14 Quotes by Jay McShann

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

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

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    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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    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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