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Roger kelly white12/24/2023 I had no idea where this guy was coming from and I naively and innocently asked him, where did you think Jerry Lee Lewis learned how to play? He says, what are you talking about? And I said well, Jerry Lee learned how to play that style from black blues and boogie-woogie piano players. This is the first time I ever heard a black man play piano like Jerry Lee Lewis. First time I played there, I came off the bandstand after the first set and I was walking across the dance floor to sit with some of my band mates and this white gentleman, probably in his mid to late 40s, gets up from his table and walks across the bandstand from behind, puts his arm around my shoulder and I stopped and turned around, looked to see who was touching me and he says, I really like your all's music. In the bottom of the motel was this lounge called the Silver Dollar Lounge and it was basically an all-white lounge. Well, there was this truck stop in a place called Frederick, Maryland. I was the only black guy in the band and consequently, usually the only black guy in many of the places where we played. Country music had made a resurgence in this country so I joined a country band. Actually, the word is not appropriate for any company whatsoever.ĭARYL DAVIS: 1983. For our next story we sent SNAP's own Nick van der Kolk out to the wilds of Maryland to meet Daryl Davis, where he told us his story.įair warning - this piece does use a word that is not appropriate for polite company. Welcome back to SNAP, the Unrequited episode, where we give love hoping for a little bit in return.
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