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Two can't blow one horn. Buy yourself a trumpet. Come back... and we'll get together.

7 seconds sound clip from the Destination Freedom - The Trumpet Talks (The early life of Louis Armstrong) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:11:47 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- I don't care. I sure like to blow. I'd sure like for you to show me, Mr. Johnson.

- What'd I tell you? He ain't heard a word you said.

- Who are you, kid?

- I sell coal.

- I know about the coal. What's your name?

- Louie, Louie Armstrong.

- The kids 'round Rampart Street call him Satchelmouth. You can see why.

- All right, Satchmo'. Tell you what. I'll show you how to blow in my spare time.

- You will?

- Sure.

- Two can't blow one horn. Buy yourself a trumpet. Come back... and we'll get together.

- You bet! You bet!

- He took a long look at my valves and shining mouth...

- And went back home and rose the next morning and made the rounds of Rampart and Franklin Streets...

- My face is brown and my mule is black, I sell my coal two bits a sack. Coal m'am?

- He stacked the pennies profit from his coal deals, and when the year ended, he dropped a sack of coins on the counter of a Basin Street music dealer.

[...]

Destination Freedom Sound Clip

Destination Freedom Radio ShowQuotes with audio clips from Richard Durham's Destination Freedom old-time radio program, Radio's Black Legacy, 1948-1950.

Actors: Oscar Brown Jr., Studs Terkel, Janice Kingslow, Wezlyn Tilden

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