(bright piano scale music) (upbeat, bluesy hip hop music) (record scratching, voice says "Hey," with hip hop blues) (voice says "Hey," blues harmonica wails) (record scratching and "Hey" punctuate bluesy music) (reel flickering mixed with bluesy music) (intense intriguing drum music) [Narrator] Tonight on 33rd Street Sessions, from Omaha, Nebraska, Blue House with the Rent to Own Horns.

(intense drumming with a fast-paced flourish) ♪ My baby don't have to work ♪ ♪ Don't have to rob or steal ♪ ♪ My baby don't have to work ♪ ♪ Don't have to rob or steal ♪ - (guitar solo riff) ♪ I give her everything she need ♪ ♪ I am her only drivin' wheel ♪ (guitar solo riff) ♪ She left me this mornin' ♪ ♪ Said that she would be home soon ♪ ♪ Well, she left me this mornin' ♪ ♪ Said that she would be home soon ♪ ♪ She said now it may be Friday morning ♪ ♪ Or later Saturday afternoon ♪ ♪ Wrote my baby a letter ♪ ♪ Don't want no one to break the seal ♪ ♪ I-I-I wrote my baby a letter ♪ ♪ Don't want no one to break the seal ♪ ♪ I said, I gotta get a letter to my baby ♪ ♪ I am her only drivin' wheel ♪ (horn chorus) ♪ I wanna tell you 'bout my baby ♪ ♪ I want to tell you about my baby ♪ ♪ I wanna tell you aaaalll about my baby ♪ -(audience cheering) -(bluesy horn riff in harmony) [audience comments] - Heck yeah!

- Tell us!

♪ Every time she walk ♪ ♪ Shake like a leaf hangin' on a tree ♪ ♪ Every time my baby walk ♪ ♪ Shake like a leaf hangin' on a tree ♪ ♪ I said, come home pretty baby ♪ ♪ This is where you get your steak, potatoes, and ♪ ♪ Tea ♪ (mid-tempo jazzy saxophone solo) (dynamic fast-paced guitar solo with chords) (horns punctuate, guitar solo plays single notes (guitar solo continues) (guitar solo continues, horns punctuate rhythm) ♪ My baby don't have to work ♪ ♪ Don't have to rob or steal ♪ ♪ Lemme tell you, my baby don't have to work ♪ ♪ Don't have to rob or steal ♪ ♪ I give her everything she need ♪ ♪ I am her only drivin' wheel ♪ (horn chorus) ♪ I wanna tell you 'bout my baby ♪ ♪ I want to tell you 'bout my ♪ (deep voice) ♪ Baaaay ♪ (high voice) ♪ Beee!

♪ -(audience cheering) -(horn chorus punctuates) ♪ I wanna tell you ♪ ♪ aaaaaaalll ♪ (wailing voice high to low pitch) -[Audience] - Yeah!

- Tell me!

(audience cheering) ♪ MMMMMMMmmmmm 'bout my baby ♪ -(audience cheering) - (horn riff) [Jon] Say what?

-[Joe] - The thing is... -Yeah?

-[Audience] - Tell us!

-(audience member cheering) - Tell me what's up, baby?

- What?

♪ Every time she walk ♪ ♪ Shake like a leaf hangin' on a tree ♪ ♪ Every time my baby walk ♪ ♪ Shake like a leaf hangin' on a tree ♪ ♪ I said, come home, pretty baby ♪ ♪ This is where you get your steak, potatoes, and ♪ ♪ Tea ♪ - ♪ Oohhhhhhhhh ♪ - (horns and guitar flourish) ♪ Yeah!

♪ (guitar and horns crescendo) ♪ (song ends) (audience cheering) [Joel Bute] - Well, we started as a house band for a bar.

[Jon] We were at my house.

Yeah, (chuckles) in his house [Jon] - And it was painted blue.

[Joel] - But... [Joe] - So... [Joel] An' we were playing blues, and so it seemed like a good match.

So, it just seemed like a fun name, or, like, at least okay.

Nobody hated it too bad, so... [Joe] - Eventually we started playing with horns but we didn't play often enough to have a solid horn section.

So we kinda had this revolving door of horns, hence the name.

We just call them the Rent to Own Horn section.

And, now, we have a solid section, but we've kind of kept the name because- [Joel] - We like it.

[Joe] - We like the name.

We take a song, say we're gonna do it, then Jon will take the song and make up horn parts for it.

Most of the time, he makes up his own horn solis and writes all of the charts out for 'em, and then we go out to the gig and we play 'em cold.

So, we haven't rehearsed in years, but it's kind of fun to do it that way.

(horns play dynamic chorus riff together) (upbeat blues-rock guitar music) ♪ A'fore you 'cuse me ♪ ♪ Well, take a look at yourself ♪ (short guitar solo) ♪ Before you 'cuse me ♪ ♪ Well, take a look at yourself ♪ (guitar and horns play) ♪ Say I've been runnin' around with other women now ♪ ♪ You're taking money from someone else ♪ (horns) ♪ I called your mama ♪ ♪ 'Tell 'em I'm back home ♪ (horns) ♪ I called your mama ♪ ♪ I'm on my way back home ♪ (horns) ♪ Well, your mama said, son ♪ ♪ Don't call my daughter no more ♪ (horns) ♪ Before you 'cuse me ♪ ♪ Well, take a look at yourself ♪ (guitar and horns) ♪ Before you 'cuse me ♪ ♪ Well, take a look at yourself ♪ ♪ Say I've been runnin' around with other women now ♪ ♪ You're taking money from someone else ♪ (horns) (dynamic trumpet solo) (baritone sax solo) ♪ Come on back home, baby ♪ ♪ Try my love one more time ♪ (tenor sax solo line) ♪ Come on back home, baby ♪ ♪ Try my love one more time ♪ (tenor sax plays solo line) ♪ You know if thing' don't go to suit you ♪ ♪ I think I'll lose my mind, yeah ♪ (horn riff) (blues-rock guitar solo) (guitar solo continues, playing with horns) ♪ Before you 'cuse me ♪ ♪ Well, take a look at yourself ♪ (guitar and horns) ♪ Before you 'cuse me ♪ ♪ Well, take a look at yourself ♪ ♪ Say I've been running around with other women now ♪ ♪ You're taking money from someone else ♪ (concluding horn chorus) ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ (audience cheering) [Joe] - I think one of the things the horn players like about Jon's charts is that he's not a horn player, and he's not writing the typical horn chart.

Which is one of the flavors of the band, one of the characters of our band, that the horns, you're hearing a horn section that's playing stuff that you're not gonna normally hear.

[Jon] - Right.

[Jon] Yeah, the horn players like it.

They call the book maybe a medium-hard read.

They like it because it's challenging, it's not exactly typical, and we don't always play in a typical guitar keys.

We're not always in E and A and things like that.

I make sure I mix that up quite a bit.

(drum downbeat, medium tempo instrumental) (mellow jazzy saxophone solo) (audience member) - Yeah!

(mellow jazzy saxophone solo) (mellow jazzy trumpet solo) - (horn chorus hits notes) - (audience cheering) (medium-slow blues-rock guitar solo) (horn chorus punctuates guitar solo) (audience cheering) (horn chorus and soloing guitar) (guitar plays long dramatic note) (faster guitar notes alternate with horns) (long slow guitar note punctuated by horns) (a new long guitar note rings out punctuated by horns) (dynamic guitar solo with horns) (guitar solo, instrumental section ends) ♪ I've been down hearted, baby ♪ (emotive trumpet solo line) ♪ Ever since the day we met ♪ (emotive trumpet solo) ♪ Said I've been down hearted, baby ♪ (dynamic trumpet solo line) ♪ Ever since the day we met ♪ (trumpet soloing) ♪ Our true love is nothin' but the blues ♪ ♪ How blue can ya get?

♪ ♪ You're evil when I'm with ya, baby ♪ - (mellow solo saxophone line) - (audience cheering) ♪ And you are jealous when we're apart ♪ (emotive saxophone solo line) ♪ I said you're evil ♪ ♪ So evil, when I'm with you, baby ♪ ♪ And you are jealous when we're apart ♪ ♪ How blue can you get, baby ♪ (saxophone solo line) ♪ The answer's right here in my heart ♪ (dynamic jazzy instrumental music) ♪ I gave you a brand new Ford ♪ - (horn chorus punctuates lyric lines) ♪ You said, "I want a Cadillac" ♪ ♪ I bought you a 10 dollar dinner ♪ ♪ You said, "Thanks for the snack" ♪ ♪ I let you live in my penthouse ♪ ♪ You said it was just a shack ♪ ♪ I gave you seven children ♪ ♪ And now you wanna give 'em back ♪ ♪ Ohhhhhh-aahhhh!

♪ ♪ Ohhh, I've been down hearted, baby ♪ ♪ Mm, mm, mm, mm ♪ ♪ Ever since the day we met ♪ ♪ I said ♪ ♪ Our true love is nothin' but the blues ♪ ♪ Tell me now ♪ ♪ How blue ♪ ♪ How blue can ya ♪ ♪ Ge -- eeehhh -- et!

♪ - (audience cheering) [Joe] I liked "300 Pounds of Heavenly Joy."

[Jon] See, Joe used to weigh - about 500 pounds, so... - (Joe laughs) [Joel] - And, now, he's three.

[Joe] - Well, you know... [Jon] - Now he's only 300, see... [Joe] - The song has always- -And [Joel] - he's joyous.

[Joe] - Been 300 pounds, and I worked at it.

I got up to two-and-a-quarter, -(Jon laughs) - but that's about as good as I could do.

- But it just doesn't work.

[Joel] - You're too modest, Joe.

- Yeah.

Thank you.

[Joel] - Yeah.

[Jon] - It was at least 226.

- Yeah.

(chuckles) - No, it was 224 and a half.

[Jon] - Oh, okay.

[Joe] - But, I like that.

I just get to yell my brains out, and it's a fun tune.

(upbeat bass drum rhythm) (bright uptempo horns and guitar join in) ♪ Hoy, hoy, baby, I'm your boy ♪ (horn section punctuates lyric lines) ♪ 300 pounds of heavenly joy ♪ ♪ I'm so glad that you understand ♪ ♪ You got 300 pounds of a muscle and man ♪ ♪ This is it ♪ ♪ This is it ♪ ♪ Look what ya get now ♪ ♪ Now, all you girls that think your days are done ♪ ♪ Don't worry, baby, you can still have fun ♪ ♪ Take me, baby, for your little, little boy ♪ ♪ You got 300 pounds of heavenly joy ♪ ♪ Well this is it ♪ ♪ This is it ♪ ♪ Look what ya get now ♪ ♪ Now, now, now ♪ (dynamic rock guitar solo) ♪ Sneakin' and hidin,' and behind his back ♪ ♪ Tell me, you've got a man you don't like ♪ ♪ Put that man right outta your mind ♪ ♪ I said, follow me, woman, have a real good time ♪ ♪ But this is it ♪ ♪ This is it ♪ ♪ Look what ya get now ♪ ♪ Hoy, hoy, baby, I'm your boy ♪ ♪ 300 pounds of heavenly joy ♪ ♪ I'm so glad that you understand, baby ♪ ♪ You got 300 pounds of a muscle and man ♪ ♪ This is it ♪ ♪ This is it ♪ ♪ Look what ya get now ♪ (bright jazzy saxophone solo) ♪ All you girls who think your days are done ♪ ♪ Don't worry, baby, you can still have fun ♪ ♪ Take me, baby, for your little, little boy ♪ ♪ You got 300 pounds of heavenly joy ♪ ♪ Well this is it ♪ ♪ This is it ♪ ♪ Look what ya get now ♪ ♪ Hoy, hoy, baby, I'm your boy ♪ ♪ 300 pounds of heavenly joy ♪ ♪ I'm so glad that you understand ♪ ♪ You got 300 pounds of a muscle and man ♪ ♪ Well this is it ♪ ♪ This is it ♪ ♪ Look what ya get now ♪ (band plays dynamic jazz-blues riffs in harmony) [Joe] You know, actually, we're getting a younger audience.

Just in this last year, you're seeing more and more youth coming out, seeing us, maybe because it might be the latest, coolest thing.

Uhm, I'd hate for us to be considered trendy.

[Jon] - No, we're not trendy.

No.

But it really goes from as young as you can be and still be at a nightclub, all the way up into the 70s and 80s.

And we have... Like, my mom is out every night.

- (band member laughs) - She's a big fan.

(audience cheering) (cheerful medium-tempo blues-rock guitar, horn riff) ♪ You need meat ♪ ♪ Go to the market ♪ ♪ You need bread ♪ ♪ Try the bakery ♪ ♪ You need love ♪ ♪ Don't go no further ♪ ♪ Oh just come on home to me ♪ ♪ I got to love somebody ♪ ♪ I got to love somebody ♪ ♪ I got to love somebody, or ♪ ♪ Somebody gonna love me ♪ (dynamic instrumental horn music) ♪ You need grits ♪ ♪ Go to the grocery ♪ ♪ You need fish ♪ ♪ Look to the sea ♪ ♪ You need love ♪ ♪ Don't go no further ♪ ♪ Oh, just come on home to me ♪ ♪ I got to love somebody ♪ ♪ I got to love somebody ♪ ♪ I got to love somebody, or ♪ ♪ Somebody gonna love me ♪ (dynamic instrumental horn and guitar riff) (mellow jazzy saxophone solo) (jazzy trumpet solo with trumpet mute effect) (melodic jazz-blues guitar solo) (horn section plays upbeat jazz-blues melody) ♪ You need money ♪ ♪ Go to the bank, dear ♪ ♪ You need honey ♪ ♪ Look to the bee ♪ ♪ You need love ♪ ♪ Don't go no further ♪ ♪ Oh, just come on home to me ♪ ♪ I got to love somebody ♪ (horn section riff) ♪ I got to love somebody ♪ (horn section riff) ♪ I got to love somebody, or ♪ ♪ Somebody gon' love me ♪ (horn section riff) ♪ I got to love somebody, or ♪ ♪ Somebody gon' love me ♪ (horn section riff) ♪ I got to love somebody, or ♪ ♪ Somebody gon' love me ♪ (guitar and horn section riff) (band crescendos to end song) (audience cheering) [Joe] - Yeah, thank you.