One night we went to see Slim Gaillard in a little Frisco nightclub. In Frisco great eager crowds of semi-intellectuals sat at his feet and listened to him on the piano, guitar and bongo drums. ... Now Dean approached him, he approached his God; he thought Slim Gaillard was God."
Jack Kerouac, On The Road
Friday's Choice: The recent discussion of galvanizin' and galliardisin' brought Slim Gaillard to mind. So here he is, along with Whitey's Lindy Hoppers from the 1941 movie Hellzapoppin':
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