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I'd advise you to visit New Orleans before you pass away. I really would. Because if you die without seeing New Orleans, you wasted half your life.

Danny Barker

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Danny Barker
Age: 85 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 13
Died: 1994
Died: March 13
Banjoist
Jazz Guitarist
Jazz Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
New Orleans
Louisiana
Daniel Moses Barker
Would
Visit
Life
Pass
Seeing
Dies
Half
Away
Orleans
Without
Advise
Really
Wasted

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