On the Roam (2024) s01e08 Episode Script

1
[Jason Momoa] My grandfather
had a coat
and it was
completely destroyed,
holes all in it
and just frayed
and beat to hell.
And I saw it and I was like,
"Wow, that's beautiful!"
It was his tool.
It helped us
build our home.
It put all these hours
and time and love
into this home.
And I feel like,
when I look at something
that's old,
I feel it in my bones.
It just gets
my creative juices flowing.
And that's when I realize
that I just see
things differently.
You know, I started seeing
my grandparents' floorboards
and the way that they looked,
and I'm like, every scratch,
ding, laugh, cry
is pretty much recorded
in that. And, then,
I started feeling like
I just see art
in a different way.
That's why we wanted
to make this show.
Rolling?
[man] Rolling.
[Jason grunts]
All right, so
At this point,
we've brought things
back to life,
we've changed things over,
we gathered the knowledge.
Now, let's do something
really, really special.
Let's find the holy grail.
["Wherever I May
Roam" playing]
And the road
Becomes my bride ♪
I have stripped of all
But pride ♪
So in her I do confide ♪
Off the beaten path
I reign ♪
Rover, wanderer
Nomad, vagabond ♪
Call me what you will ♪
Wherever I may roam ♪
Wherever I may roam, yeah ♪
[exhales]
Man.
I wanted to do something
after we've done everything
on this show.
I wanted to do an homage
to the holy grails.
[slow instrumental music]
For me, holy grail
is the rarest
of all these finds.
It's the piece
that has traveled
the furthest.
People don't part
with these lightly.
It put it out there
in the universe and,
next day, on Instagram,
I saw the Blessing Burst.
I was blown away.
I was like, "Let's get it."
This looks, not only
from the outside,
but from the inside,
like a Les Paul from
It is shown by the zero
as the first digit.
The finish was cherry sunburst
on these guitars.
They sit in a window
where, exposed to light
for very long,
the red fades out, you know?
And you get this beautiful,
sort of, yellow burst finish.
[Jason] Blessing
has been appraised
a number of times
and its value
just keeps going up,
especially as original guitars
from this era become more
and more rare.
So let's take a look, first,
at the pickups.
Yeah, a little decal
that says "Patent
applied for".
That can make a difference
of thousands of dollars
in the
in the value of the guitar.
And not only does it say
"Patent applied for,"
in the cavity
where the sun never shines,
you can see, still,
the bright cherry red
of the original finish.
All the solder joints
look clean as a whistle.
So the story
of this guitar is,
in the 1960s, an inspiring
young rock and roller
named Richard Head
found it in a
in a music store
in the Cleveland area,
bought it, and thought
it might be a blessing
to his career and his music,
and it turned out to be.
[Jason] And after everything
I have learned
about Les Paul guitars,
from Slash, to Billy Gibbons,
to Murphy, Cesar,
I knew I had to see
this guitar.
[producer] And how
long did you have
this guitar for, roughly?
56 years.
I bought it in 1967.
[soft instrumental music]
[Jason] So I flew
to Orlando to meet Richard
and get to see this guitar
in person.
Wow!
-Pleasure. Pleasure.
Jason Momoa.
-Absolutely.
-Chris
-Chris. Pleasure
to meet you, Chris.
No, my pleasure.
Don Richards.
Nice to meet you.
-[laughing]
-Look at you. [laughs]
There you go. [laughs]
Look at that.
Yeah, yeah. Let's Let's
Let's put it up here.
-All right.
-[Richard] Oh, man.
[Jason] Hold on.
Hang on, hang on, hang on,
hang on.
[laughs] Do you wanna
do something here?
Gotta have this
on my camera, at least,
a little bit.
Hold on. Tell me [laughs]
Tell me a little bit
about it first.
Well, I, you know
Former rock and roller
in my teens and so forth.
Blessing and I
were many, many hours
on stage
playing every club
you could imagine,
the Midwest
and down to Florida and back.
It was always
my main instrument
that I was just in love with
and going to keep
no matter what.
We opened
for Golden Earring, Rush,
-Dr. Hook and the Medicine
Show, and
-Wow.
all these groups, you know?
And, every time
I would be playing it,
the guy, the guitar player,
would ask me
if I wanted to sell it.
-Yeah.
-And I said no, of course.
And it went from $2,500
-to $5,000, you know?
-Yeah.
To $7,500. And, believe me,
back then, my friend,
-I could've used the money.
-Right.
But no, I just went, "No.
This is my friend."
-Yeah.
-"I don't wanna
I wanna hold on to it."
So, at this stage in life,
I came up with the idea
that, well,
what I'd like to do
is to sell Blessing
and donate the proceeds
to homes for our troops.
It just seemed like
the right thing to do.
[Jason] We purchased
the guitar,
donated all of it
to this cause.
And, then, we're gonna
take this guitar
It's the Blessing Burst,
but we're gonna call it
the Roamer's Burst too,
because, um, it's gonna go
on the road.
And it's gonna stay
on the road
and, hopefully, inspire
many artists and it gets
to go on tour.
And I don't want it to sit,
you know, in some safe
or whatever.
I actually want it to be,
like, if Marcus King wants
to take this thing on tour,
or someone
that's up and coming,
like, someone that we just,
literally, "Boom, go.
Record an album."
-And let it just wander.
Let it go and
-Oh, I'm
I'm I can't tell you
how excited I am about that.
You having it
and you telling me that,
you know, I don't
normally cry, but
[laughs] it almost
brings tears to my eyes.
I mean, it was perfect
how it all lined up.
-Yeah.
-And so, I think
it's just wonderful
that, like, our show
is designed around this.
You're designed around this.
And so, now, let it go,
let this thing go wander
and bless people.
And And I'm excited
for people to
I mean, I'm excited
for it to play on albums
and go play in front of
live audiences,
and go just tour.
-Damien, how're you doing?
You steady?
-[Damien] I'm good, I'm good.
[laughs]
[Jason] All right, daddio.
-Do the honors.
-[Richard] My last time.
[Jason] Oh, wow.
[exhales]
[Richard] And and
You are looking
at a lot of Blessing,
and a lot of me,
-because this is me,
this is me.
-Wow.
You know? The wear
and tear on it is me.
All right, here we go.
[chuckles] Man
-Oh, it's light!
-[Richard] Mmm-hmm.
Ah, bro. It's, like
[Jason] I haven't been able
to see too many real ones.
I got the pleasure
of seeing Slash's and
[playing guitar]
it's just art.
That's the thing
you were just telling me
where it's you.
You know, everything
on here is you.
-It is.
-And that's such a special
And when you
Why I love these things
so much is it takes on
Everyone's got
their own energy, you know,
and it takes these pieces
of wood to soak that up,
and when you
get to see something that
some musician
that you really love playing
and, you know,
just feel that energy.
[exhales]
Unbelievable. Well
I'm excited for my best friend
to see this
and, then, watch him
just whale away on it
and we'll get up there
on stage, and
and I'd love it
if you got up there, too,
and said something.
Oh? I'm
I'm at your service.
Yeah, it's gonna be
it's gonna be
an amazing night. [laughs]
-Thank you so much.
This is just a
-Thank you!
massive honor.
It's meant to be passed on
and meant to share the love
and aloha, so
-So, think it's pretty cool.
-[Richard] Yeah.
And, also,
I love a good story,
and I don't know
anyone else who would take it,
put it on the road.
And I'm like
-[Richard laughing]
-my ass will.
[Jason] The next stop
was tracking down a bike
as rare as the Blessing Burst.
-All right.
-[indistinct conversation]
[Jason] So I found
a collector in Louisiana
who specializes in the most
unique vintage motorcycles.
This is awesome!
[soft instrumental music]
[Jason] Bryan has all these
pristine, one-of-a-kind bikes.
It was honestly overwhelming.
[Bryan] That's
one of the only two
in the world.
It has a Rudge Python engine.
They only made 'em
for two years.
But it takes somebody
as weird as me to want one
like that.
-[Jason] I'm just so happy
I found you.
-[all laughing]
I'm so happy I found you.
So weird and esoteric.
[Bryan] I like weird
I like weird shit.
Look at that.
Things were just built
differently in the past,
and I love that.
I feel like
I'm in a past life.
I feel like I'm riding
on a time capsule.
The way they sound,
the way it feels.
[Bryan] This bike
was commissioned by a man,
he hunted big game.
He knew that wildebeest
and giraffes
and the like wouldn't run
on the sound of [honks]
They wouldn't run.
So if you're trying to get
100 giraffes to run
[horn blaring]
[laughing]
[Bryan] That's how you get
10,000 zebra to run.
[Jason] Look at that one!
Oh, my gosh,
this one is amazing.
Suddenly, I see this one
and I just knew.
It was the one.
An original paint
Brough Superior.
[soft instrumental music]
The thing about these bikes
is that, once you paint
over them, that's it.
There's no going back
to the original.
Finding one like this,
beat up but the real deal,
it's almost unheard of.
It is so rare.
Oh, man!
Shit!
I don't know everything
this bike has seen,
but I know it has been
on this earth for almost
100 years.
And when you touch something
with that much history,
you can feel it.
That is my first time
seeing a Brough.
How do you say it?
You say it Brough?
-[Bryan] Brough.
-[Jason] Brough Superior.
-Wow.
-[Bryan] They're
all bespoke.
None of them were punched out.
-You decided what you wanted,
he built the bike to fit you.
-[Jason] Wow.
So I wanna be
the first Hawaiian
to ride a Brough.
-[woman laughing]
-I wanna be the first
Hawaiian to ride a Brough
on the first Cannonball
and win it.
-[Bryan] Nobody rides
a Brough
-[indistinct chatter]
[machinery whirring]
[soft instrumental music]
[Jason] I fell in love
with that Brough.
So I brought it back to LA
to see if my friend Nick
could get it running again.
You've brought back
to life impossibles.
-The DAH, the 1930, right?
-Yup.
[Jason] And, then, we had you
bring back the
And that was a 1927
that's been sitting for,
like, 70 years.
But it's the 1929
Brough Superior 680
Overhead Valve.
And it's just been
it's just been sitting
to stare at,
and I just can't stand it.
I wanna set it free,
try to bring it back to life.
Broughs are English bikes
from the '20s and '30s,
and they were extremely fast
and extremely luxurious.
Only about 1,000
still exist.
-And you've never worked
on an English bike?
-No.
-Nothing?
-No.
Never worked
on an English bike,
it's weird.
But, you know,
anything that has a motor
I can get it running.
I'm very confident
this'll run.
It's pretty rare
'cause it's an original paint,
and most people
don't wanna touch it.
If you guys just look at
the seat, like, everything.
It's just
it's a museum piece.
-But, needs to be ridden.
-Yeah.
-You feel confident?
-Wanna make a bet?
[Jason laughing] I'll make
a bet, I'll make a bet.
You gotta you gotta
bet on how many kicks.
Oh, okay. Uh
Under three.
[Jason] Under three?
Under three kicks,
I'll give you five grand
-and donate it. Do you
have an idea--
-Not including prime kicks.
-[Jason] Not including
prime kicks.
-Okay. Yeah.
Three and under,
three and under,
that's pretty good.
[Jason] All right.
If it's three and over,
you owe me ten grand.
-[Nick] Sounds good.
-[Jason laughs]
[Jason] I mean,
this is kind of the point
of the show.
It's really about
all the things that I love
that I can't do.
And it's just a real honor
to watch.
Everyone in this show
is just making artwork.
[soft instrumental music]
While I was in LA,
I got hit up by a friend,
Max Hazen,
about another Brough engine
for sale.
This one was an SS100,
the first-ever stock engine
to go over 100 miles per hour.
I knew we had to do
something special with it.
It's pretty cool.
[Jason] Max takes
vintage pieces and gives them
a new life.
That's gonna be
that's gonna be fucking sick.
I adore his work.
It's something
that I've never seen before.
He builds every piece
on these bikes.
[Maxwell] It's funny,
people ask me, like,
"How long does it take you
to build a custom motorcycle?"
And, honestly,
the building of it
isn't the hard part.
It's getting
that perfect line.
It's big.
[Jason] Creating a bike
with an engine
from a century ago,
to do it justice
and, then, to make it
my size,
that's a lot to ask.
[soft instrumental music]
[Maxwell] You know,
they're extremely
expensive bikes,
and to find just the engine,
especially the one
that you want,
in decent shape
was a challenge.
And we got lucky.
Oh, yeah, now you're gonna see
it's pretty cool.
Everything's so analog
on these old engines.
So, this is
This spins at cam speed
right here,
drives through two
single-fire magnetos.
As these gears turn,
it will shoot a spark
to each cylinder
at the exact time.
Right now, we're set
at 30 degrees.
But it's pretty cool to see
how you set all this stuff.
[engine hissing softly]
It's pretty cool
hearing the motor breathe,
too, you know?
These things were just
totally decrepit
when I got it.
This was, like, so tarnished.
And I just, kind of,
shined 'em up and cleaned 'em.
But, yeah, some of this
old stuff,
it's just got a cool quality
you can't replicate.
You know, it's like
your casting and everything.
It's that certain amount
of imperfect
that makes it have
a bit of soul.
[Jason] I don't think
people can comprehend
how difficult it is
to do what Max does.
To have a vision in your head
and, then,
get the whole machine
to function correctly,
and completely handmade
in this little studio
in the city,
it's magic.
Every detail,
everything on this bike
is hand-built.
I'll never be able to do this
in multiple lifetimes,
what he does.
So I'm excited
for everybody to see that
and really create
a really custom
Brough Superior.
[soft instrumental music]
-[Jason] Good?
-[Nick] Yup.
[Jason] All right.
[exhales]
All right. Making history.
-We did one
'27 original paint.
-Yup.
Did the Hillclimber,
brought it back to life.
And we're gonna do this.
I was gonna do this
in England
but this is the
-This is my special weapon
right here.
-[chuckles]
-Never worked
on an English bike before.
-No.
We're gonna try to bring
an original paint
Brough Superior to life.
[Nick] There's a lot
going on.
Especially in such an early
motor and bike. I mean,
this is, like, you know,
-Rolls Royce of the
-Yeah.
the motorcycle
for that time.
All right. So I cleaned
the tanks out,
we got spark, we got fuel,
we got air, and
it should light right up.
A little ticklish.
Let's see, full choke.
All right. I'll hold
the decompression
You kick. You wanna do it?
I can't do it
with my right leg.
I broke
-I got a rod in my leg.
-[Jason] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-I can't do both.
-All right.
-Wait, one
-[Jason] I got it.
-[engine whirring]
-[Nick] Yup.
Two.
Three. All right.
If that starts
on first [chuckles]
If this starts
on first kick
[Nick] We'll do, like,
a half a choke.
-All right,
a little decompression.
-Yup.
Little bit
of throttle. Let's
Kick it to win.
[engine roars]
Bro!
-Bro!
-[engine revving]
-[Jason shouts]
-[Nick] One kick.
-[laughing] One kick.
-[Maxwell] One.
I got the bonus.
Dude! Give me a kiss.
[triumphant
instrumental music]
I'm gonna start.
Yabba dabba doo.
On that monkey every day.
It took me a long time
just to collect one of these.
I didn't expect it
to be that easy.
He worked on it--
I swear to God, he worked
on it for a very long time.
You worked on it, like,
for, like, three days, right?
[Nick] Yeah.
Don't let the truth
get in the way
of a good story.
-[Jason] You know
-[Nick] Yeah.
Ooh. First kick.
First kick, English bike.
You got it, bro.
Amazing. Damn!
[Jason] So, do I need
lights or anything, bro?
-[man] No, that's okay.
-[Jason] We're good?
It's kinda the finale, man.
This is
This is a pretty
amazing journey.
We traveled from
New Zealand to come down here.
Um, we're gonna
show my friend, Mike Hayes,
a very special original
Les Paul Burst,
1960 Burst and surprise him.
There it is.
Boom, boom, boom, boom.
Where's Mike at?
Is he in here?
Are you there?
Mike Hayes,
get your ass here.
All right.
Richard, come on in, buddy.
Richard?
Come in here, Richard.
-Hayes, you
stand right here?
-All right.
So, it's a nice
and special thing
and I don't know any
I honestly don't know
a better guitar player
in the world.
It's a very arrogant
thing to say,
that this man
has taught me guitar.
There's no one that
loves Sunhouse
and Red Hot Chili Peppers
more than me and him
and it's like
and Robert Johnson.
This is my teacher,
this is my, you know,
someone I look up to
and we have this special
connection and so,
without further ado, baby
Amen.
Mike Hayes,
it has finally happened.
So this is
I want you to go up there
and I want you
to blast away
'cause I don't think
you've ever played
-a 1960
-Holy crap.
60?
[Jason] He's had it. 1960.
That is an original,
all original.
You're gonna go up there
and you're gonna
blast away for the troops,
you're gonna
blast away for Richard,
you're gonna
blast away for me,
you'll blast away for
On The Roam.
And that's
the real deal right there.
That's the real deal!
-This is yours?
For how long, sir?
-56 years, bro.
[Richard] Yeah. Yeah.
There's not--
You know there's not
so many of these
-in existence now.
-[Jason] I know. Yeah.
So, wow.
I want you to
just tear it up, buddy.
You've never played
a real deal, right?
I've never,
I've never played a 1960.
You'll be playing, you're
playing the holy grail.
You're playing the holy grail.
-That is amazing.
-And you're gonna
go play for the troops,
-you're gonna raise awareness.
-I can't thank you enough
for the opportunity.
-Oh, we Thank you.
-It's gonna be
an amazing night.
-Yeah, you [indistinct]
-[cheers]
-You're gonna
smoke it tonight, dude.
-Wow.
Wait till this thing growls.
I can't wait till
you plug it in.
-Okay.
[laughs]
-[Jason] All right.
-Sound check, baby.
-[Michael] Okay.
Listen, you're going
out there right now.
[Michael] Yeah, let me
Let me get out here
real quick.
[crowd cheering]
[Jason] Hello, hello.
Hi, everyone.
[all cheering]
I need you
to do me a huge favor.
-[woman] Oh.
-Hi. I need you to
Of course, I need you to put
your phones down right now.
[all groaning]
No, that's really cool
'cause it's very personal.
-Okay?
-[woman] Yes.
So, before everyone
gets here,
I just wanted something
really special is that,
this beautiful man right here,
come here, Richard.
-This is Richard.
-[all cheering]
He's an amazing
rock and roll player.
He's been playing
his whole life.
Um, he has
owned this guitar
-[audience cheers]
-for He's owned it
for 56 years.
-[audience] Wow.
I don't know
if any of you have seen,
I mean, unless you saw
ZZ Top or something,
you know
some amazing,
some amazing shows,
but this is
the real 1960 Burst.
-[audience] Wow.
-So the sound that
you're gonna hear tonight
-[strumming guitar]
-it's, it's the most
it's the holy grail
of rock and roll.
-[audience cheering]
-And my best friend,
my teacher
and my best friend,
is gonna rip it up
for us tonight.
But you're gonna hear it
on real Burst.
-The holy grail.
-[crowd cheering]
And not only that,
our show On The Roam
is all about artistry,
it's all about handmade arts
and it's all about paying
it forward and charity, so
-[all cheering]
-And so, all of the money.
for this,
it's going to our veterans,
Home for Troops.
-Yeah.
-They paved the way
for our freedom.
And with these men
and these women.
It's about everything
they've done.
And we've got two hours to
tear this motherfucker apart.
-[all cheering]
-[rock 'n' roll music playing]
[all cheering]
[speaking indistinctly]
[Jason] Bring this
to Mike Hayes,
who's never even
I haven't seen one.
For him to see it
and blast away on this,
and then
watch Richard watching it,
it's just, like,
it's super emotional.
[rock music continues playing]
[ethereal music playing]
[Maxwell] There's
so much new stuff
when I do something
like this.
It's a blow through
supercharged,
pressurized gas tank.
Um, there's a whole lot of
stuff happening that,
you know, making
a 1930s engine,
you know, work this way but
You know, if, like,
if you're gonna do it,
you know, let's do it.
You know?
Let's super charge it
and let's go
as far as we can with it.
[Jason] Each Brough
was custom built
and tailored to their owner.
So I feel like Max
is continuing the tradition
of the custom build
in the same way
it would've been
made 100 years ago.
I never thought
in a million years
I was gonna
own a Brough Superior
let alone have custom bike
made to my size.
That's the thing, most
of the bikes that I have,
-I just I'm 6'4", 6'5",
you know, 250.
-I know.
And I don't fit
on a lot of bike
I love 'em, but this is
the first one that like
you know, aside from,
like, choppers
that just fits my size.
So it's
What was it like
when you were building this?
Did you think I was gonna--
We, we hadn't met.
We did everything by phone.
No, no. You know,
I got to a point where
I sat on it and
the reach was so far,
but the bars looked right.
It's like, you know,
set number six of handlebars
and I tried and I tried
and I'm trying
to find the right ones
and these ones were
the right ones for the bike.
When I sat on it, I'm like,
"Dude, I think it's too big.
I think I went too far."
So, I, I hit Jason up
and like,
"Hey, I know we haven't met,
you haven't seen the bike yet,
but you, you wanna sit
on this thing and make sure
it's, it's okay before
we go any farther?"
And he sat on it
and he's, like,
"Finally a bike that fits me."
Oh, it's it's perfect.
It came out pretty,
pretty nice.
-I'm happy with it.
-[Jason sighs]
[Jason] Man, built with love.
Love it.
Oh, when she's waitin' ♪
[Maxwell]
There's something that
you can't put a finger on,
that you feel
when you've taken the time
to really make something
that has taken a lot
from you to make.
You actually put part
of yourself into something
and took a chance
and, you know,
used from in here
to make something, that's
It's a feeling that
I don't share with
many people anymore.
It's wonderful.
Thank you so much.
You know, we're gonna make
the first Brough Chopper
in history, right?
[Maxwell] Absolutely.
[engine roaring]
[Jason] When we
first started filming,
I had six 36s built by
all my friends
and artists I admire
'cause they were
my favorite bike
and at the time I never
thought I would find
an original.
You know,
you look up to people
and you see something
that's beautiful
and you wanna
collect that artwork
and to want, you know,
to get an original,
it's just near impossible
and they're
hard to find in general.
It's not that they're
the best motor either,
but I don't know.
It's not even It's
[laughs]
[man] It's the evolution of
Harley when they took off
and buried everybody else.
I mean,
Indian couldn't hang on.
You know,
that style of the new engine,
it was just
It buried everybody
All the other competitors.
[Pete] Hopefully, the water
is special effects.
Water line
broke right there.
-[Pete] Aquaman
or anything like that.
-[Jeremiah laughs]
[Jason] The first time,
and I have to really look up
to see if it's
absolutely original
but my mom works at
an insurance company in Iowa.
In her building
is a '36 Knucklehead.
I remember
seeing it when I
was a little kid
and it was a black
and like, reddish one
and it was, like, pristine.
Since I saw that bike,
I have been in love
with the '36 Knucklehead.
Now here we are,
years later in London
where Jeremiah has
tracked down my dream bike.
The '36 Knucklehead,
it isn't the rarest
but it's the last bike
the four original
founders of Harley
put together themselves.
It's one of the most
sought after bikes
on this planet.
It is one of
very few all green,
painted green, the fork,
the frame, from Harley.
It was stored during
the war in Amsterdam
and it was put back together.
It is pretty surreal.
[Jeremiah] Pete, come over
here and give me some love.
-Hi.
-This is Jason. Jason, Pete.
-Hello, sir.
-Hi, you've got grease
on your hand now.
-No-- Oh, do I?
Pleasure to meet you.
-Pleasure to meet you too.
Yes. This is all my friends
and family.
-You know Jeremiah,
this is Liam.
-Hi.
-This is Dan.
-How you doing?
-You've met [indistinct]
-Yep, yep.
-Let's do this.
-You wanna see it?
-I'm dying to see this.
-[all laughing]
Dan, come over
and hold my hand.
-Let's do this.
I'll follow you in, sir.
-Yeah.
Oh, wow.
[Jason] There's only
two export greens
that are, I think, known of.
And to be able to bring
that back to the States,
own an original paint,
which there's just none
[Dan] Pretty insane, right?
[Jason] Yeah,
that's so insane.
Put my butt on it?
[Pete] Yeah, sure.
[Jason] Oh, man. Wow.
The dash,
look at that. Wow.
Every chance I get ♪
I wanna ♪
[Pete] You're making me
wanna keep it.
[Jason] Well, you heard him,
let me get off of it.
[all laughing]
Oh, man.
[Pete] When I first got it,
it was my everyday
-[Jason] Yeah.
-[Pete] And I loved that bike.
It rode so well as well.
-Yeah.
-And so
If I was going anywhere,
I'd go out on that
and But it's got
to the stage now
that, you know, conscious
of its original paint.
There aren't many original
paint bikes around.
If I crash it
or it kicks back
and catches fire,
it's gone. So it's
It's not a pleasure
for me to ride anymore.
[Jason chuckles]
[Pete] You know,
I would think
looking at
the rear chain sprocket
it's only probably done
about 25,000 miles.
[Jason] I wanna get it
in the light.
[Dan] We have to do a 36,
36-mile ride down to
[indistinct] and back.
Oh, my God.
Okay.
[Dan] What have
you got over here?
That chain right there.
What was unusual
about the Dutch export bikes,
they painted everything,
including the fork,
the oil tank green.
Should be Standard
for the States was black.
God damn!
The things
that strike you as a kid,
that you fall in love with,
never really leave you.
Like, who knew back in Iowa,
looking at that bike
in my mom's office,
that I would
be here someday?
It's beautiful.
It's a dream to find
these works of art.
Not to collect them
or store them somewhere,
but to keep them running
and on the roam.
[laughs exultantly] Yeah, Dan!
I made it, baby!
Oh, man.
It's a good day.
[Pete] What are you doing?
Just, just having
a moment to say
Just Thank you for making
my dreams come true.
-I know it's
-Yeah. Thanks for
breaking my heart.
-[laughs]
-But you're gonna come
to California to ride it.
It's just she has a new
She's just gonna go,
she's gonna travel
in the States for a little bit
and you're gonna
come see her, right?
Thank you very much.
-Thank you, man.
-It's getting wet now.
-It's got wet before.
-Yeah, she'll be all right.
[Jeremiah] I'm sorry
I broke your heart, Pete.
-[Jason growls exultantly]
-[laughs]
[Jason]
That's what it's all about.
It's not putting it there
in some museum.
I mean, I wanna get out,
I wanna ride these bikes,
wanna bring 'em
back to life.
This guitar's gotta
get out there.
It wants
to be out there, so
you know, for some
of those artists
that need to retire 'em
and make some other ones.
But I wanna, I wanna take this
and get it out and inspire.
You know what I mean?
This isn't made to sit
on some wall or
I want her out
there roaming.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] You're gonna
feel the history
in this piece of wood.
I'm just seeing,
it's just amazing.
There are
no words that I can say
There are
no words for it, man.
Thank you so much, Richard,
for giving me
the opportunity tonight.
[no audio]
[Richard] I've played
all those songs in my life
and I was like, this is,
like so inspiring,
it's unbelievable.
You played
the shit out of 'em.
[all laughing]
Thank you, brother.
Thank you.
[Richard] You're a master,
my friend.
Bro, this is what we're
-You know what I mean?
-Yeah, this is
a new friend of mine.
I mean, we definitely made
a connection from the very,
from, right from the get go.
This is
There's magic in this guitar.
Um, and all you have to do
is talk to it
and it'll tell you
these stories
and that's what it was, uh,
up there for me.
It just it just seemed like
it wanted to speak.
It has, it had a story.
[Richard] It does want to,
I can tell you that.
Like,
it's an inspiration to me.
It's got, it's got
your sweat in there, bro.
Yes, it does now.
Sorry about that.
[Jason] No, no.
That's what we want.
It's got your [indistinct]
on there.
[Richard] That's why
it is the way it is.
[Michael] Yeah.
[Jason] I'll never
be able to play something
like, like,
what those guys do,
but be able
for them to, like,
take this and take joy
and pass it around,
and then
when we finish this show,
it's gonna go out
and hopefully help artists
and, and travel the world
inspiring.
Richard could've sold it
many, many times over.
And he held on to it
and he waited
for the right time.
And you know what?
The right time is now.
[Richard] Fifty-six years,
you know.
Blessing and I
got together last week
and I did some
recording with it
and we said goodbye,
you know, but I'm
definitely gonna miss it,
but it's the right thing
to do.
Definitely the right thing
to do, in my opinion.
I'm excited about
where it's going.
[Jason] It's the roaming,
the wandering.
That's it.
[Willie Nelson]
A one, two, a one,
two, three, four
["On the Road Again" playing]
On the road again ♪
Just can't wait
To get on the road again ♪
The life I love is making
Music with my friends ♪
And I can't wait to get
On the road again ♪
On the road again ♪
Like a band of gypsies
We go down the highway ♪
We're the best of friends ♪
Insisting that the world
Keep turning our way ♪
And our way ♪
Is on the road again ♪
[Jason] This show
is the hardest show
that I've ever shot.
[exclaims]
I'm not a host,
but I'm showing you
what my heart is.
You may not like it,
you may love it
It's exposed. It's me.
My heart's all over it.
And I don't
wanna get it right.
I hope you like it.
[engine starts]
'36, baby!
-[Jason] Well done.
Good job.
-Great.
It's your family heirloom.
Your son's son's
son's son's son's son's,
until the earth
keeps spinning,
it stays in the family.
-Yeah.
-Unless I mess it all up
and you have to sell it.
-Damn.
-Or you mess it up.
We're the best of friends ♪
Insisting that the world
keep turning our way ♪
And our way ♪
Is on the road again ♪
Just can't wait to get
On the road again ♪
The life I love is making
Music with my friends ♪
And I can't wait to get
On the road again ♪
And I can't wait to get
On the road again ♪