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| San Francisco Examiner, 02-August-1923 |
Trumpet player Lu Watters led the traditional jazz revival in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Yerba Buena Jazz Band started in 1940 with Watters, trumpet player Bob Scobey, trombonist Turk Murphy and banjo player and singer Clancy Hayes. They played at the Dawn Club in San Francisco until it went out of business in 1947.
Watters and other members of the band opened Hambone Kelly's in Emeryville. 75 years ago this month, you could have a dinner and entertainment for one dollar. Hambone Kelly's went out of business in 1950. Perhaps they should have charged more.
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