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TORONTO, Canada — (O—Many of you may not remember, but those who have a terrific memory fornames will knew Jamaica Joe Peterson who was a one-time famous bandleader and now an attendant in the men's room at the Palafse Royal ballroom here. His is a storyfrom riches to rags. Speaking ofhis band and the past:“It was the first all-ukule band in the United States,'’ reminiscedJamaica Joe. “and I organized it inChicago over ten years ago.” Peter-! son said they played such Chicagoi spots as the old Kenton Tea Gar-S dens, the Orient and several Chicago theatres Billed as Joe Peterson’s Sig Dark Clouds of Rhythm they | later toured the United States, ap- j pearing along with Ted Lewis, Ben j Bcrnie and others. ,“My home is in Jamaica/’ saidJoe, “but most of the other boys hailed from St. Louis. It was long ago, so long ago, that I can’t remember all their last names. We disbanded after two years together ] when Morris White left to join the | Missourians.” The Missourians later j served as the nucleus of Cab Callo-! way’s present band.“Last I heard,” smiled Joe, “White' is playing guitar and has his own j small combo in New York.” Andthat was all lie had to say about his | past.
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Phoenix, Arizona, US
Sat, Feb 07, 1942
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