Kay Davis Wimp

Talking with Martha Oneppo

Chicago, Illinois

July 21, 1980

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Living in Bushnel, Illinois‑‑academic background‑‑joining the band‑‑her first song with the band‑‑"I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues"‑‑singing Strayhorn's arrangements‑‑"Creole Love Call"‑‑the Carnegie Hall concert‑-the other vocalists‑‑Joya, Maria and Kay‑‑"It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing"‑‑rehearsing with Duke‑‑her singing background at Northwestern‑‑going to Europe‑‑Chubby Kemp‑‑Lu Elliott‑‑Dolores Morgan‑‑leaving the band‑‑"A Drum Is A Woman"‑‑Al Hibbler‑‑Sonny Greer‑‑"Ring Dem Bells"‑‑traveling with the band in the South‑‑being on the road‑‑traveling in Canada‑‑Duke's way of punishing a band member‑‑missing the band.