Morgan Freemans Joins Al Green On Stage In Blues Club

Fans of the Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, Mississippi were in for a big surprise when the actor Morgan Freeman joined Al Green on stage during his performance on New Year’s Eve.

Freeman and Green sang a duet of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member’s 1971 classic, “Let’s Stay Together,” and Crown even joined in the fun.

Morgan Freeman is said to be a co-owner of the blues club.

The Ground Zero Blues Club Instagram account shared a video of the Al Green-Morgan Freeman performance on Dec. 31 with the caption: “Morgan Freeman & Al Green LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!”

The video showed Freeman wearing a cream turtleneck with a dark double-breasted jacket on stage singing “Let’s Stay Together” with the legendary Green, who wore a green blazer with a black lapel paired with a white button-down shirt.

Green asked the crowd to join in as he and Freeman sang, “I | I’m so in love with you | Whatever you want to do | It’s okay with me | ‘Cause you make me feel so new | And I want to spend my life with you.”

Freeman sang solo for the second verse; “Let me tell you this since, baby | Since we’ve been together | Ooh, loving you forever | That’s what I need,” and the 87-year-old movie star even hit the high notes , which drew a quick nod from Green as he clapped back for the “Million Dollar Baby” actor before continuing with the song.

Freeman also marked the New Year’s Eve show with a social media post.

THE “Lioness” The actor shared snapshots of the duo on Xofficially Twitter, with the caption: “We brought in the new year with Al Green and Kingfish at Ground Zero last night. Happy New Year everyone!”

Fans praised the video in the comments section and in return wished the “Shawshank Redemption” star a Happy New Year.

“I need more of this in my life and a lot less petty bickering. Happy New Year Mr. Freeman. May your blessings be abundant in 2025,” one fan wrote.

Another replied: “Happy New Year, Sir!

“NOW IT’S A JAM SESSION,” user X added. “Sorry we missed it, Morgan! »

CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez was at the Mississippi Juke Joint during the show and filmed another angel’s performance.

Jimenez shared the video with his X followers with a caption noting that singing with Green was a “dream come true” for the Oscar winner.

The post was captioned: “Morgan Freeman took the stage to make his ‘dream’ come true.” He said it was to sing with Al Green.”

“This made me happy, two legends enjoying life,” replied one X user. “Two legends on stage, love seeing that,” another user added.

“He looks like a kid up there… see that smile? I love seeing him! I’m happy for him,” one noted.

Freeman opened Ground Zero Blues Club in 2001.

The “Glory” star opened the blues club with partners Eric Meier, Howard Stovall and the late Bill Luckett. Their goal was to open an establishment celebrating Mississippi’s blues heritage.

In addition to his club, Freeman is still a very busy actor. He is currently starring in two films; the thriller “Gunner” and the comedy-drama “My Dead Friend Zoe.”

He will also be seen in the upcoming film “Now You See Me 3”.

Freeman also stars in the Paramount+ TV series “Special Ops: Lioness” with actresses Zoe Saldana And Nicole Kidman.

The action series is another series from “Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan. The show is based on the CIA and features Freeman as US Secretary of State Edwin Mullins.

The show launched its second season in October and the series is just as popular as Sheridan’s other shows for Paramount. Sheridan told Freeman that he wrote the role with the actor in mind when he approached the star.

“He cast me in the role that he wrote,” Freeman said in an interview with TVInsider. “So it’s almost like he’s saying to me, ‘I wrote this for you,’ which is flattering in itself.”