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...Grizo laughed at that one. "This may be a hell of a time to strike," he said. "But the union's gotta have a contract, and what's the use of having a union if we don't stick together? John's the leader. . . . He ain't ever been wrong...
...what about striking against the Government? A big, stooped Pole slammed down one of Andy Harchar's beer glasses-"Who the hell's the govamint? It's us, ain't it? We're the govamint...
...Says he: "Looks to me like jazz is dying out. Nothing new coming down the groove. Same old construction. Everything built on the same old blues chords." Most jazzmen, he thinks, have lost the spirit epitomized by a colored piano player, who once told him: "Never play anything that ain't right. You may not make any money but you'll never get hostile with yourself...
...Folks is lots littler now dan what dey wuz in dem days. . . . My grandaddy say dat his great-grandaddy would make two men like him, an' my grandaddy wuz a monst'us big man, dey ain't no two ways 'bout dat. It seems like dat folks is swunk...
...looked out of the window and saw a huge gash from the front porch to the dining room. I said, 'We've 'ad it.' My mate, who sleeps in the same room, said: 'We ain't 'ad it, we're still 'ere.' 'E was right. 'Twas then I saw the Union Jack still flying...