Morgan Freemans accompanies Al Green on stage at the Blues Club

As an actor, fans were in for a big surprise at the Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, Mississippi Morgan Freeman accompanied 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 inductee’s 1971 classic “Let’s Stay Together,” and the Crown even joined in on the fun.

Morgan Freeman is reportedly co-owner of the blues club.

The Ground Zero Blues Club Instagram account shared a video of Al Green and Morgan Freeman’s performance on December 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, singing “Let’s Stay Together” on stage with the legendary Green, who wore a green blazer with black lapels and a white button-down shirt.

Green urged 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 fine with me | ‘Cause you make me feel so brand new | And I want to spend my life with you.

Freeman sang the second verse alone; “Let me say this, baby | Since we’ve been together | Ooh, to love you forever | is what I need,” and the 87-year-old movie star even hit the high notes, earning quick approval from Green as he clapped for the “Million Dollar Baby” actor before continuing the song.

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

The “lioness“The actor shared snaps of the duet Xofficial Twitter, with the caption: “We rang 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 that in my life and a lot less petty arguments. Happy New Year, Mr Freeman. May you have abundant blessings in 2025,” one fan wrote.

Another replied: “Happy New Year sir!”

“NOW THIS IS A JAM SESSION,” one X user added. “Sorry we missed it, Morgan!”

CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez was present at the Mississippi music venue during the show and videotaped another Angel’s performance.

Jimenez shared the video with him X trailer with a caption saying 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 about singing with Al Green.

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

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

Freeman opened the Ground Zero Blues Club in 2001.

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

Aside from his club, Freeman is still a busy actor. He is currently starring in two films; the thriller “Gunner” and the dramedy “My Dead Friend Zoe.”

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

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

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

The second season of the series premiered 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.

“I was cast by him to play the role that he wrote,” Freeman said during an interview with TVInsider. “It’s almost like he’s saying to me, ‘I wrote this for you,’ which is flattering in itself.”