After a long and impoverished life, a folk singer dies. Due to a few improprieties early on, he finds himself standing next to the devil just inside the gates of Hell.

"Oh great!" says the devil, "You're here! Everyone's been waiting for you."

The devil picks up the folksinger's guitar case and leads him over to a stage, where a large band is tuning up. There's one available chair. He sits down quickly, takes out his guitar, and begins to tune. As he does this, he looks around.

Next to him is sitting Leadbelly. Merle Watson is on the next chair down, and at the end of the row is Bill Monroe. He glances on the other side -- and there's Ewan MacColl, Tony Rose, and Derek Bell.

"Wow! This is absolutely amazing!" he exclaims. "This is the best jam session I've ever seen -- are you sure this is Hell?"

The devil just points to the bandleader's podium, where Lawrence Welk is standing, waving his baton and saying "And a one, and a two, and a 'Tie a yellow ribbon . . .'"