On Christmas day in 1954, rising R&B star Johnny Ace was backstage for a short intermission, and in an effort to prove the gun he was playing with wasn’t loaded, put it to his temple and killed himself instantly. Big Mama Thornton witnessed the accident, saying his hair stood straight up when the gun fired.

In 1950, Elmore James was working as a repairman for Willard and Lillian McMurry, who opened a record label and recorded his song "Dust My Broom", which went on to become a smash hit. 

By the time Trumpet closed five years later in in 1956, Trumpet had recorded dozens of other sides by blues greats like Sonny Boy Williamson, Little Milton, and Arthur Crudup.

The Bluescentric Brand Backstage Racerback Tank is a premium Next Level brand fabric-laundered 4.2oz triblend 50/25/25 polyester/combed ringspun cotton/rayon racerback tee.

Weight 0.38 lbs
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