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  Danny Gordon October 5, 2019 at 1:35pm

  awesome job AD
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  Poorness Studios September 29, 2019 at 5:06pm

  Nice to see you banging on that TX plate AD. Love that brush snare. Another instant classic. 
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  Clint Spotts September 29, 2019 at 11:13am

  Great! Will hafta look up Dixon’s version. Thanks for posting!
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  Dave Lynas September 28, 2019 at 9:11pm

  Loved the driving rhythm Andries. Your Texas is Jammin! i like your slide mystro. Train rumble rumble licious. Cool we both came out with Texas LPGs on the same day. :^)
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  A.D.EKER September 28, 2019 at 5:49pm

  Thanks for the comments Uncle John ! hope the wickapedia article givers you a bit more info!? 
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  A.D.EKER September 28, 2019 at 5:46pm

  Hello Keith ! Thanks for the like on the Pictures and the Vid ! Appriciated ! Glad you enjoy it !
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  A.D.EKER September 28, 2019 at 5:44pm

  
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  A.D.EKER September 28, 2019 at 5:44pm

  Thanks AGP# glad you liked it !!  greeetssszzz A.D.
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  BUGGY (C) September 28, 2019 at 9:57am

  Dixon's progress on the upright bass came to an abrupt halt with the advent of World War II, when he refused induction into military service as a conscientious objector and was imprisoned for ten months. He refused to go to war because he would not fight for a nation in which institutionalized racism and racist laws were prevalent. After the war, he formed a group named the Four Jumps of Jive:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk7S2qGaqeI
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  BUGGY (C) September 28, 2019 at 9:49am

  "Dixon met Leonard Caston at a boxing gym, where they would harmonize at times. Dixon performed in several vocal groups in Chicago, but it was Caston that persuaded him to pursue music seriously.^[11] Caston built him his first bass, made of a tin can and one string. Dixon's experience singing bass made the instrument familiar.^["