Pure Country: Pure Heart Page #3

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- PIPER:
Turn it up!

- ADA:
Turn it up!

ALL:
Mudflaps on the

back Yosemite Sam

I get so excited

I can barely stand

I like a girl

In a pickup truck

A cute convertible

Don't heat me up

I love to watch her

When she climbs up

I like a girl

In a pickup truck

- There it is!

- Nashville, baby!

[LAUGHS]

- We have arrived!

- [ALL WHOOPING]

ADA:
Ryman, the mother

church of country music!

Okay, my aunt Misty

met Uncle Dell here at Tootsies.

- PIPER:
Really?

- JUSTINE:
Yep.

PIPER:

Wow! The Stage!

Robert's Western World.

ALL:

"Home of the Sho-Bud!"

JUSTINE:

Big Time Boots.

- [PIPER GASPS]

- [JUSTINE LAUGHS]

I will fight you

for the red ones.

PIPER:

You better bring it.

- Picture. Picture. Come on.

- Oh, okay.

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]

ADA:
Stay in the truck.

I'll go check it out.

I am not letting you go

in a bar by yourself.

It's a music place,

not a bar.

All right, well,

then I'm going with you.

I'm not standing out here alone

like someone's farting dog.

Good visual, Piper.

- Oh, boy.

- Are they closed?

They answered the phone.

DECLAN:
Sorry, sorry, sorry I'm late.

I'm here.

ADA:

Excuse me.

Do you work here?

Ye... Yes, ma'am.

I... I... I work here.

How can I help you?

We're looking for a fella

named Shirtsleeves McCoy.

Probably in his office,

but we don't open up till 7.

We drove hours to get here

and we're just hoping

to ask him a few questions.

Where y'all from?

- Parnell.

- Cool.

Uh, yeah, I can...

I can let someone know

you're here. This way.

Thanks.

Are you a musician?

Uh, yes, ma'am,

I like to think so.

My sister plays guitar.

And she sings.

I do too.

We're not trying to audition

or nothing.

We're here

about family stuff.

- I'm Ada Spencer.

- And I'm Piper.

I'm Declan.

I'm just the person

documenting it all.

You got a name?

Yep.

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]

- It's Declan.

- [DOOR BUZZES]

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

Fellas, how we doing?

- MAN 1:
Howdy.

- Opening act.

- Always here early.

- MAN 2:
What's up?

This way.

- Mr. McCoy.

- You're late.

I just found these three girls

out front.

- Wanted to talk to you about...

- I got a security camera, Declan.

I can see when you're late.

I just thought... These girls

wanna ask you...

Ed has to rewire

the main stage.

You get out there.

I'll take care of the girls.

- Good luck.

- Thanks for getting us this far.

If you're late again,

don't come back.

He's showing off for you.

[DOOR CLOSES]

We're not taking

any applications right now.

Plus, you gotta be 21

to even be in the building.

We're not looking for jobs,

sir.

We got a friend named C.J. Simms

who told us

to come here

and talk to you.

C.J.?

So why does he want you

to come and see me?

Well, Brian Spencer

was our daddy.

We were wondering if you ever

heard anything about him?

Brian who went

into the Marines?

Yes, sir.

I heard what happened.

He was a great man.

We're just looking

to find out more about him,

hoping to talk to someone

who knew about his music.

Let me tell you something.

Your daddy used to clean up

after shows.

And that's common

to get a foot in the door.

He moved up to bartending

and then he walked

the longest 60 feet of his life

when he stepped up

on that stage.

Our daddy sang here?

He did.

You didn't know about his music?

No, sir.

Plus, our mama don't like

to talk about him much.

Your daddy played guitar

and he wrote songs.

Good ones.

He was singing

with Marq Dunn back then.

Marq Dunn?

That's a man, right?

That's a woman.

Wait, the Marq Dunn?

The one and only.

You know, I think I might

have something for y'all.

Give me a sec.

This is messy.

Want some of these put away

you gotta do it yourself.

- Oh, my gosh.

- Whoa.

SHIRTSLEEVES:

It's right there in print.

- I wish I had more time, girls.

- Thank you so much.

- Thank you, sir.

- We really appreciate this.

- It's okay. Good luck to y'all.

- A lot.

PIPER:

That Brian was our daddy.

He performed with Marq Dunn.

Marq Dunn? Damn.

What is it you do here?

I work with the sound guys.

But one day

you'll be on that stage.

Maybe.

What'd you say

your last name was?

Spencer.

Spencer.

Mine's Martino.

I'll be sure to look out

for the Spencer sisters.

- Here you go.

- Thanks.

- [CHUCKLES]

- Okay. Bye.

Heh. Bye.

We are moving to Nashville

the day we graduate high school.

- Nashville?

- You are not leaving me alone

to rot at Meemaw's.

I'm going to art school

in New York. Then Paris.

Can you all believe

what just happened in there?

- Marq Dunn.

- Marq Dunn, man.

- PIPER:
Heh.

- ADA:
This is all a secret.

- Oh, I'm zipped up.

- One peep and you're back

to playing

with Meemaw's chickens.

[]

It's been two days.

No one's returned my e-mail.

Yeah, Marq Dunn doesn't check

her own website.

It's probably run

by assistants.

- That's so unfair.

- Not really.

We need to go

to a Marq Dunn show.

She just finished a big tour.

She's got nothing scheduled.

Well, then we need

to get her telephone number.

Or her home address.

Maybe Declan can help us.

I found his band online.

He's playing in Nashville

this weekend.

Are you interested

in meeting Marq Dunn

or do you just wanna talk

to Declan?

- PIPER:
What's going on?

- ADA:
Nothing.

I'm part of whatever

you two are cooking up.

ADA:

It's a good thing you can sing

because so much else about you

is irritating.

We're going back to Nashville

on Saturday.

I knew it.

We're thinking that fella Declan

could help us find Miss Dunn.

Oh, well,

that's an interesting theory.

- Why?

- You know why.

- What?

- Ada and Declan

- Go back inside.

- sitting in a tree.

- Go back inside.

- K-I-S-S-I-N-G.

[LAUGHING

AND INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

What are you doing?

What?

I have something in my eye.

What?

I just wanna look nice.

[PLAYING

"SING A LITTLE HIGHER"]

Hold my feet to the fire

ADA:

Oh, my. There he is.

Let's go.

Forsake your desire

Sing a little higher

Don't chase

'Cause you won't find it

It's caught

It's just bad timing

Forsake my desire

Sing a little higher

Sing a little higher

[CROWD WHOOPING]

Your self

Is all you're having

My peace

Is all I'm using

Forsake my desire

Sing a little higher

I know

I know I'm dreamin'

I dream

I dream I'm knowing

Forsake our desire

Sing a little higher

Sing a little higher

[CROWD CHEERING]

Whoo! Wow!

[CROWD WHOOPING

AND CHEERING]

You can follow us on Twitter

and Instagram.

We are Kitchen Backsplash!

Thank you.

- That was amazing.

- Yeah.

Now you got even more reason

to stare at your phone all day.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Let's let your sister

have her shot.

ADA:

Hey, Kitchen Backsplash.

I did not expect

to see you here today.

Um... What did you think?

- What I think?

- Yeah.

I think

you're my new favorite band.

Really?

As of today, yeah.

Thank you for coming,

I appreciate it.

- Yeah, of course.

- It's good to see you.

Good to see you too.

Uh-oh.

An enemy combatant approaching.

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