. >> and andy sheehan said me a few things to scales of stuff and how to read music. then i had a crazy cousin. cousin leroy. leroy played the piano but he played boogie woogie. he showed me how to [ music ] anyway, i got into it, you know and once i hear the boogie woogie. i was gone. >> that was it? >> that was it. all over for me. >> and what does your dad do? >> my dad loved the music so much. he would go and buy the roars. my mom didn't buy any. >> right. >> and he would get the records by i voro. >> reporter: hap a nat king cold. -- ivory johanna and nat king cole. i would sit there and listen to him for hours. >> it was great? >> yeah. >> how did you manage to get with people like lou rawls and bb king. esther phillips? >> at the time, there was a club owned by don barksdale. >> i remember him. >> it was caught called the show i case and there were two clubs. the showcase and sportsman. >> okay. >> and he would say bobby buble in one club and low remarks awls at the other. -- lou rawls at the other. and i got to play with everybody who was big, you know. they c