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Our Musical Journey
You never know what awaits at the next gig
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William Mersey
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Our Musical Journey
Jul 13, 2021
My First Record Deal
One in a long line of failures
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William Mersey
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May 22, 2021
My First Road Gig
An ominous harbinger of things to come
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William Mersey
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Our Musical Journey
Oct 7, 2020
White Boy In the Promised Land (Harlem)
Nobody fucked with me until one day — it was a white guy!
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William Mersey
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Sep 27, 2020
Me, Billy and Wilt
The night I found myself wedged between Wilt Chamberlain and Billy Cunningham
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William Mersey
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Feb 2, 2021
The Deal Breaker
Magic in a bottle shot to hell
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William Mersey
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Dec 10, 2020
My Hit Record
It took 25 years to find out I’d actually had one
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William Mersey
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Nov 28, 2020
Sam the Sham
Legendary bluesman, my ass. Legendary rip-off was more like it!
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William Mersey
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Our Musical Journey
Oct 19, 2020
My Best and Worst Moment As a Professional Musician
And it happened at the same time!
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William Mersey
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Our Musical Journey
Oct 10, 2020
The Old Bait and Switch
On the road with counterfeit oldies bands
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William Mersey
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Our Musical Journey
Oct 11, 2020
The Democratic Club
Bro’s Ho’s and Fro’s on the “deuce” (the old 42nd street)
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