How Louis Armstrong Became The First Black Pop Star

1004.504 - 1022.096 Ricky Riccardi

And even in his teenage years, when he finally starts taking music seriously and getting more and more gigs, he said it was a miracle he didn't die at these honky-tonks because, you know, every night there would be a gunfight, bullets going right past him. And he said that, you know, the bouncer, his name was Oscar Slippers Johnson, he would protect Armstrong, make sure he didn't get hit.