Tape # Side

Time

Subject

1 a

005-085

Parents, early musical background, parents' music

1 a

086-119

Father's death, sister and brother

1 a

120-176

Change from fiddle to trumpet, lessons, St. Louis and San Francisco

1 a

177-187

Influence of other musicians

1 a

188-210

Tony and His Six Sharps, first real band job

1 a

211-230

Golden Gate Theater, CIO Union Hall ham sessions

1 a

231-260

Revival of Bunk Johnson

1 a

261-295

Influence of CIO Union Hall on his music

1 a

296-3316

Job at Clear Lake, daytime jobs

1 a

317-394

Leaves Clear Lake, returns to San Francisco, welding job

1 a

395-430

Goes east - St. Louis, Paducah, Kentucky

1 a

431-449

Odd jobs, washing dishes, waiting table, welding

1 a

450-496

Job at Johnny's Seven Mile House

1 a

497-593

Wedge Night Club job, hours, pay, meets future wife

1 a

594-615

Amateur show at wedge, leaves to go to Florida

1 a

616-644

Fight and trouble at the Wedge

1 a

645-655

Study of music

1 a

656-704

Florida, Fort Meyers, Naples

1 a

705-724

Return to St. Louis, purchase taxi cab

1 a

725-731

St. Louis University, jobs around St. Louis

1 b

004-197

Pictures of bands and musicians

1 b

198-216

Return to St. Louis

1 b

217-326

Lack of jobs through union, odd jobs

1 b

327-346

Best playing, Al Davis Silver Log Cabin, most fun, no responsibilities; Best money, Wedge Night Club

1 b

347-368

Sell cab, moves to Grafton

1 b

369-392

East - side musicians unions

1 b

393-444

Current music activities, other jobs

1 b

445-459

Interviewer explains oral history project