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

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