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Lots of the bands [in New Orleans] couldn't read too much music. So they used a fiddle to play the lead - a fiddle player could read - and that was to give them some protection.
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
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