Word: sbarbaro
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...could get. The bigger the purse, the more eccentric their variations. Shields would take a phrase, play all around it on his clarinet. La Rocca would pick it up for a few "licks," pass it on to Eddie Edwards' trombone. Henry Ragas' piano set the tempo. Tony Sbarbaro's drums rattled a furious counterpoint. Other New Orleans bands had similar technique but none developed it so highly as the Dixieland, whose members rehearsed so often together that each player could almost mind-read the others' musical intentions. In 1916 they were offered $125 a week...
...Chicago, dismissing the complaint of Fruiterer Allen Brill that Customer A. E. Banks had hit him on the head with twelve melons. Judge Sbarbaro ruled: "If the melons had been good, they would have hurt. Since they didn't hurt, they must have been bad. And since they were bad, the customer had a right to be angry...
...Chicago, one James Webb earned a good living by fainting on street cars, elevated trains, platform, sidewalks, etc., until kind-hearted bystanders took up collections for him. "I made an average of twelve faints a day," James Webb told Judge John Sbarbaro. Judge Sbarbaro fined him $200. James Webb fainted...