"My family was a Christian family. But I had to get to Kansas to play the blues."

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"My family was a Christian family. But I had to get to Kansas to play the blues."

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"We had an old Victrola with the old bulldog they used to have there. The horn would come out."

Old

"I had listened to Joe Turner. When they'd book Joe there, I'd play the blues behind him."

Play

"They had the music being piped right out on the street. I'd be three or four blocks from there and I couldn't get there fast enough because I'd hear old Joe holler them words."

Music

"I was listening to all those lyrics and trying to take in everything that was happening. I was completely excited. It was one of the greatest times that I had listening to music."

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"We didn't let a night go by that we didn't play."

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"We used to play the Savoy Ballroom, and we always had a boogie tune in the set. Bands like Tommy Dorsey used to do a little boogie woogie. The big bands."

Play

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"My family was a Christian family. But I had to get to Kansas to play the blues."

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