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"I had listened to Joe Turner. When they'd book Joe there, I'd play the blues behind him."
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"I got to play on a couple of records with the Rolling Stones, and that was really special to me."
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"I enjoy tennis, though don't play very often nowadays, and skiing... oh yes and swimming."

"Hey, pretty book, why don't you lie in my lap awhile?"

"But I'd play on everything from pop records to a lot of the glam stuff to rock stuff to classical stuff. I used to get called to do all those things, it was great."
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"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."

"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."

"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."

"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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