John Levy Smithsonian Interview Block 618 (Q15567)

I left Billie Holiday because John Levy wouldn't pay me on time. When you get through working, and you had to wait for him to show up, maybe some time on the next gig - after you've gone to the next gig, you have to wait for him to show up with the money to pay you. They were getting ready to go to California. I said, I'm not going any further. I think we were in Chicago at the time. I said, I ...