A lot of the people that were down there had never even worked on a roof before, had never touched a shingle in their entire life. Yet here they were with bloody knuckles from tearing shingles and they're up there with a smile on their face. We were all sore, getting up at 6 a.m. and going out to work, and there wasn't a single complaint.
"Joe Glaser" was an artist manager famous for his involving in the career of several Jazz musicians, mainly Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday. He was the son of a Chicago family of Russian Jews/Jewish origins. After a series of irregular jobs (fight promoter, club manager...) mostly based on his mob connections, he started managing Louis Armstrong in May 1935, the success in their association caused that other jazz musicians moved to his company ABC Artists Management. Although his clients had a high opinion of him, he was a feared person in the business industry. The company ABC "was formed in 1940 by Joe Glaser and Louis Armstrong". It has represented Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Woody Herman, Dave Brubeck, Barbra Streisand, B.B. King, The Allman Brothers Band, T. Rex (band)/T. Rex, and many others.
More Joe Glaser on Wikipedia.Donna's mom paid for airfare and a rental car; it would have been a two-day drive. I decided to fly because I wanted to be in good shape to work when I got there. I'm glad I did because flying into the area gave us a great vantage point.
We fixed 10 roofs while we were there; that was the most any crew has completed to this point. We were pretty proud of ourselves until we looked at the area from the air and realized it's still just a drop in a five-gallon bucket.
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