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"They had the best house on our block. Delochie was a role-model to my sister...very smart and classy. I was always so impressed that the old gentleman on the porch was a veteran of the Spanish American War" [ben sakoguchi]
"They had the best house on our block. Delochie was a role-model to my sister...very smart and classy. I was always so impressed that the old gentleman on the porch was a veteran of the Spanish American War" [ben sakoguchi]
c. 1970 ^ Front porch, Delochie's house
HEAR a clip of "Jug Band Blues" (McDonald & Hayes) with Earl McDonald playing jug
Photographs depict the most popular of Earl McDonald's many bands, the 'Ballard Chefs.' Musicians in photos: Earl McDonald, jug / Curtis Hayes, banjo & steel guitar / Cal Smith, banjo / Henry Miles, fiddle / Fred Smith, steel mandolin