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...alto sax this side of Basin Street. The cats in the crowd yowled for all of them. But they also cheered for a bulky banjo player, clad in a cleric's cassock, who sat in the midst of a stripe-blazered combo and lined out Bill Bailey and Paddlin' Madeleine Home with minstrel zest and skill. This improbable jazz musician was Father John Joseph Dustin. 45, a Redemptorist priest, who has been strumming the banjo for 36 years...
...Angeles, Bing and Al ran out of money, had to find jobs or head home. They polished up a couple of tunes, landed a job in a local theatre. Al played the piano and Bing stood by, tapping a cymbal while they harmonized on some speedy ditties like Paddlin' Madeline Home and Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue. It earned them $65 a week apiece, which bought all the fun they wanted. Just when everything was going smoothly, Paul Whiteman heard them, offered them $150 a week to join his show...
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