White Folks Still In The Lead.

I Spent Nine Days In The Downtown Los Angeles City Jail. The Judge Gave Me A Suspended Sentence And I Went To Work That Night - Wailed Just Like Nothing Happened. What Strucked Me Funny Though - I Laughed Real Loud When Several Movie Stars Came Up To The Bandstand While We Played A Dance Set And Told Me, When They Heard About Me Getting Caught With Marijuana, They Thought Marijuana Was A Chick. Woo Boy - That Really Fractured Me!

A Lot Of The Musicians Asked Me If When I Hit My High-cs On The Records I Had A Clarinet Take The Notes. Some [thought] I Had Invented Some Kind Of Gadget So I Could Play High Register. They Weren't Satisfied Until They Handed Me A Trumpet That They Had With Them And Had Me Swing It. Then They Cheered.

Don't Do Nothing Halfway, Else You Find Yourself Dropping More Than Can Be Picked Up.

I'll Bet Right Now Most Of The Youngsters And Hot Club Fans Who Hear The Name Storyville Hasn't The Least Idea That It Consisted Of Some Of The Biggest Prostitutes In The World ... Standing In Their Doorways Nightly In Their Fine And Beautiful Negligees -- Faintly Calling To The Boys As They Passed Their Cribs.

It's Getting Almost So Bad A Colored Man Hasn't Got Any Country.