During Prohibition, before Jimmy Durante became a Broadway star, the three of them performed in Manhattan's swank Club Durant, a night spot which was supposedly owned by Jimmy Durante, but which was actually financed by gangster money. (The club was named 'Durant', not 'Durante': Jimmy Durante claimed this was because he couldn't afford a final 'E' for the sign!) Bud Clayton was a nimble tap-dancer who actually looked like a slightly uglier and darker version of Jimmy Durante. Clayton left the act early, but continued to work as Durante's manager. Eddie Jackson was an Irish-style tenor who did strutting high-kicks while he sang. Following Clayton's retirement, Jackson and Durante continued to work as a two-act for a while... teaming for comedy duets such as the hilarious 'Go On Home, Your Mother's Calling'. Throughout Durante's solo stardom, Jackson occasionally made appearances with him (on the Ed Sullivan Show, among other gigs). 'Roadhouse Nights' preserves a rare glimpse of Clayton, Jackson and Durante's nightclub act from their Club Durant days: fast-paced anarchic comedy, with up-tempo music.