A SATURDAY NIGHT.
 THE NEIGHBORHOOD...
 PIMPS AND WHORES...
 TO STARS OF THE DAY
COMIN' THROUGH
THIS ONE PLACE.
ERNESTINE ANDERSON.
QUINCY JONES.
URAL THOMAS.
48 POUNDS.
I THINK IT WAS THE EARLY 60s.
♪ WANT TO TELL
YOU BOUT MY BABY ♪
♪ TALKIN' BOUT
NOBODY, BUT MY GIRL ♪
I HAVE COOKED FOOD RIGHT HERE
IN THIS HOUSE FOR RAY CHARLES.
[laughing]
EXTREMELY VIOLENT--
WE WERE EXPOSED
TO EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING COMING--
ALL TYPES OF MUSIC.
YOU KNOW AS THE STORY GOES
THAT DAY AT THE RECORD SHOW,
THERE WAS ANOTHER BOX
OF 45s TO THE SIDE.
I THINK THE GUY
SAID LIKE A QUARTER
OR FIFTY CENTS OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I JUST BOUGHT IT AND
THEN THAT'S WHEN I NOTICED
IT WAS A SEATTLE RECORD.
THEY WERE JUST
FIRST FIGURING OUT
WHO WAS GOING TO PLAY,
WHO WANTED TO PLAY,
WHO STILL COULD PLAY.
I THINK THE MUSICIANS
WE'RE SHOCKED THAT
THAT MANY PEOPLE
SHOWED UP.
SO THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY
TOUCHING TO SEE IT PULLED OFF.
DURING THOSE MOMENTS THAT--
I SAID, "WOW."
YEAH, IT ONLY TOOK THIS LONG--
[snaps]
BUT IT'S WORTH IT.
THOSE WERE THE DAYS!
THOSE WERE THE NOW!
AND THAT'S WHAT YA DID.
♪ FOR THOSE WHO BUILD DREAMS ♪
♪ DON'T GET DISCOURAGED ♪
♪ JUST DO YOUR THING ♪
♪ IT'S AN OUT OF SIGHT WORLD ♪
♪ DON'T LET IT PASS YOU BY ♪
