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Ted Lewis could make the clarinet talk. What it said was put me back in the case!

Eddie Condon

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Eddie Condon
Age: 67 †
Born: 1905
Born: November 16
Died: 1973
Died: July 4
Bandleader
Banjoist
Conductor
Guitarist
Jazz Guitarist
Jazz Musician
Musician
Indiana
United States
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Clarinet
Lewis
Jazz
Case
Cases
Talk
Back

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