Some people have expressed concern that because you’ve opened Kermit’s 9th Ward Juke Joint you might be giving up the Mother-In-Law. Are you keeping both clubs and if so, why the second club?

Yes, that’s for sure. I just love freaking barrooms. When I was a kid, after my mom retired from radio and TV, she started working at all the bars in the 9th Ward. The same bar I have now, she helped run it—the Morris Lounge.

My cousins own almost that whole block. Dirty Rice [Kerm...