Danny Barker Smithsonian Interview Block 696 (Q14262)

Buddy Johnson had a band out of New York. He had a lot of . . . three or four New Orleans musicians in that band, stayed with the band their whole career. All of a sudden he decided to get religion and he put the band down. But he worked at the Savoy. He looked just like that boy. Every time I see him I think of Buddy Johnson. You know the boy that play all them instruments, the bagpipe and al ...