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“My dad would take me downtown, and I'd stand backstage…” quote by Joel Grey — Download Open image

“My dad would take me downtown, and I'd stand backstage and watch him in the vaudeville pit band. I was 6 or 7. He was a musician, a band leader, a wonderful clarinetist and saxophone player.”

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