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- [Announcer] Bands of Enchantment Albuquerque Sessions filmed Live at the Kimo theater in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

(upbeat rock music) (audience cheering) Tonight's band from Austin, Texas Black Joe Lewis.

(audience applauding) - You guys ready?

'Cause we got something real special that I ve been trying to get on for a long time.

Black Joe Lewis!

(audience cheering and applaudin - Yeah!

(laughs) Thank y'all so much.

It's good to be back here in Albuquerque.

(upbeat rock music) They so damn thirsty Got me thinkin bout skipping town They're riding on my back Fired and I don't give a damn Cause I go back to the house Roll one up And I don't give a damn half bad What they talk about 'Cause I don't wanna be Rich and say I don't wanna be Rich and say I don't wanna be Rich and say Rich and famous Rich and famous I just don't know How they find time to worry about me, now 'Cause I see things Such fine things You could be getting with There she goes walking down the street now Walking out the afternoon I don't wanna be Rich and say I don't wanna be that Rich and say I don't wanna be rich and say Rich and famous Rich and famous We've been lyin' Been straight lyin' You can be In the afternoon They better not have tried to stop me, no Walkin out The afternoon 'Cause I don't wanna be Rich and say I don't wanna be that Rich and say I Don't wanna be rich and say Rich and famous Rich and famous I don't want nobody up in my buisness I don't want nobody talking about me, no I, I don't wanna be rich and famous Rich and famous Rich and famous (music ends) (audience cheers) - Hell yeah.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Y'all so sweet.

(audience members yell out) Thank you guys.

(mellow upbeat rock music) And if you come around here Looking for drama For the reaction I can't help you there And if you come around here Looking for a drink I ain't got one left You could ve talked to me There could have been a warning But you ran out with my heart Ooh, like a thief in the night What kind of man does that make me look like Does it look like I wanna be toyed with I m here to tell You can t keep a real one down for too long I can't help you there And if you come around here Looking for drama, reaction Ain't none here If you on a lonely way with your head down Looking at the ground Son, I've been there If I m stranded on a ship at open sea I kept sightseeing Ahhh 'Cause you re all up in my boat Got me drownin, now I m startin to drown I can't swim now And my skin blisters in the sun But the amount of joy that you took from me And I'm here to tell you You can't keep a real one down for too long I can't help you there Every hint and everywhere's a crime You gotta take your loss So they know that you re down Come home off the road To an empty house She done with the kids With nobody there to greet ya You stand there, you start thinkin You just started cryin I can't help you there I can't help you now, man I can't help you there now I can help you there, man (electric guitar solo plays) (crowd cheering) One, two (song ends) (crowd cheers and applauds) - I can't help you!

(crowd cheers and applauds) - You ready to see these guitars?

Let's do it.

(doorbell chimes) Knock, knock.

This is Joe.

He is joining us from Austin.

- Nice to meet you.

- Pleasure to meet you sir.

We're one of the few in the world that are still hand building.

Here, everything is all hand built.

- What kind of wood is this?

- That's Honduras mahogany.

- Joe, you only playing mahogany, right?

(laughing) - Yeah.

- So yeah, yeah, yeah, there you go.

- Just mahogany, so yeah, we're good.

We're good.

- We're great.

You wanna try a guitar?

- [Joe] Yeah (Joe playing acoustic guitar) - You know, like when I was younger and I first started this there was a lot of stuff that I was afraid to challenge just because I'd never been in that position before.

- Right.

- And I didn't know what was going on, you know, and I was- - Yeah.

- You know, I'm making money and gigging, you know, so it's, you know, you don't wanna rock the boat.

I heard you the first time You gon' tell it again You thought I let it slide But I don't think I can again - Most of my stuff's just about, you know, especially like my newer stuff, it's all kind of personal, you know, trying to keep it real, you know I've had some crazy stuff happening.

I had one dude tell me that like, I had a year left to sustain as a band.

You need to mind your own business So I was like, well what am I paying you for then?

So I fired him.

- Yeah.

You always gotta remember why you started doing it.

I like to do it.

That's why I started, that's why I keep doing it, you know?

Something's just been wrong Yes it did Yeah Ever stop to think What was going on your own home I bet you didn't 'Cause I been robusted And disgusted And this moment sounded like (audience cheers and applauds) - Y'all got Renee all fired up.

He was scared of the cameras and s***.

He probably gonna get mad at me for saying that.

But, y'all got him fired up.

That's why I count on y'all.

Give yourselves a hand.

(audience cheers and applauds) (electric guitar begins) You might be with him now Damn sure, damn sure ain t mine no more What y all do damn sure ain't none of my business He better not be there When I come to get my Walking the streets Day and night The man over there He's gon' mess up Don't get locked down Don't want my love But you're taking my money Better not be there when I come to get Get my kids You better not bring No man around my kids You better not bring No man around my kids (rock music plays) You might be with him now Damn sure Damn sure ain't mine no more What y all do Damn sure ain't none of my business He better not be there When I come to get my He sleeping in your bed But I pay half the rent He better not be there when I come to get Get my kids You don't want my love But you taking my money You still think that I m a joke and I m funny Somebody help me You better not bring no man around my kids You better not bring no man around my kids (rock music) (electric guitar plays) (rock music continues) (audience cheers) (rock music continues) (audience cheers) - Thank you, everybody.

Goodnight (rock music ends) (audience cheers) Ever stop to think What was going on in your own home - You're a dad, right?

You got a couple kids or?

- Yeah, boy's one and the girl's four.

- Oh, right on.

- You know, it's tough 'cause you miss a lot of time just being on the road.

I used to go out, like do like six, eight weeks at a time and now I just kind of keep it like two or three weeks at a time.

Dude, I like the girl 'cause my son just breaks all my s***.

- I know, that's what I heard I'm in store for.

My girl's a little sweetheart.

Oh man.

Little cuties.

The best go back on love I'm not so sure tonight Yes I am Yeah What happend to all the real souls out here Puttin' the work up in the street Showin up in here 'Cause I've been robusted And disgusted And I can't be humble Or satisfied - [Ken] You were born in Arizona?

- Tucson.

- Tucson.

- That's where my parents met there in high school back in the day.

Pretty though.

I like the desert.

- [Ken] Me too, man.

Me too.

- [Joe] You know.

I like New Mexico.

New Mexico might be like my favorite state now.

- Dude, you might want to think about moving here.

The people are incredible.

It's real supportive with the arts too.

Yes, I've been robusted And disgusted You been on my mind I say I'm robusted And disgusted (acoustic guitar ends) (audience cheers) - Nice guitar.

- [Audience Member] A little bit for the Pimentels.

(audience cheers and applauds) (rock music begins) - Alright, we heard somebody yell this, when we gonna do a little encore thing for you?

(drums begin) Right on, everybody Won't you take me to booty city Right on, everybody Won't you take me to booty city I got to tell everybody About all the things that I see here Its all true about what what they say Your girls drop it down like it ain t nothin Right on, everybody Won't you take me to booty city Right on, everybody Won't you take me to booty city You know I told all my homeboys And I even told my father too When your booty go on off of passion You got to jump up and get you some man You know the president ain t stayin here for no reason It ain t because there s so much work to be done, no It any man you know he just might die If the booty back, in his normal life now Right on, everybody Won't you take me to booty city Right on, everybody Won't you take me to booty city (electric guitar plays) Right on, everybody Won't you take me to booty city Right on, everybody Come on, take me to booty city (electric guitar plays) Right on, everybody Won't you take me to booty city Right on, everybody Won't you take me to booty city - Thank y'all, everybody.

(audience cheers and applauds) (upbeat country music begins) No more water down in the well Where the dirt is dry and it's hot as hell Sun keeps beating and the days are long The thing I know will soon be gone Whoa, oh, oh, oh Whoa, oh, oh, oh Whoa, oh, oh, oh Whoa, oh, whoa Come on Whoa, oh, oh, oh Whoa, oh, oh, oh Whoa, oh, oh, oh Whoa, oh, whoa, oh Whoa, oh, oh, oh Whoa, oh, oh, oh Whoa, oh, oh, oh Whoa, oh, whoa, oh Whoa, oh, oh, oh Whoa, oh, oh, oh Whoa, oh, oh, oh Whoa, oh, whoa, oh