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Jay McShann

"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."

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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."

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Donna Grant

"What I try to do in a play is put a problem on stage, head-on, without evasion."

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Donna Grant

"We really never know what we're gonna play when we get on stage."

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Donna Grant

"All I ever wanted to do was play the drums; I felt good about myself when I played the drums. So I worked anywhere and everywhere I could lug my drums in."

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Donna Grant

"Yeah, I've always been accused of having a sense of mischief and I'm very flattered that you say you can see it in the roles I play, because I think that's important, even if I do play intense characters, like especially Christine Cagney."

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Donna Grant

"Want to play baseball?' she asked. Shane's eyes opened, and he stopped stroking her hair. "What?' "First base,' she said. "You're already there.' "I'm not running the bases.' "Well, you could at least steal second.' "Jeez, Claire. I used to distract myself with sports stats at times like these, but now you've gone and ruined it."

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Donna Grant

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

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Donna Grant

"I have a doggy, a Japanese Akita, who I live to play with."

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Donna Grant

"I played a heap of snow in a school play. I was under a sheet, and crawled out when spring came. I often say I'll never reach the same artistic level again."

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Donna Grant

"Yes, Pluton, actually, in the play. And I play him in my most stentorian voice."

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Donna Grant

"Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only."

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

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

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

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Jay McShann
"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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Jay McShann
"It was my first time in Kansas City. In about two or three days I had a gig at a place called The Monroe Inn."

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Jay McShann
"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."

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Jay McShann
"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."

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

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