My family was a Christian family. But I had to get to Kansas to play the blues.
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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.Jay McShann
The only blues record I ever had was Bessie Smith. Mississippi Delta Blues, I think they called that. She had it put together beautiful.
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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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As long as Pete and Joe are there, it's gonna be jumping.
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They never ran out of nothing. They kept building up. And that was my first experience and that just laid me out. I wanted to hear more boogie woogie.
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