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This all came of a conversation I had with [John] Steinbeck once when we were standing in a men's room somewhere. Steinbeck asked me why I didn't play the banjo any more and I told him that went out with the high-button shoes.
Eddie Condon
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Eddie Condon
Age: 67 †
Born: 1905
Born: November 16
Died: 1973
Died: July 4
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