Chicagos West Side was a microcosm of the explosive diversity of a foreign immigrant, domestic migrant, industrial, consumer nation. Neighborhood. The music was, in fact, played in juke joints accompanied by alcohol, dancing and other forbidden fruit. Many bluesmen, however, view their talents as a gift from God which helped them survive the worst and still enjoy life. Mick Jaggers loose-shouldered stage routine imitates Carrie Robinsons holy dance on the street as she sings the gospel song Power! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm_C36n76VA Carries dance is recorded in Mike Sheas 1964 documentary And This is Free. (The documentary is included on the DVD in the box set And This is Free sold on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/And-This-Is-Free-Legendary/dp/B0015FQZCQ ). When the city of Chicago incorporated in 1837, its geographic boundaries included the area on which Maxwell Street was later platted. We have been open since at least 1939, and sometime before that. when i go to the windy city, wherever i may roam, this place my 4AM mecca. The African American traditions of blues and gospel grew from the same roots in the south: spirituals, work songs, and field hollers. Vendors began to prosper. The AFB DVDs are compilations of performances from multiple years. He made many recordings with Delmark, Evidence, JSP and other labels, from 1969 into the 21st century. Stop them damned pictures Boss Tweed of the Tammany Hall political machine is reported to have said after seeing Thomas Nasts cartoon, Who Stole the Peoples Money. I dont care so much what the papers say about me. Tue-Fri, Sun 5: . Jewtown store owners were only too glad to let them plug in their electric cords, for the music drew a crowd in front of each store. After a long absence Nighthawk returned to Chicago in 1964 and recorded a blistering set taped live on Maxwell St. with the filming of Mike Sheas 1964 documentary And This is Free. http://nighthawk.sundayblues.org/maxwell.htm. Jimmy Rogers grew up in Vance, MS, where he played in a harmonica quartet with future Chicago buddy Snooky Pryor and learned guitar in his early teens. COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids. Born in Chicago right after his parents arrived from Hollandale, MS, Vince grew up in Lawndale in the neighborhood of California and Polk. Is that aria hes singing from the second act of La Traviata? He hardly moved. Robert Lockwood Jr., Eddie Taylor, Jimmy Reed, Floyd Jones, Blind John Davis and Elmore James and others. Connecting with other musicians, he moved to Chicago during the late 1930s or 40s and worked a day job in a steel mill.During the 1950s he played in the citys clubs, often with the harmonica player Snooky Pryor or with pianist Lazy Bill Lucas, who accompanied him on his first recordings for the Chance label. (Chicago Tribune historical photo), The Maxwell Street market, looking toward Halsted Street, on Nov. 21, 1935, after city officials forced merchants to clear the sidewalks of their wares. Maxwell Street Grill has great (open 24/7 day) Chicago Italian Sausage sandwiches, hot dogs, burgers, Gyros at a reasonable price. For twenty years Hildas mother made a go of supporting the family, continually moving addresses in the Maxwell Street area in response to the cost of rent and limited family resources. In 1891, The Chicago Daily Tribune described the distinctive appearance of the Maxwell Street District: One can walk the streets for blocks and see none but Semitic features and hear nothing but the Hebrew patois of Russian Poland [Yiddish]. Swain mapped out the streets favorite blues spots and wrote an article for Living Blues magazine July-Aug. 1975. His partners over the years have included John Embry, John Henry Davis and L.V. Born William George Tucker in Tennessee, Barbee worked country suppers and southern juke joints, then moved to Chicago, adopting the name of the legendary Appalachian railroad man John Henry. Call 312.996.1119 to schedule an appointment or click here to learn more. (Walter Kale, Chicago Tribune), Hubcaps, rakes, brooms, shovels and more can be found at Maxwell Street's open-air market on Feb. 3, 1974. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jimmy-reed-mn0000076881/biography. . A springtime crowd shops at Maxwell and Halsted streets in the early 1920sas garment workers picket in the background. Throw it up, catch it! Buddy practiced and became well known for his guitar tricks. Singer/bassist Queen Sylvia, and her guitarist husband John were staples on Chicagos blues scene in the 70s . Jones said he eventually won a settlement. If this man can play, he thought, I can too! Johnny traveled and played the southwest, then moved back to Chicago where he played as a one-man band on Maxwell Street til he died in 1963a classy, sometimes lonely figure in his top hat and waistcoat. After twenty years, Hildas itinerant mother plying the streets and frequently moving addresses was a mirror image, an alter ego to Jane Addams comfortably settled inside Hull-House Settlement. http://www.bluesmusicnow.com/dollar.html Writers were awed by his stories and his presence http://blindman.fr.yuku.com/topic/14477/JOHNNY-DOLLAR-TRIBUTE-NIGHT, Johnny played with Magic Sam, and in the Soundmasters R&B band with lineup with the Fisher brothers Thomas, Charles, Eddie and Jim. This did not silence his authoritative voice or the big, slurring sound he brought out of the harmonica, which he learned to hold, along with a microphone, cupped in his right hand. In 1948 he moved from Memphis to Chicago. Chess 50th Anniversary Little Walter: his Best (CD MCA)These are the recordings that changed the sound and style of blues harmonica forever, and everyone who came after him was as influenced by him as jazz saxophonists were by Charlie Parker, writes Cub Koda in All Music Guide.http://www.allmusic.com/album/his-best-mw0000023808. And the African people did always tell stories. 1309 S. Halsted St. Chicago, IL 60607 Directions. He played harp on Testaments Masters of Chicago Blues album featuring Eddie Taylor and Floyd Jones. Slice each half into 1/2 slices. Going with his dad to buy things at the Maxwell Street market, he watched the musicians and asked to sit in. A band could make $120 on a Sunday morning, he told Ira Berkow, author of Maxwell Street: Survival in a Bazaar. Barricades were all that's left of the market, which closed the week prior after 120 years. Wells & Division + 1155 N Wells . As ever in the human documentary, the historical devil embedded in the riches of archival sources dwells in the local detail. In the U.S. they were often neither bashful nor passive about improving their lives and indeed protesting labor exploitation in the mass production threads and garment business. Graduating in the 1970s from Manley High and from East-West University. In the Chicago Reader Oct. 13, 1988, David Whiteis recalls that John Embry died in 1985only days after playing Maxwell Street on the last warm Sunday morning in late October.http://www.chicagobluesguide.com/reviews/cd-reviews/queen-sylvia-john-embry-cd/queen-sylvia-john-embry-cd-page.html, Ice Man worked hard all his life, from the chemical plant in Marks, Mississippi, to a meat packing plant in Chicago. The sound of bands like the Rolling Stones, Cream, Led Zeppelin and many others came about when English teenagers tried to duplicate the music of Maxwell Street bluesmen.Chuck Cowdery, author of Blues Legends featuring photos by Raeburn Flerlage, Gibbs-Smith, 1995, A 1981 documentary trailer sums up the sights and the musical soundtrack of Maxwell Streets history, from scenes of early 20th century Jewish stores to 1930s hokum songs, to the popular recorded rockin blues of the 1950s, to the street musicians using their van as a stage backdrop, to the Happy Bus driver who sings Count Your Blessings while taking passengers along Roosevelt Road to Halsted.http://www.wbez.org/blogs/lee-bey/2013-06/old-maxwell-street-remembered-film-107720. She specializes in knowing the holes in the wall where the best soul and blues can be found, and in the areas north of Chicago http://lowreensliveblues.com, For a mainstream guide to blues and blues-rock acts and events in the area, see Linda Cain and Jennifer Nobles Chicago Blues Guide http://www.chicagobluesguide.com/index.html, The Windy City Blues Society website posts clubs, events, and bands http://windycityblues.org/musicians/, Al Harris moved to Chicago from Shreveport, LA in the early 1960s. My Pop Mr CHEROKEE CHARLIE MCGEE 1st Restaurant @ HALSTED & MAXWELL #1 of 5 Eateries & 12 of my Parents Businesses 2. Well-intended do-gooders as well as stupid alien nationalities and bungling racial buffoons immediately became a threat to well-being. His mother wanted him to be a cantor. An East Pilsen apartment, where you'll find a unique open floor plan throughout. 312-226-8000. When gospel Composer Thomas A. Dorsey, who recorded blues as Georgia Tom, arrived in Chicago in 1919, There wasnt much blues then. We stay true to the way Jim served Maxwell Street sandwiches when we were on that famous corner. Hildas daughter, Dena Epstein, generously provided the manuscript assembled after Hildas death with editorial comments and family photos. He worked to expand the complexities of the Jewish character beyond an earlier melting pot for Americanization and assimilation dramatized by Israel Zangwell in Children of the Ghetto (1892). http://www.allaboutbluesmusic.com/lester-melrose/. JOB UIC Hosp Finance HALSTED & VAN BUREN 4. He wanted to be a professional baseball player. (Chicago Tribune historical photo), Sarah Neiman, from left, and George Cohen weigh fish and chat with customers Bertha Bluestein, Sophie Paletz and Olive Greenburg at the Maxwell Street market, circa May 18, 1934 (Chicago Tribune historical photo), A Maxwell Street vegetable merchant in May 1939. Clean too!! During the 1970s blues revival, got invited to play in college towns. Not to be confused with Sonny Boy II, aka Rice Miller, who performed into the 1960s, Williamson was the principal pre-World War II harmonica player on the Lester Melrose roster, according to Mike Rowes book Chicago Blues. Located on the Northwest Corner of Maxwell and Halsted Streets from 1939 until 2001 when we were relocated. Abstract. MSPS. Tom Swain of Oklahoma came to Chicago and worked part time at Maxwell Music Center, 18th and Halsted. Street scene on Maxwell Street near Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois, October 9, 1955. The configuration of the east-of-Halsted Maxwell Street Market is unknown. It was short lived due to competition and opposition from other North Side blues clubs. Mon 11am to 10pm. By 1849, Maxwell Street is shown on a map extending west from the South Branch of the Chicago River to Halsted Street. Thats where most of the Biblical stories come from.Chicago blues songwriter, arranger, bass player and producer Willie Dixon, in his autobiography I Am the Blues, .a poets view: Maxwell Street: Confluence of blood and heart: One Beat, Poet Sterling Plumpp and guitarist Jimmie Lee Robinson break it down in rhythm:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZVyOiUypQs, Maxwell Street is significant to the history of blues not just because music was performed there, but because music was created there. She was a bitch. Subscribe here . Just as Elvis Presley copied African American rock n roll creators like Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, and Fats Domino promoted by Sam Phillips at Sun Records in the 1950s, British rocknroll bands copied and built upon American blues. Halsted. Visitor and Card Access. When Sholem Alechem the Yiddish humoristwas called the Jewish Mark Twain, Twain replied, Please tell him that Im the AmericanSholem Aleichem. bjb. Beginning Friday at 11:30 a.m. and continuing until 5 p.m., the following streets will be closed to vehicular traffic: Roosevelt Road between Morgan and Jefferson streets. Blues Speak: Best of the Original Blues Annual, edited by Lincoln Beauchamp, U. of Illinois Press 2010. Although Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker were always more jazz-oriented, Eric Clapton was and remains a devotee of blues in all its forms. They were known for a hard-driving style, featuring JBs slide, taking after Elmore James, but also for slow blues with thoughtful lyrics. http://www.bluesmusicnow.com/ice.html In his 2001 Fedora album Ive Never Been Loved, Ice Man is backed by Frank Goldwasser on guitar, Willie Kent on bass, and producer Chris Millar on drums. A jazz band plays while shoppers mingle on Maxwell Street on March 16, 1975. On Maxwell Street, Blind Jim Brewer and his wife Fannie were among musicians playing both blues and gospel. (really mehi). Stage for a U.S. literary renaissance of urban realism. 760 West Taylor Street. Moreover his cousins living conditions distressed him : I finally reached my cousins home on Forsythe Street, and its wretched and neglected appearance almost made me sick. A Talmudic student and one of the leaders of a synagogue, Itze knew nothing about business or earning a livelihood, but spent his time in study. His wife, a very clever businesswoman, was the breadwinner. She peddled dry goods, selling on the installment plan, and was away all day. My cousin, therefore, was the housekeeper, and a poor one at that. They had a girl and two boys, and they all lived in a small flat on the third floor, consisting of three rooms, besides the kitchen., Horwich soon learned that even the German Jews who immigrated to the U.S. long before the Russian and Polish Jews were not welcoming to the more recent arrivals. A grandiose subject of current interest was diminished to grossly earthy dimensions through laughable humiliation and perverse mockery and ridicule. (Rod Lamkey Jr., For the Chicago Tribune), For more than 100 years, Maxwell Street has preserved a bit of Old World culture within sight of the Loop's skyscrapers. 1). But damn it, they can see pictures.. SEE MENU BEVERAGES & SIDES. "You have to know what you're looking for," says a frequent visitor to the area. Around 1925 he went to Memphis, joining Beale Streets bustling club and theater scene, and accompanied blues stars including Ma Rainey and Blind Blake. We lost almost 20 percent of our gross revenue. The other definitive book on the development of urban blues, including Chicago Blues. Hooker is shown singing among the crowds on Maxwell Street in the first Blues Brothers movie in 1980,accompanied by Big Walter Horton, harmonica and Willie Big Eyes Smith, drums. The music is terrific, a prime example of classic Chicago Blues. Williams,James Brown, Dennis Edwards, Pervis Spann, Walt Willey, and Charlie Love. Mr. H was raised in the Pilsen neighborhood next door to Maxwell Street , where he began to listen and play with the musicians in the 1960s. http://blues.about.com/od/bluesbooks/gr/Lincoln-Beauchamp-BluesSpeak.htm. In Chicagoland's Retail Market, the Halsted, Maxwell & Roosevelt shopping area was the 22nd biggest shopping area in the city by total volume of sales.However, in certain types of goods, such as "Apparel and Accessories", it ranked 4th. In the 1960s and 70s, with his wife Fannie, he played with a gospel group.http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/blues-notes-marking-the-memory-of-jim-brewer/Content?oid=872505, Robinson, the spiffy, spur-wearing Lonely Traveler, issued his own Amina Records CD Maxwell Street Blues, and he mentions Maxwell Street in his unique jazzy version of Big Boss Man.Born and raised in the Maxwell Street neighborhood, Robinson played with Eddie Taylor, Memphis Minnie, Big Bill Broonzy, Elmore James, Little Water and many more postwar Chicago blues masters: http://delmark.com/rhythm.robinson.htm and into the 21st century with Frank Scott, Johnnie Mae Dunson and others who actively protested Maxwell Streets demolition, writing protest tunes and even going on a hunger strike. He recorded a Grammy nominated album Hangin on for Rounder Records with his old friend Robert Lockwood and was featured in Robert Johnson tributes and documentaries. 10/01/2014 - Medley Maxwell Street is awesome. http://www.mikebloomfield.com, The documentary Born in Chicago shows the white guys who learned from Chicago African American blues men and often became more famous than their teachers. By the 1930s he was working with Sleepy John Estes and Sonny Boy Williamson I. http://blues.about.com/od/artistprofile1/p/LittleWalter.htm, Born in 1920 in West Memphis, AR, Willie Anderson learned blues harmonica by hearing Sonny Boy Williamson I, and following guitarists Robert Nighthawk and Robert Jr. Lockwood. In Chicago he met a new mentor on Maxwell Street Little Walter Jacobs and sat in with Muddy Waters band. A cold and windy Sunday, Feb. 3, 1974, on Maxwell Street didn't hamper bargain hunters. When delivered in concert, however, the sweet-hot-garlicky-meaty melange has earned generations of fans. They are in black and white. Queen Sylvia played with Lefty Dizz and the Shock Treatment and with Jimmy Dawkins, and recorded on L&R/Evidence, Arhoolie, Alligator, and Leric/Delmark. (Swain Scalf, Chicago Tribune), In June 1944, the Chicago Maternity Center at the corner of Maxwell Street and Newberry Avenue was surrounded by the open-air market. Maxwell Street itself lay two blocks south of Roosevelt, and the corner of Maxwell and Halsted was the center of the galaxy. Maxwell Street Klezmer Band of Skokie, IL formed in 1983 and carries on at Chicago area Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, and tours in festivals.http://klezmerband.com/aboutus/history.htmlHeres a sample of their sound.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUQeSsf9Sec, Romani (Gypsy) music, with its lively, plaintive fiddles and a kind of hammered dulcimer known as a cimbalom, is loved all over the world. Honeyboy Edwards said, in his autobiography The World Dont Owe Me Nothing, God learned me music. Born in Chicago, son of West Side guitarist Big Bad Ben Murphy, Dave Lindsey led a band that held down the blues during the 1990s at Maxwell and Halsted before the market was moved to Canal Street. He looked half asleep. But to the young Vince Lefty Johnson, a West Sider who became a street musician in addition to his computer repair entrepreneur in the 1990s and 2000s, Davis was a helpful mentor, welcoming guest musicians to sit in. On tour in Chicago clubs, he drafted musicians with Maxwell Street connections to accompany him, including his VeeJay label-mates Eddie Taylor. sixgears. Initially a charity student, he saved up money and went into business as a grain broker. (Chicago Tribune historical photo), A Maxwell Street vendor tries to entice late Christmas shoppers with ornaments and dolls on Dec. 24, 1944. My constituents cant read. Advertisement. (Chicago Tribune historical photo), While record-breaking throngs were buying luxury gifts in Loop stores in December 1936, Maxwell Street merchants applied their usual tactics to shoppers in their district. On Maxwell Street, From 1959 til 1967, Davis played organ by the service station at 14th and Halsted with drummer Rosie Davis and guitarist Eric Davis. Born in Clarke County, MS, according to the 2013 reference book Blues: A Regional Experience by Bob L. Eagle and Eric S. LeBlanc, band leader and guitarist Pat Rushing was photographed by many tourists on Maxwell Street. In Chicago, starting with Club Reno, he managed and owned several bars.Through the 70s and 80s Kansas City Red held down club gigs, recording for Barrelhouse, JSP and Earwig. (Robert MacKay, Chicago Tribune), The scene at 14th Street shows the size of a Sunday crowd at Maxwell Street Market in February 1965. The original caption said: "This is our world, old but good. Foster accompanied Little Johnny Jones recording Big Town Playboy in 1949; J.B. Lenoir in 1950, Little Walter in 1948 and 1950, Floyd Jones in 1948, playing drums on Hard Times. Beset by alcoholism, he died at age 35. American Restaurants Restaurants Barbecue Restaurants. The market moved east to Canal Street in 1994, when the Maxwell Street area was bought by the University of Illinois at Chicago. The Maxwell Street Market was initially an outdoor vegetable and produce market serving the Jewish immigrant population who moved into Chicago's Near West Side. Never did his eyes meet mine. Joe Kaplan sells dishes to Mrs. Freida Sawyer at Maxwell and Peoria Streets, circa April 1927. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/eddie-taylor-mn0000176673/biography Eddie and his wife Vera, a singer recorded on Wolf Records, raised a brood of Chicago blues musicians: Eddie Jr., blues guitarist and singer; Tim, a drummer; Larry, blues and soul singer and drummer Demetria, blues vocalist; Brenda, hiphop vocalist.Heres Eddie singing Peach Tree Blues (original by Yank Rachell) on the Testament Modern Blues Masters album featuring Floyd Jones on bass, Big Walter Horton harmonica, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jV-SL4ggtY. He is also known as Mr. Pitiful, from his former band with the late Magic Slim. (773) 941-5857. The Original Maxwell Street Market, centered at Maxwell and Halsted Streets and stretching from Roosevelt Road to 16th Street, was an impromptu market established in the late 19th century by newly arrived Jewish residents from Eastern Europe. We have continuously operated the stand since Jims passing in 1976, even after we had to move for the UIC expansion in 2001. These included Big Bill Broonzy, Tampa Red, Memphis Minnie, Roosevelt Sykes, Big Joe Williams, Lonnie Johnson, Arthur Crudup and many others. Sunday was the big day. Sunnyland arrived in Chicago in the early 40s, played at parties with harmonica great John Lee Sonny Boy Williamson I, and picked up his falsetto vocal technique from Doctor Clayton. http://www.thebluestrail.com/artists/dstove.htm, Daddy Stovepipe Watson with his wife Mississippi Sarah, trade insults in a classic jug band tune on the And This Is FreeCD, 1936 The Spasm, Perkins, a bass player, was born in 1931 outside Baltimore, MD. Known as a goodtime party guy, in 1947 he joined with the fabled Headhunters, including Muddy Waters and Jimmy Rogers, who would musically cut the heads of any players foolish enough to challenge them on stage. (James Mayo, Chicago Tribune), A typical food stand on Maxwell Street on Sunday, Feb. 3, 1974. The fact that these performances of people such as Son House and Lonnie Johnson, not to mention Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker, exist at all is incredible. What is the best-selling item at Jims, and what do you think makes it special? They previously had other locations, notably on 95th Street for 24 years (claimed by eminent domain as was the original location on Maxwell Street), and briefly at Halsted and Randolph streets . These old editions are available on the 8th floor of Chicagos Harold Washington Library, and are likely also to be found in the Bluesoterica archive of former editor Jim ONeal. (Chicago Tribune historical photo), Just because the sign says bananas are 50 cents for 4 pounds doesn't mean a purchase on the Maxwell Street market will be without its bargaining on Sept. 20, 1966. He played with Sunnyland Slim and Big Joe Williams and joined Moody Jones group playing for tips on Maxwell Street. There, the newcomers could hear established city musicians, and vice versa. Born in Tennessee, John Lee Granderson moved to Chicago in 1928 and played with John Lee Sonny Boy Williamson I, among others. Cartooning was effectively combat by different means. 60610. A Sunday-only affair, it was a precursor to the flea market scene in Chicago. Eater: Who are you and what is your relationship to Jims Original? (Chicago Tribune historical photo), Vera Green, left, and Maria Gutierez, right, ride floats as queens in a parade honoring the 100th anniversary of the Maxwell and Halsted Street business districts on Nov. 25, 1955. When I first put my feet on the soil of Chicago, I was so disgusted that I wished I had stayed in Russia. He found a new mentor in Little Walter, who he faithfully imitated. The Board of Trustees of the Univesity Of Illinois | Privacy Statement. MENUS . The store moved in 2001 to nearby Union Street once the building was sold, muscled out by the soon-to-be-built University Village apartments. bjb. We won't be wanted when the new University of Illinois is built," said Margo. It concentrated the immigrant Jewish population in urban areas in significant numbers in the thirty years before 1905. Surviving a period of depression and homelessness, during which he continued to play on Maxwell Street, Lurie got some help. Located in the heart of University Village on Maxwell Street, The Bureau Bar & Restaurant takes the chic, speakeasy vibe of its first location and adds a creative menu focused on providing modern twists on traditional comfort food. Metal resonator guitars like the Dobro and National Steel helped; but when electric guitars were invented, the musicians quickly adopted the new amplifiers. Evening coupons must be used for entrance and exits only between the hours of 3:00pm and 8:00am. He led a raucous house band in the 1970s at the Rat Trap at Cermak and Keeler. 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. He fitted his Kalamazoo acoustic guitar with an electric pickup, helping shape the sound of Chicago blues. In the human documentary active people in the period acted out many lives on a variety of platforms. They voiced temporal concerns and often pursued conflicting interests. On Maxwell Street, on Sept. 3, 1983, the merchant may change but the style of the hustling and the variety of merchandise remains the same. SEE MENU CATERING. His sides appear on the anthology, Bring Me Another Half-A-Pint, a few tracks on the albums Original Chicago Blues, and Old Friends featuring Honeyboy Edwards, Walter Horton and Floyd Jones. Our menu and preparation are simple so I expect our customers would notice almost any change to the menu, but most definitely they would notice a change to the onions. (Walter Kale, Chicago Tribune), A jazz band plays while shoppers mingle on Maxwell Street on March 16, 1975. Chess recorded him but failed to release his songs; JOB label recorded several of his postwar blues classics in 1952-53, but he was discouraged by slow sales and retired from professional music until 1965, when the folk blues revival called him back. Thomas A. Dorsey, a Georgia piano player who came to Chicago. For the last 50 years Bobby has toured the mid-west and Europe, recording with Wolf Records and the Phat Chance labels.https://www.facebook.com/Smilin.Bobby.Smith/info. Chicago Blues Today (Vanguard 3 disc CD set)The original set of 3 LPs was recorded and released in 1965. While working for IBM, Motorola, Zenith, and other companies, he began repairing computers and started his own V&J Services in 1995. Electric guitar, bass and drums held down each small band, accompanied by piano, harmonica and sometimes a saxophone. He went about re-teaching himself. 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